Hi All
I have entered the largest tomato competition however the largest i have is black russian which is not that large and so I wondered if someone has say 4 seeds of a large beefsteak tom that i could have to try to take the title!.
I can swap for same of golden sunrise, sungold, alisa craig, black russian, black cherry, roma, red cherry, or gardeners delight.
Anyone got a few of a whopper they can spare?
Fingers crossed
x Sunloving
I'm not promising the winning one for you as I keep that one seed for myself..but you can certainly have the second place seeds.. ;D I send you a pm.. ;D
Pm yuour addy and I will send a couple of varieties to you,, look at the thread and you will see my list of what I have..pick a couple.
XX Jeannine
I'm going for Yellow Oxheart... I've had 1Kg toms before... if you want a couple pm me... :)
Not even sure what you'd do with a 1kg tom!
Out of interest, do the big uns have much flavour to them?
Debs (big tomato contender) x
I've never grown bigger than bit over 1lb and those been ok..but there is so many other factors playing a part for the development or lack of the flavour. Amount sun light, amount of water, the soil, temperature.
Looking at some the really HUGE competition monsters on net..they don't look very appetizing.. :-\..but then again, they are grown just to get the maximum size... :-\
I shall tell you what my HUGE winner will taste like later on.... ;) ;D
Some of the tastiest varieties I grew last year were also some of the largest fruit. Several varieties I'm hoping to grow this year,although chosen for great taste (I hope) could also produce large sized fruit. One tomato that caught my eye is "Old, old unnamed Bulgarian tomato" from Real Seeds http://www.realseeds.co.uk/tomatoes_bulgarian.html which I think is the same variety as listed at Tatiana's http://t.tatianastomatobase.com:88/wiki/Bulgarian_Old_Sort_No_Name. I have spare seeds for some large fruiting varieties if anyone wants some.
Quote from: Twoflower on February 07, 2012, 18:24:07
Not even sure what you'd do with a 1kg tom!
Grill or bake.... those biggun's are glorious cooked....
Thankyou very much for the great offers. I now have some fab new varieties to try to scoop the prize with on the way!
Exciting! but need an extension on the greenhouse now.
xx Sunloving
Quote from: Jayb on February 08, 2012, 13:53:55
I have spare seeds for some large fruiting varieties if anyone wants some.
Dare I be cheeky enough to ask? Or is that pushing people's kindness just too far?
Quote from: Twoflower on February 07, 2012, 18:24:07
Not even sure what you'd do with a 1kg tom!
also makes great soup and "slop" for freezing to add to dishes through the winter... :)
Quote from: Nigel B on February 08, 2012, 17:25:46
Quote from: Jayb on February 08, 2012, 13:53:55
I have spare seeds for some large fruiting varieties if anyone wants some.
Dare I be cheeky enough to ask? Or is that pushing people's kindness just too far?
Not at all the offer is there :)
Thank you Jayb. :)
The winning seed too!
Champion! :-*