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Produce => Edible Plants => Topic started by: Jeannine on August 29, 2011, 23:29:34
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Just curious, what is the biggest tomato you have ever grown and what variety was it.
XX Jeannine
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delicious 3.5 lbs
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Jeannine thanks for starting this thread. I'm pretty hopeless at growing tomatos myself but enjoy hearing about others successes. I've followed ( but not contributed to, not enough of an expert ) your threads on blue toms, white veg bed, minature veg bed and your perenniel and winter themes and find them fascinating. I hope you find those queen of heart tomato seeds :)
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These, I have them down as oxheart from my friend in south africa,Eric. However, he sent me another packet, it's a different shape :)
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Oxheart toms are generally sort of in the shape of an oxheart but they also grow funny shapes like in your pic. So yes it is 100% an oxheart tom .. I used to grow them in Zimbabwe and all sorts of shapes would appear!! So tasty..
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Thankyou Carbone, that is very sweet,, however we need to get you growing tomatoes better so perhaps we can help.
The reason I asked this question is because I talked to a man a couple of days ago who claimed his Marzano tomatoes had topped 5kg,now he is a bit of a blow hole at the best of times so I laughed but he was adamant..he even had a picture on a scale..but it seemed very unlikely to me so I thought it was rigged.
Anyway unless the record has been broken I believe it was 7lb 4 ozs from man in the US ,southern states.
The best I ever did personally was just over 2lbs and that was some time ago so I am way off base.
I have never actually deliberately tried to grow a biggie but I might next year just to show the blowhole.. I can be real bad.
Plainleaf I have Delicioius seeds, and Big Zak and a new one called Hoy so may be asking for tips LOL
XX Jeannine
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Sorry Manics, forgot your wonderful picture there..it is a great tom, but not like a true oxheart, it is too ribbed with a heavier bottom to me and looks more like a Zapotec,Gezahnte or a Costoluto Genovese. It is not uncommon for them to throw a plum shape.
Whatever it is it is a geat tomato though,,well done.
XX Jeannine
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I have never actually deliberately tried to grow a biggie but I might next year just to show the blowhole.. I can be real bad.
I can't wait to see this ;D ;D ;D
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elsie, perhaps better if you don't hold your breath.. this man told me early in the season that the transplants we had were useless as he grew enormous tomatoes , I guess he wanted to prove it to me. It was when he said he bet me I couldn't grow anything bigger than him,ever.. that I got a bit interested.
XX Jeannine
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Big Boy
In old money 1lb 6
(http://www.allotments4all.co.uk/smf/gallery/9323_18_09_09_7_27_37.JPG)
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sorry Jeannine you incorrect the record in 7.75 lbs 7 lbs 12 oz /3.5153 kg in Edmond OK /USA by Gordon Graham in 1986.before that record was 6.5 lbs in 1976
the variety in both cases was was Delicious.
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Yes that sounds about right, my memory is not as good as it once was, but I think the readers got my point anyway which means the man I spoke to is not exactly being honest.
XX Jeannine
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Largest I've had so far this year is 1lb11oz, sorry no picture, thought about it but I was in the middle of cooking at the time. Variety Mazarini, a lovely pink heart.
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elsie, perhaps better if you don't hold your breath.. this man told me early in the season that the transplants we had were useless as he grew enormous tomatoes , I guess he wanted to prove it to me. It was when he said he bet me I couldn't grow anything bigger than him,ever.. that I got a bit interested.
XX Jeannine
Obviously I've never met him or seen his tomatoes, but I'd still put my money on you any day! ;D
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Well you know I might just take him on..any help appreciated, I have never done this before.has to be organic though.
Come on folks I kinda wanna take the wind out of his sails a bit..not nice but he sorta dared me.
Help!!
XX Jeannine
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One of my plot neigbbours has oxheart tomatoes. The shape looks like it came straight from the ox but not a candidate for a mega weigh in.
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Biggest ever was 2lbs 4oz from Jumbo Tom, now named Supersteak I believe, biggest this year has been a 1lb 3oz Black Krim.... that's enormous for a Krim in my experience, usually they're a lot earlier but smaller than this year.... this year they're huge (had another one at the pound mark and another two on the same truss look like they're about there too, normally don't expect anything much over 8oz of a krim).... A variety I call "Giant Spanish Red" seems to be putting up some monsters too.... got it frmo ebay a couple of years ago and it does what it says on the tin... they're very big, the plant puts out a fair number of them (it's a pretty aggressive vine) but it is rather late.... it's stablemate "Giant Spanish Yellow" is one of the tasitiest coooked tomatoes I've ever had BTW..... even stood next to Heinz though flavour different it was gorgeous...
chrisc
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This is mine. I grew it on the window sill.
(http://i196.photobucket.com/albums/aa185/SavageBlue/untitled1.jpg)
Sorry, I'll get me coat ...
