Author Topic: heaviest tomato ?? (Read 13992 times)

tonybloke · « **on:** July 21, 2009, 23:37:48 »

482 gms, or 1lb 1oz in old money.
Korol Gigantov.
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Duke Ellington · « **Reply #1 on:** July 22, 2009, 08:52:13 »

Boasting again !!! ::)

Seriously thats a whopper !! Well done !

Duke

saddad · « **Reply #2 on:** July 22, 2009, 09:09:57 »

A few years ago I grew "Oxheart" an orange/yellow tomato from HSL and one weighed over a Kg... sadly I stopped saving the seeds on one of the periodic culls... :-[

tonybloke · « **Reply #3 on:** July 22, 2009, 10:13:04 »

I saved some of the seed, (before it became last nights bolognese!) I'll send you a few.

Jayb · « **Reply #4 on:** July 22, 2009, 15:12:07 »

Wow what a handsome monster!

ceres · « **Reply #5 on:** July 22, 2009, 16:00:25 »

You're tempting fate - you know who's gonna be along in a minute! ;)

Nice tom.

tim · « **Reply #6 on:** August 03, 2009, 15:39:27 »

Nearly, Tony! Brandywine.

Would have grown on but the truss was breaking.

saddad · « **Reply #7 on:** August 03, 2009, 15:56:38 »

Looking good Tim...
Did you send them Tony? Did I get them... senility has set in (here) I think! ::)

GRACELAND · « **Reply #8 on:** August 03, 2009, 16:00:08 »

:D

I got 2 2lb Spuds so far this year :o

saddad · « **Reply #9 on:** August 03, 2009, 16:45:06 »

You weren't wrong Ceres... hit the ignore button... :-X

ceres · « **Reply #10 on:** August 03, 2009, 16:55:02 »

Sadly yes. Hopefully Dan will be along soon.

tim · « **Reply #11 on:** August 03, 2009, 17:10:51 »

Just let it die.

tonybloke · « **Reply #12 on:** August 03, 2009, 17:16:47 »

Quote from: saddad on August 03, 2009, 15:56:38

Looking good Tim...
Did you send them Tony? Did I get them... senility has set in (here) I think! ::)

did you want some seed david? if so, let me know and I'll send you some!!

debster · « **Reply #13 on:** August 03, 2009, 17:19:53 »

those tomatoes look lovely, what is the taste like? does it lose any flavour in the size?

tonybloke · « **Reply #14 on:** August 03, 2009, 17:25:13 »

the large tom's I grow, I grow because they taste as good as the small ones!! ;)

northener · « **Reply #15 on:** August 03, 2009, 17:25:54 »

DONT CLICK ON THE ABOVE LINK, NOT VERY NICE

tim · « **Reply #16 on:** August 03, 2009, 18:23:18 »

debster - it's not the size - it's the variety. And the way they are brought up.

See http://www.allotments4all.co.uk/smf/index.php/topic,49640.160.html - should be under Recipes.

Supposedly one of the best.

debster · « **Reply #17 on:** August 03, 2009, 18:48:27 »

ok so they are alarge variety rather then a large tomato from an ordinary variety must give them a go next year

Hector · « **Reply #18 on:** August 03, 2009, 18:49:26 »

Tom, do they take an age to ripen and do you have to tie up trusses?

tonybloke · « **Reply #19 on:** August 03, 2009, 22:18:56 »

the trusses of most of the very large tomatoes have only 3 - 6 fruit per truss, and yes, they do need tying to your support or they'll tear the truss off of the stem with their weight
(sometimes)

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