Big mistake in my opinion. Bush type (determinate) tomatoes require a minimum pot size of five gallons per plant. Most indeterminate (vine type) tomatoes require a minimum 10-gallons of mix all to themselves. I grow my tomatoes in 20 and 25 gallon pots and their roots fill the pots. Sweet potatoes need almost as much space as a bush type tomato.

More than likely your friend grew a variety of potatoes that does bloom (not all of them do) and that put on some little seed which do look like small green tomatoes. DO NOT EAT THEM, from what I understand they are toxic similar to the potatoes that turn green from daylight are toxic. It may be very common in some varieties, but I have only seen one crop of potatoes that grew them, although I have seen more that did bloom. I only had a half row of russett potatoes in my garden this year and only two or three plants had any blooms on them, none of them had any of the little seed, tomato looking things. Bill P. The plant described and advertised above is a grafted plant that has had a tomato plant grafted onto a potato plant. Some people use Eggplant for root stock to graft tomatoes on to also, so it can be done with things from the same family in some cases. Bill P.

gardenscout...my neighbors do get plenty. One makes sauce and another makes salsa and share back to me. (I also grow the peppers and basil but cilantro bolts here way before the toms and peppers are ready) I'm also stubborn. I grow tomatoes all winter in my sunny dining room. I can't eat the store bought. yummykaz...sorry I forgot the warning! LOL I use Sea Rich, a kelp/fish fert from Garden's Alive. I use as foliar AND drench once at just after true leaf stage, again at transplant time and once again about a month later. The real secret I believe is compost. Blacks never appealed to me. Too soft, not enough tang. The exception is Black Cherry. Just personal preference.

Eww, lol - It looks like your plant is under some serious stress - Here are a couple of things you can do - 1. Stop watering so much - Tomatoes dont need a lot of water until they actually have fruit on them. Let it dry out almost completely and wait for it to start wilting- You will see new growth will take off after you start this process. ( contine until you have fruit ) 2. Give your plant some food. I would suggest something that has good nitrogen and Phosphorus levels - Miracle Grow works good. 3. Cut off the first bottom branches that are on the ground. - This will reduce your chance of the plant getting a disease from the soil. - Also dont worry about the plant - It will be fine. Last year i grew a plant that had the same look to it and it eventually had new growth and did awesome - GOOD LUCK