Biggest Tomato PLANT !! - Page 2

travis · December 27, 2006

Michael,

Have you ever seen the movie "Little Shop of Horrors?"

PV

Suze · December 27, 2006

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Originally Posted by daylilydude

Just for fun which indetermanate tomato plant that you have grown become a monster of a plant

Several, because I really love to grow a lot of the mid-late to late season large fruited PL varieties. Many tend to be rather large plants. Indet cherry types frequently get large too, as Bark mentioned.

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Originally Posted by daylilydude

The reason i'm asking is i don't want to plant a monster plant in front of a smaller one and cause to much shade.

Do you have a proposed grow list for next year? If so, post it up and ask folks to comment on relative plant sizes. I think you'll get more out of that than just asking us to name some larger/taller varieties that may or may not address what you specifically want to know.

missionrandy · February 4, 2007

Novikov's Giant from Andrey was the largest plant grown in our garden the last couple years. The plants were tall, though their girth and vigour was incredible. Larger than many plum or cherry types...

Will be trying two varieties of De Barao this year. Suppose to be even larger plants!

Randy

Dunkel · February 14, 2007

I had quite a few monster plants last year. Gregori's Altai and Sad Sac were probably the biggest all around. Mortgage Lifter Pale Leaf plants were spindly freaks 12' tall easy and not one mater set on either!

Fusion_power · February 14, 2007

I think I can beat any of the above. The single biggest tomato plant I have grown was a Matt's Wild Cherry. I had dumped a trailer load of rabbit manure at the end of my garden. It made a pile about 4 feet tall by 15 feet across. A volunteer Matt's Wild Cherry came up in the edge of that manure pile. In 4 months time, it had spread 25 feet across, over 6 feet high and had so many thousands of cherry tomatoes that I could not even imagine counting them. It was taking over my garden, overwhelmed a row of bush beans, crawled up the side of a row of sweet corn, had birds roosting in it at night, I could stand in the middle of it and nobody could see me it was that tall. I finally got tired of it crawling over the top of my row of cabbage and then trying to top my peas that I used my tractor and chisel plow to drag it out by the roots. If you want to see a very strange sight, you should see what it looks like when a 25 ft diameter area of soil is an inch deep in cherry tomatoes. most of them were green, but there were plenty of ripe ones too. It took 5 years to kill off most of the volunteer plants in that area. I only had 2 or 3 last year.

Fusion

MawkHawk · February 14, 2007

The tallest and fullest plant I've ever grown was last year's Prudens Purple. Also was a heavy yielder for me.

sirtanon · February 14, 2007

A couple years ago, I grew a Champion plant.. yeah, I know, a hybrid

but what can I say.. at that time, I was still a relative tomato noob.

Anyways, this plant started out sickly, and ended up being grown in a relatively small garden plot in my parents' backyard.. soil was maybe 10" deep, and the whole plot couldn't have been more than 10 square feet.

The plant almost died over the summer (got over 120 degrees one day) but I managed to keep it alive and it went nuts starting around August 20th.

By November 30th, the plant was, literally, a HEDGE!! It was roughly 7' tall at its height, about 2' wide at its widest point, and about 5' across.. and had OVER 150 tomatoes growing on it (I stopped counting at 150).

Yes, a simple, unimpressive Champion. Just goes to show, it can be almost any indeterminate variety.

celticman · February 16, 2007

Like folks say above most cherries are big. I have a Matts wild cherry stated Fusion do I need to rent the little shop of horrors and view it a couple of times to convience myself not to plant it or at least know what to look out for?

How did it taste? Are they any good for drying?
Celtic

feldon30 · February 16, 2007

Matt's Wild Cherry tomatoes are smaller than a marble or a grape. They are almost pearl-sized. You need one heck of a lot of them to make a meal.

And the plant gets gigantic. 8 foot vines on a 4 foot plant. I'm sure it would get 10-12' if given ample room and resources.

PeteD · February 16, 2007

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Originally Posted by sirtanon

.. yeah, I know, a hybrid

but what can I say.. at that time, I was still a relative tomato noob.

Sun Gold is a hybrid that I will always grow. No need to be ashamed.

flowerpower · February 17, 2007

I am looking foward to growing the Matt's Wild Cherry and Black Cherry- even if they do get huge.

sirtanon · February 19, 2007

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Originally Posted by PeteD

Quote:

Originally Posted by sirtanon

.. yeah, I know, a hybrid

but what can I say.. at that time, I was still a relative tomato noob.

Sun Gold is a hybrid that I will always grow. No need to be ashamed.

LOL - yeah, I know.. but at that time, hybrids were ALL I was growing.. because I didn't know about everything else..

