What do you think I should do about the volunteer potatoes...

[thistlebloom]

...that are growing in my tomato bed? I pulled several out, but after being gone a week I see some more are growing.

If I left them would they hog to many needed nutrients from my tomatoes?

I have to say, it was hard to pull them, they were so healthy looking!

 

[Collector]

I had some in the corn patch, removed them one by one cause they started crowding the corn. There is only one left and it is by a zuc plant, to close im thinking. Sadly for it i will have 4 days to look at it crowding the growing squash. Pretty sure it wont make the weekend lol. If they are not in the way I would let them grow though...

 

[baymule]

I'd let 'em grow. Just feed them some extra compost.

 

[Chickie'sMomaInNH]

in one of my companion planting books it mentions not allowing the 2 plants to grow too close to each other. seems the tomatoes can make the potatoes susceptible to blight if they are grown together or too close. i would probably pop out the potato if there was only 1 or 2 in the way. if there were fewer tomatoes i'd be popping those out and probably potting them up to put somewhere else.

 

[journey11]

I've let them grow before, but didn't get much out of them but a couple of quarter-sized spuds. The baby potatoes that they grow from are usually so tiny as to be missed, I think they don't get off to a good start or something? I've not had luck with them anyway.

ETA: Another thing to consider is if that patch of potatoes was healthy the year before, since tomatoes and potatoes share most of the same diseases.