Wild Tomatoes growing in my back garden

mehmeh12

Hi

In my back garden there seems to be some plant with red balls on the bottom stalks..the balls look like unripened orange tomatoes..i think i might have washed some seeds down the drain by accident..the drains go through the garden. Anyway does the irish climate allow for growing tomatoes? Can i eat them?

PirateShampoo

Some photos of the planet would help. Wouldnt go eating them just yet we wouldnt want u ending up in the hospital.

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Victor

mehmeh12 wrote: »

Anyway does the irish climate allow for growing tomatoes?

Yes, although glasshouses would normally be used. You would get maybe 10kg/m2 in a glass house - note that tomatoes are mostly water.

Can i eat them?

Best to make sure they are tomatoes first.

kincsem

They might be potato plants.

Dizzyblonde

OP don't eat them unless you're sure what they are. I grow tomatoes outdoors every year and get a great yield.

bing3

Could be a Physalis plant. They are quite hardy annuals that may have self seeded from a neighbours garden.
Typically have a paper husk which splits this time of year to reveal a small orange fruit not unlike a tomato. Also know as Cape Gooseberry or Chinese Lanterns.
http://images.bidorbuy.co.za/user_images/651/390Physalis_peruviana4.jpg
Quite safe to eat but as dizzy says unless your sure dont try em as lookalikes belong to the nightshade family.

littlebug

I had some tomatoes grow in my front garden last year. I think it was probably from seeds in the compost. They never really ripened though. This years surprise that I never planted was strawberries

Kess73

OP, tomatoes grow easily outdoors in Ireland. I am in Limerick and have been growing cherry tomatoes in two window boxes out my back this year and have being getting some great yields, and they taste great. With the weather being so mild this year there are still some growing on the plant even this late in the year.