This was my largest tomato I grew; picked May 5, 2023 -
Tomato was Cleota Pink.
Next week when I am home I will sow seeds for the new season. Hopefully, will get a full 2 pounder this season.
Re: Largest Tomato Photo Contest
Posted: Fri Sep 08, 2023 7:15 pm
by MissS
@Barb_FL That is another beauty! I do hope that you are saving seeds from it. If you would like to send me some it would be great so that I can send them out to others for next years competition. If we keep saving seeds from our biggest tomatoes then the weights should be increasing as we go on.
Re: Largest Tomato Photo Contest
Posted: Fri Sep 08, 2023 9:55 pm
by Barb_FL
MissS wrote: ↑Fri Sep 08, 2023 7:15 pm
@Barb_FL That is another beauty! I do hope that you are saving seeds from it. If you would like to send me some it would be great so that I can send them out to others for next years competition. If we keep saving seeds from our biggest tomatoes then the weights should be increasing as we go on.
Sure thing; I didn't save too much from last season but will send seeds late December / early January from what I plan to grow. Timing should be good for the rest of the country.
Re: Largest Tomato Photo Contest
Posted: Fri Sep 08, 2023 11:33 pm
by maxjohnson
MissS wrote: ↑Fri Sep 08, 2023 4:18 pm
@Mark_Thompson That's a beauty! Very nice for a single fruit. It has great stems on it too to help support extra weight. I like to see that. Let us know how that one tastes.
Please, oh please save us some seeds so we can share!
If you were talking about the Mega Marv, it always taste good. Very meaty, not much seeds and juices. One thing I like about this variety is even though there are catfacing, I almost never seen the skin cracks even after big rain, the plant do drink a lot of water though.
Found good info here:
Re: Largest Tomato Photo Contest
Posted: Sat Sep 09, 2023 7:37 am
by Cornelius_Gotchberg
MissS wrote: ↑Fri Sep 08, 2023 7:15 pm
@Barb_FL That is another beauty! I do hope that you are saving seeds from it. If you would like to send me some it would be great so that I can send them out to others for next years competition. If we keep saving seeds from our biggest tomatoes then the weights should be increasing as we go on.
Will be forwarding mucho seeds from our Monster Guido Heirloom plant, which has produced a coupla >2 pound/.91 kg beasts, including, but not limited to, the "runt" below:
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The Gotch
Re: Largest Tomato Photo Contest
Posted: Sat Sep 09, 2023 10:29 am
by MissS
@maxjohnson That is some great info there in that video. Thanks for sharing!
Re: Largest Tomato Photo Contest
Posted: Sat Sep 16, 2023 12:42 pm
by Tim DH
Quite small compared to some of the others shown here. ... but humour me please. It's the biggest one I've ever grown, by quite some margin!
Variety: Uluru Ochre 784g
Tim DH
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Re: Largest Tomato Photo Contest
Posted: Sat Sep 16, 2023 3:18 pm
by MissS
@Tim DH That's impressive, especially coming from a dwarf variety. A lovely color too.
Re: Largest Tomato Photo Contest
Posted: Sat Sep 16, 2023 3:23 pm
by Josetom
Tim DH wrote: ↑Sat Sep 16, 2023 12:42 pm
Quite small compared to some of the others shown here. ... but humour me please. It's the biggest one I've ever grown, by quite some margin!
Variety: Uluru Ochre 784g
Tim DH
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Very nice Tim, I can't wait for my Uluru Ochre to produce.. flavor I have read it's good , how it's for you in regards of production? Thanks
Re: Largest Tomato Photo Contest
Posted: Sun Sep 17, 2023 3:57 pm
by Tim DH
Josetom wrote: ↑Sat Sep 16, 2023 3:23 pm
Very nice Tim, I can't wait for my Uluru Ochre to produce.. flavor I have read it's good , how it's for you in regards of production? Thanks
I only grew one plant so not much data, but Production is OK. ... 3.4kg to date. I don't think there is much more to come.