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title: "Shouldn't my cherry tomato plant have started to flower by now? It's…"
description: "Shouldn't my cherry tomato plant have started to flower by now? It's been over 8 weeks since I planted seeds..."
url: "https://getplanta.com/community/x8_aVt91R1-MU6xd79uMKQ/CYY6N0WkoxyAddIsxGrBVI"
community: "Edible Gardening"
author: "Charli"
published: "2025-07-17T16:18:00.878543Z"
language: "en"
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# Shouldn't my cherry tomato plant have started to flower by now? It's…

_Posted by Charli on 2025-07-17_

Shouldn't my cherry tomato plant have started to flower by now? It's been over 8 weeks since I planted seeds...

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## 6 comments

### Planta member commented on 2025-07-18

Sorry but that looks like a common weed, I don’t believe it is a tomato plant. The leaf shape is wrong and the branches too close.

#### Planta member replied on 2025-07-18

Tomato is in the nightshade family, the yellow flowers are very distinctively nightshade flower shape and they are about a centimeter in size

### Missemmazie commented on 2025-07-19

My apologies but that's not a tomato plant 🍅

#### Charli replied on 2025-07-19

lol Google said the same thing. I've been watering it for weeks. Pretty obvious I'm an amateur over here? 🤦🏻‍♀️😂😂

#### Jackie replied on 2025-07-19

Charli, please stick with gardening. This was the cutest thread I have read since I got the Planta app. I wish you great luck in your garden (and know I completely could have made the same mistake)!

#### LadyTenorJD replied on 2025-07-23

Everyone starts somewhere. We learn from our mistakes. Don’t give up! I’m a newbie myself.

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