1 believe it or not tomatoes arent always red they can be yellow pink purple black and even white 2 found at walt disney world resort florida usa the largest single tomato plant in the world covers an area of 5673 metres sq thats bigger than an olympic size swimming pool. Tomato plants grow from seeds the same seeds that are inside the tomato tomato plants need lots of sunshine and healthy soil to grow well tomatoes also need water to grow but not too much too much water will make the plants weak it is also important for the soil to be warm when planting tomato seeds or young tomato plants. At least they know that tomato is a fruit tomato fun facts 11 15 11 many people consider tomato as a vegetable the state of new jersey in usa has actually made tomato as its state vegetable 12 tomatoes had always been considered as fruit but the confusion came when the supreme court of usa declared that tomatoes were vegetables. Most tomatoes are red the tomato is green when it is unripe it slowly changes color from green to red as it gets ripe and as it gets ripe it gets bigger and bigger there are many different types of tomatoes some kinds of tomato are yellow or orange when they are ripe tomatoes are used a lot in italian food