Tomato Growing Competition 2012

Got a couple of cherry sized fruit on my girt Zacs on the widowsill.

Got some bigger ones on outside tomato that has been out since february though

 

This is my offering thus far....(baby) Beefmaster

 

grown a no name tomato to 393 grams, not that big but not bad, i ate it

i bought in ebay as pineaplle but its red and i saved the seeds from last year

 

Piccies are a must on this thread JR. Not that we don't believe you of course

 

Some of my Beefmaster are coming along nicely.

 

Crikey Trunky they're coming on

 

I'm being very quiet.... one of my Delicious megablooms has produced a 2in1fruit, my money is still on my "Big Boys" though, off to a slow start but now overtaken the Delicious.

Might try a Big Boy X Delicious mating if I can find out how to?

 

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Cheers for that Scrungee, will try to translate from Yank to English and give it a bash

 

Noticed the first of my Beefmaster beginning to change colour today.
It's not a big one, but it's a start! When it's ready for picking I'll weigh it and post a pic on here to get the competition started.

 

Was wondering how we were getting on with our Olympic Toms....when i find a camera that works i'll post a pic too

 

All my first megablooms failed to set fruit, which is a problem I've had with all my tomatoes this year, greenhouse, polytunnel and outdoors. However, megablooms on higher trusses have now set fruit and the good news is that toms on 2nd & 3rd trusses are supposed to produce bigger tomatoes than one on the first truss. There's still plenty of time for a giant tomato to grow from a flower that's only just opened.

 

I think that looks scary Scrungee.
I'd be afraid to try and remove that from its Mother,
Jenny

 

The first of my Beefmaster was picked today.
I was to going to weigh it and post a pic on here to get us started, only problem being...it was Mrs. Trunky who picked it while I was at work.
By the time I got home it had been thoroughly chopped up and, along with some Basil, made into a very tasty salsa.
It wasn't all that big anyway and there are several more to come, so watch this space.