I don’t ever recall seeing a tomato get baptized.
“But as many as received him, to these he gave power to become the sons of God, to them who believe on his name.” ( John 1:12)
No work (baptism) is required to become a Christian. If we love him, we will obey his commands. The first is to be baptized not in order to be forgiven for sins. Our faith has justified us. “By grace are ye saved through faith, and that not of yourselves, it is a gift of God, not of works, lest any many should boast” (Ephesians 2:8,9) “Abraham believed God and it was counted to him for righteousness. To the one who works his wage is not credited as a favor, but what is due. But to him that does not work, but believes on him who justifies the ungodly, his faith is counted as righteousness.” (Romans 4:3-5)
We are his workmanship, created in Christ Jesus for good works, which God prepared beforehand so that we would walk in them. Some mistakenly assert that baptism is required for salvation, but the overwhelming majority of scriptures do not even mention baptism. If baptism were required for salvation, this would contradict many plain teachings to the contrary. No scripture is of private interpretation and must harmonize with all other scriptures on the topic. It is a tempting fatal conceit to think that our works are somehow required for salvation. Only he has kept the whole law. All we can do is trust in his finished work. We are his workmanship.