I had a couple cherry tomato plants planted in a half barrel last year. They're everywhere now! They've taken over other plants, and the whole backyard, not anywhere near where they were planted. How on earth do we kill them without killing the sod?
2006-09-28 04:48:30 · 10 answers · asked by chefgrille 7 in Home & Garden ➔ Garden & Landscape
Go to freecycle.org (find your local freecycle) and offer "free tomato plants if you dig them out"
Someone will come and get them and you don't even have to dirty your hands
2006-09-28 05:00:31 · answer #1 · answered by greenie 6 · 1⤊ 0⤋
They are good plants to have as a food source or to save money like I'm trying to do at the moment by growing them.
I haven't ever heard of them taking over like you say but would love to go where ever you are and dig them all out.
Otherwise wait till they grow a bit and pull them out and dig over the soil to make sure there is nothing left of them eg.seeds or half growen or full growen tomatoes,but also in saying that I have never heard of this happening so maybe it's not true tomato plants and something has infected the original ones and you may have come across something that will change the world by natural course lol.
Good luck.
2006-09-28 05:18:31 · answer #2 · answered by s_d_wadham 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
I've never heard of the plants taking over a yard. I just pulled all of mine out. They were everywhere, but only one root source. Mine also where in half barrels. You should be able to pull them out at the root source and then just untangle them from the rest of the foliage.
2006-09-28 06:04:37 · answer #3 · answered by bugear001 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Don't squish the tomato or it will leave seeds everywhere! It could also be from a little animal eating the tomato and after leaving, the seeds have already been dispersed. Pull each one up as soon as you see them and eventually they will start disappearing.
2006-09-28 07:06:01 · answer #4 · answered by d.a.f.f.y. 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Pull each plant out by the roots, like a weed.
2006-09-28 04:51:25 · answer #5 · answered by smartypants909 7 · 2⤊ 0⤋
that sounds great, I have never heard of tomato plants takeing over.It should give you plenty tomatoes to eat.
It would seem you could just chop them down and put in trash or turn them under the dirt.
2006-09-28 04:53:04 · answer #6 · answered by KaeMae 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
o Pull each out by hand now
o Make sure no fruit drops from the vine or left on the ground to regrow
2006-09-28 04:58:24 · answer #7 · answered by Lady Athena 3 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Pull them out!
2006-09-28 04:55:26 · answer #8 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 0⤋
introduce a predator like what they did in Australia
2006-09-28 05:07:15 · answer #9 · answered by kimht 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
You should pull 'em out.
2006-09-28 05:02:21 · answer #10 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