[Gabz]

The only tomato plants I have that are surviving our heat and lack of rain are ones I didn’t plant. They are “volunteers” from the volunteers I had last season. It’s really weird.

I’ve had tomato plants sprout up in the weirdest places over the years, like in the burn pile where I had tossed some that had gotten over ripe.

[de.rm]

I don't remember seeing the farmers in my area clearing the old vines.

[MrB]

I had a lot of volunteer stuff out of the compost that I put down. Tomatoes, squashes, peppers...

[tubebender]

Years and years ago the city Eureka Benderville Calif would dump their sewer sludge after it had been through stomachs and several digesters in the sand dunes across Humboldt Bay and I would find tomato plants growing where only the hardiest plants survive ...