September 13, 2016 | #241 |
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Quarrying a tomato
Large tomatoes require special techniques.
When slicing is not an option, quarrying works quite well. |
December 19, 2016 | #242 |
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He did have the world record, now I've stolen it from him with my 8.61 lb. tomato.lol. sorry ,this is in response to #92 post
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December 19, 2016 | #243 |
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Here's my new WR tomato
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December 19, 2016 | #244 |
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Another angle of the 8.61
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December 19, 2016 | #245 |
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That is awesome, CONGRATULATIONS. Thanks for posting that picture.
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December 19, 2016 | #246 |
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Congrats!
WOW!!! A new WORLD RECORD? What a beauty. What variety is it? Do you have any secrets that you are willing to share?
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December 19, 2016 | #247 |
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Did you name it Bigvanvader? Really amazing!
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December 19, 2016 | #248 |
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It's a big zac
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December 19, 2016 | #249 |
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Niiiiccceee!!!! I have always had luck with Big Zac- even without fused blossoms. It just makes big tomatoes, all the way around.
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May 22, 2017 | #251 |
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Anyone gearing up this year to go big again?
I have 2 Big Zac and 4 Chapman. All 4 Chapman had HUGE megablooms on Saturday morning. Then at the end of the day I was exhausted from working and wanted to end the day with some light duty tasks such as cluster thinning and suckering. So as I worked my way up and down my rows, I realized, too late, that I pinched off two of the 4 Chapman megablooms. That hurt. Live and learn I guess. Still have two, so we will see how it goes. My BZ does not have any unusually large buds at this point. Same thing happened last year. Maybe I need to get different BZ genetics... |
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For MM and SV I had only 1 plant germinating out of 5 seeds I had of each variety. My 1 year old son accidentally stepped on the SV seedling while I had it on a tray in the balcony, so it didn't even make it to the garden. So this is what I have left 1 Mega Marv (which by the way is growing very slowly...) 4 Donskoi 3 George Detsikas IT Red 2 Slankard's My goal is to reach 2 pounds, but I could be happy if I beat my record from last year Last edited by Fritz77; May 29, 2017 at 10:53 AM. |
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May 29, 2017 | #253 |
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June 27, 2017 | #254 |
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Biggest so far this year- Dotson's Lebanese Heart- 1.92 lbs, modeled by BigVanVader himself
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September 24, 2017 | #255 |
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My two biggest tomatoes this year.
Hawaiian Pineapple and Aker's West Virginia. |
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