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You must have used a lot of bull shush to grow that one Sam.. did you ingest a bit too. LO XX Jeannine
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I had an HSL "Yellow Oxheart" that got just over a Kilo... :)
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I've got 'funny' looking 'plum' type tomato that I growing out of proportions.. ::) It has just started to ripen so I'll be taking a photo of that on scales soon.. ;D I could not fit even half of one in a tin.. ::)
Watch this space..
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mmm, lots of good ideas here XX Jeannine
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Biggest ever was 2lbs 4oz from Jumbo Tom, now named Supersteak I believe, biggest this year has been a 1lb 3oz Black Krim.... that's enormous for a Krim in my experience, usually they're a lot earlier but smaller than this year.... this year they're huge (had another one at the pound mark and another two on the same truss look like they're about there too, normally don't expect anything much over 8oz of a krim).... A variety I call "Giant Spanish Red" seems to be putting up some monsters too.... got it frmo ebay a couple of years ago and it does what it says on the tin... they're very big, the plant puts out a fair number of them (it's a pretty aggressive vine) but it is rather late.... it's stablemate "Giant Spanish Yellow" is one of the tasitiest coooked tomatoes I've ever had BTW..... even stood next to Heinz though flavour different it was gorgeous...
chrisc
Grew Krims for the first time this year and although they are not big (maybe 7or 8 oz tops) they are bloody lovely and they look great sliced on a plate. Easy to grow too. I tried Giant Spanish Yellow last year without much success - very few toms - big but only a few on a plant..
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A Kilo+ tomato, lovely Saddad :)
Jeannine, I'm sorry can’t help on how to grow a big-un but I saved some seed from the large/king fruit Mazarini, you are welcome to seed (or one of the regular fruit) Also if they are of interest I have a few of Medwyn’s Tomato giant PG Selection, Spanish Giant (originally seed swapped with Chriscross) and Giant Belgium.
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Thanks, Jay, I would love the Medwyns one and the Mazarini please, I have Giant Belguiim and can't find any info on Spanish Giant..
I have had a couple of offers from the Us too for some biggies so I am gonna knock this blown up geezer off the map!! How is that for confidence..I went down the river on a raft, I can conquer the world!!!!
XX Jeannine
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I'm afraid I haven't got any advice or seeds to offer :-[
but I'm happy to cheerlead :D
Go,go,go Jeannine
grow the biggest tomato he's ever seen
and show him you're the growing queen
Goooooo Jeannine!
;D ;D ;D
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Wow Elsie, do you have the costume and the legs too. ::)
Actually don't tell but I bought two huge tomatoes today from a farm store, I have no idea what they are but I thought I would take a picture on the scales as back up and save it for next year.. just in case. Just weighed them. 16.5 ozs and 19.2 ozs.Actually I thought they would weigh more than that.
I think I have a long way to go.. I guess cheating doesn't pay off. Of course I could put some of my lead quilting weights behind them...mm
Maybe I should keep the seeds. I have no idea what they taste like as I haven't done the pictures yet so haven't cut them. LOL
XX Jeannine
XX Jeannine
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Suppose it is standard practice to limit the amount of fruit on plant or at least on truss to let the plant consentrate all its effords for that one biggie.
My big one is almost ripe.. ;D...its not huge to compare what beeftomatoes can grow to but as this one being paste/canning (or something like it..won't know for sure untill I've cut into it)...it is ridiculously big for that sort.. ;D
And the biggest fruit is on truss that I clumsily 'bumbed' into and knocked the fruit off..part the now biggie.
All other fruit on plant are big too but nothing like that the one.
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Grew Krims for the first time this year and although they are not big (maybe 7or 8 oz tops) they are bloody lovely and they look great sliced on a plate. Easy to grow too. I tried Giant Spanish Yellow last year without much success - very few toms - big but only a few on a plant..
Hmm... that sounds like the Krims I know :-).... that said, not minding it, I'll save some seeds from that plant for definite... GSY is defintiely an indoor plant in this country IMHO, I never had much luck with them outdoors last year adn didn't bother this.... though a friend of mine has and reports that they are very tasty grilled.....
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I've got 'funny' looking 'plum' type tomato that I growing out of proportions.. It has just started to ripen so I'll be taking a photo of that on scales soon.. I could not fit even half of one in a tin.. Here we are..not biggest in the world..but certainly over grown for its type.. ;D
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Thanks for the Giant Spannish Yellow info Chris. I grew it I think last year, but it wasn't in the best location. I'll try again maybe next year and give it a little more tlc.
Lovely looking tom G'life :)
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Hi, I can't quite see the size because of the reflection and what variety is it.
XX Jeannine
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It is 514 grams and variety is Mexicaine
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Here is another photo...the one in the left is how this tomato should ideally look...pimento type.
Perharps the the podgie one had all the pies.. ;D
Should we have biggest/heaviest tomato competition next year?
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Yes we definatley should, I just need to beat the ickle nastie on our gardens but it would be fun to be cheered on with a compie on here.
Need to post it soon as some folks may wish to start early of even look for or share seeds.. I will put a post on
XX Jeannine