New world record tomato! - Page 2

PhilaGardener · July 16, 2020

Pretty amazing! Raising the bar again!

edweather · July 16, 2020

10.80 lbs? That's what my son weighed at birth. Wow!

PaulTandberg · July 16, 2020

Wow!

I 've noticed those really big ones look like four tomatoes smushed together. Is that part of the deal? Kind like a fertilized egg producing conjoined quadruplets? Four sets of seed packs?

mecktom · July 16, 2020

Holy Moly! ��

Fusion_power · July 17, 2020

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I 've noticed those really big ones look like four tomatoes smushed together.

The genes for fused ovules cause this type growth. Look at Reisetomate for an interesting comparison. I have grown many fused ovule varieties, but never had one that was a really satisfactory tomato to make a BLT.

KarenO · July 17, 2020

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Originally Posted by Fusion_power

The genes for fused ovules cause this type growth. Look at Reisetomate for an interesting comparison. I have grown many fused ovule varieties, but never had one that was a really satisfactory tomato to make a BLT.

Huge fused beefsteak or heart blooms are selected I believe in order to achieve the size to compete for competition weight tomatoes.
KarenO

Salsacharley · July 17, 2020

This truly is fantastic! Another world record! Will you share what variety your monster derived from?

biscuitridge · July 17, 2020

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Originally Posted by Salsacharley

This truly is fantastic! Another world record! Will you share what variety your monster derived from?

It is basically a Domingo.

bower · July 17, 2020

Congrats, that is one shocking mater and achievement for you, once again!

For the record, my son didn't nearly weigh that much at birth!

.. (but I still think my son was cuter. )

Yak54 · July 17, 2020

10.8 lbs. !!! You sure it's not a watermelon ?

Dan

biscuitridge · July 17, 2020

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Originally Posted by Yak54

10.8 lbs. !!! You sure it's not a watermelon ?

Dan

I was wondering why it had stripes, now that explains it!

July 16, 2020	#17
edweather Tomatovillian™ Join Date: Jul 2012 Location: Southeast GA, USDA 9a, HZ9, Sunset Z28 Posts: 396	10.80 lbs? That's what my son weighed at birth. Wow! __________________ You'll be surprised what you'll never have to do, if you put it off long enough.

July 16, 2020	#16
PhilaGardener Tomatovillian™ Join Date: Jan 2014 Location: Near Philadelphia, PA Posts: 1,940	Pretty amazing! Raising the bar again!

July 16, 2020	#18
PaulTandberg Tomatovillian™ Join Date: Feb 2018 Location: North Dakota Posts: 77	Wow! I 've noticed those really big ones look like four tomatoes smushed together. Is that part of the deal? Kind like a fertilized egg producing conjoined quadruplets? Four sets of seed packs?

July 16, 2020	#19
mecktom Tomatovillian™ Join Date: Jul 2010 Location: Southern Virginia Posts: 342	Holy Moly! ��

July 17, 2020	#22
Salsacharley Tomatovillian™ Join Date: May 2013 Location: New Mexico Posts: 2,052	This truly is fantastic! Another world record! Will you share what variety your monster derived from?

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bower Tomatovillian™ Join Date: Feb 2012 Location: Newfoundland, Canada Posts: 6,794	Congrats, that is one shocking mater and achievement for you, once again! For the record, my son didn't nearly weigh that much at birth! .. (but I still think my son was cuter. )

July 17, 2020	#25
Yak54 Tomatovillian™ Join Date: May 2009 Location: Madison, OH, zone 6 Posts: 474	10.8 lbs. !!! You sure it's not a watermelon ? Dan