Tomato Growing Competition 2012

Stop press.... Tesco's are selling "Cour de Buer" tomatoes at 99p each!

Wish I knew that last year when I had a glut of them....... Didn't bother this year 'cos the "Big Boyz" were bigger !

 

Update on my Beefmasters....ey they're not doing too bad ...and they're called Stanley as well

 

Eeee by gum Lass, they're reet 'andsome.

 

Hi folks.

If there's a comp next year, I might be inclined to join in It'll be interesting to see the outcome, and if there's a tom that has the 'winning' ways

 

I'll make a Yorkshire lass out of you yet Our Jen

 

Tomatoes will actually weigh less if less if left on the plant until fully ripe. If picked when they start to 'blush' they will weigh more plus they can be left to ripen for seed saving/eating.

 

At last my greenhouse toms have started ripening

Biggest so far is a Big Boy weighing in at 216gr/7.6oz. I'm not bothering entering that one because I have another larger Big Boy and a Delicious that are still bulking up, just hope they don't start ripening any day soon!

 

Hows your Big Zog Zigs ?

 

More of a Little Zag



Had bigger outdoor toms last year.

 

My Delicious x Big Boy mating failed miserably, think I'll try a BB x Big Zac next year, if I can get some verified Big Zac seed.....

Funds permitting, hoping to build myself a dedicated tomato/pepper "house" (posh polytunnel) for next year, may come to nothing but ALL us veggie growers can but dream?

Decent weather would help?

 

That would be nice Vince, are you planning on a brick based one with nice wooden windows?

 

Aw bless it's little heart

 

Would be my ideal Zigs but alas funds dictate otherwise (and I'm a very poor bricklayer truth be told)

Thinking more of building a timber base and utilising some (lots) of aluminium greenhouse bits that I have in abundance, bought a 2nd hand 12' x 16' greenhouse of ebay a few years ago, far too big for my garden but got it cheap and well worth it for the price for the glass alone.

 

Here's my first offering....but there's a couple of bigger ones where he came from