February 4, 2007	#18
missionrandy Tomatovillian™ Join Date: Dec 2006 Location: Fraser Valley, BC, Canada Posts: 272	Novikov's Giant from Andrey was the largest plant grown in our garden the last couple years. The plants were tall, though their girth and vigour was incredible. Larger than many plum or cherry types... Will be trying two varieties of De Barao this year. Suppose to be even larger plants! Randy __________________ Grow your own! Tomatoes that is...

February 14, 2007	#19
Dunkel Tomatovillian™ Join Date: Feb 2006 Location: West By God Virginia Posts: 245	I had quite a few monster plants last year. Gregori's Altai and Sad Sac were probably the biggest all around. Mortgage Lifter Pale Leaf plants were spindly freaks 12' tall easy and not one mater set on either! __________________ I plant... Therefore I am. - Dunkel What the country needs is dirtier fingernails and cleaner minds. - Will Rogers

February 14, 2007	#21
MawkHawk Tomatovillian™ Join Date: May 2006 Location: Metro Detroit/Z6 Posts: 168	The tallest and fullest plant I've ever grown was last year's Prudens Purple. Also was a heavy yielder for me. __________________ Mark

February 14, 2007	#22
sirtanon Tomatovillian™ Join Date: Apr 2006 Location: Phoenix, AZ (zone 9b) Posts: 796	A couple years ago, I grew a Champion plant.. yeah, I know, a hybrid but what can I say.. at that time, I was still a relative tomato noob. Anyways, this plant started out sickly, and ended up being grown in a relatively small garden plot in my parents' backyard.. soil was maybe 10" deep, and the whole plot couldn't have been more than 10 square feet. The plant almost died over the summer (got over 120 degrees one day) but I managed to keep it alive and it went nuts starting around August 20th. By November 30th, the plant was, literally, a HEDGE!! It was roughly 7' tall at its height, about 2' wide at its widest point, and about 5' across.. and had OVER 150 tomatoes growing on it (I stopped counting at 150). Yes, a simple, unimpressive Champion. Just goes to show, it can be almost any indeterminate variety. __________________ I could sail by on the winds of silence, and maybe they won't notice... but this time I think it would be better if I swim..

February 16, 2007	#23
celticman Tomatovillian™ Join Date: Jul 2006 Location: NC Posts: 170	Big Plant Like folks say above most cherries are big. I have a Matts wild cherry stated Fusion do I need to rent the little shop of horrors and view it a couple of times to convience myself not to plant it or at least know what to look out for? How did it taste? Are they any good for drying? Celtic

December 27, 2006	#16
travis Tomatovillian™ Join Date: Jan 2006 Location: Evansville, IN Posts: 2,984	Michael, Have you ever seen the movie "Little Shop of Horrors?" PV

February 14, 2007	#20
Fusion_power Tomatovillian™ Join Date: Feb 2006 Location: Alabama Posts: 2,250	I think I can beat any of the above. The single biggest tomato plant I have grown was a Matt's Wild Cherry. I had dumped a trailer load of rabbit manure at the end of my garden. It made a pile about 4 feet tall by 15 feet across. A volunteer Matt's Wild Cherry came up in the edge of that manure pile. In 4 months time, it had spread 25 feet across, over 6 feet high and had so many thousands of cherry tomatoes that I could not even imagine counting them. It was taking over my garden, overwhelmed a row of bush beans, crawled up the side of a row of sweet corn, had birds roosting in it at night, I could stand in the middle of it and nobody could see me it was that tall. I finally got tired of it crawling over the top of my row of cabbage and then trying to top my peas that I used my tractor and chisel plow to drag it out by the roots. If you want to see a very strange sight, you should see what it looks like when a 25 ft diameter area of soil is an inch deep in cherry tomatoes. most of them were green, but there were plenty of ripe ones too. It took 5 years to kill off most of the volunteer plants in that area. I only had 2 or 3 last year. Fusion

February 16, 2007	#24
feldon30 Tomatovillian™ Join Date: May 2006 Location: Rock Hill, SC Posts: 5,346	Matt's Wild Cherry tomatoes are smaller than a marble or a grape. They are almost pearl-sized. You need one heck of a lot of them to make a meal. And the plant gets gigantic. 8 foot vines on a 4 foot plant. I'm sure it would get 10-12' if given ample room and resources. __________________ [SIZE="3"]I've relaunched my gardening website -- [B]TheUnconventionalTomato.com[/B][/SIZE] * [I][SIZE="1"]*I'm not allowed to post weblinks so you'll have to copy-paste it manually.[/SIZE][/I]

February 17, 2007	#26
flowerpower Tomatovillian™ Join Date: Dec 2006 Location: Catskill Mountains, NY Z5 Posts: 94	I am looking foward to growing the Matt's Wild Cherry and Black Cherry- even if they do get huge.