Biggest and Best Tasting Tomato Competition Tomorrow - Page 3

Father'sDaughter · July 30, 2016

You've thrown the gauntlet! Those little old ladies will be back next year with a vengeance.

Congrats to you and the family!

heirloomtomaguy · July 30, 2016

Here is a pic of the winning biggest tomato

pixlpush · July 30, 2016

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Originally Posted by heirloomtomaguy

Its funny because i brought tomatoes to enter in the tastiest category but realized that nobody had entered anything in the biggest catergory. I took the three bigger tomatoes i brought and entered them and won. The 1st place Moya Noire was a measly 13.7 oz.

Taste over size all day long, but that's hilarious!

heirloomtomaguy · July 30, 2016

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Originally Posted by pixlpush

Taste over size all day long, but that's hilarious!

Yeah i grow for taste and wild looks usually but maybe i will make an exception and give mega tomatoes a shot.

Salsacharley · July 31, 2016

Congrats! Great strategy.

dfollett · July 31, 2016

Congratulations! That's great news.

Fiishergurl · July 31, 2016

Congrats! I havent tried some of those but Sgt Peppers i love! Beautiful and tasty. What a wonderful experience for your whole family to have together. Sort of teared me up too.

Ginny

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Gerardo · July 31, 2016

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Originally Posted by ginger2778

I love the spanish lessons I get from some of your posts.

HTG- I wish you the best, but you won't need it, you're going to win.

At some point I'll get you to say "Chichén Itzá"

Congrats HTG, those smiles from ear to ear are priceless!

ContainerTed · July 31, 2016

HTG, I can't decide whether I'm happier for you for winning the competitions or for getting the rest of the family in on the whole thing. Either way, you're a double winner.

Nice job.

SteveP · July 31, 2016

This is very cool HTG, thank you for sharing it with us. And you have a beautiful family!

ginger2778 · July 31, 2016

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Originally Posted by Gerardo

At some point I'll get you to say "Chichén Itzá"

Congrats HTG, those smiles from ear to ear are priceless!

What? You don't like Chicken Pitza?

imp · July 31, 2016

I think you did wonderful! And the kids have such huge grins, obviously enjoying the day with you and your wife. Great to see the pictures and that you all did so very well.

Maybe you will have inspired some to grow better tomatoes and to enjoy growing things.

heirloomtomaguy · July 31, 2016

Thanks everyone for the compliments on my family as well as our win. My kiddos deserved a ribbon for all the hard work they do outside in the garden. My son is the resident farmer in training and my daughter is a world class tomato taster/farmer in training. I hope the other people get inspired to try and seek out some better varieties. I had brought another dozen or so varieties for all to taste as well as our winning matoes. The crowd loved Esterina F1, Sun Gold F1, Moya Noire, and Lucky Tiger. A few of the varieties they brought were Vesuvious, Stupice, Red Grape, and a cute little old ladies volunteer cherry. Before we got there i said to my wife " watch some little old lady with a stabalized version of Sun Gold that she saved for 20 years is going to beat us". When that nice lady brought forth ger volunteer i told my wif "see, see there it is

Anyway thank you all for the kind words and all.

efisakov · July 31, 2016

Congratulations, well deserved. And so happy for your kids. It is such a positive lesson for them, very inspirational. You must be so proud.
We need more postings like that on TV, kids involvement in growing food is priceless.
Thank you for sharing this moment with us.

Sydney Grower · August 1, 2016

HTG,

It sounds like you and your family transformed what could have been a bit of a dull competition!

They will probably ask you to run the whole thing next year.

Well done!

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ContainerTed Tomatovillian™ Join Date: Jul 2008 Location: 6a - NE Tennessee Posts: 4,538	HTG, I can't decide whether I'm happier for you for winning the competitions or for getting the rest of the family in on the whole thing. Either way, you're a double winner. Nice job. __________________ Ted ________________________ Owner & Sole Operator Of The Muddy Bucket Farm and Tomato Ranch

July 31, 2016	#43
heirloomtomaguy Tomatovillian™ Join Date: May 2013 Location: glendora ca Posts: 2,560	Thanks everyone for the compliments on my family as well as our win. My kiddos deserved a ribbon for all the hard work they do outside in the garden. My son is the resident farmer in training and my daughter is a world class tomato taster/farmer in training. I hope the other people get inspired to try and seek out some better varieties. I had brought another dozen or so varieties for all to taste as well as our winning matoes. The crowd loved Esterina F1, Sun Gold F1, Moya Noire, and Lucky Tiger. A few of the varieties they brought were Vesuvious, Stupice, Red Grape, and a cute little old ladies volunteer cherry. Before we got there i said to my wife " watch some little old lady with a stabalized version of Sun Gold that she saved for 20 years is going to beat us". When that nice lady brought forth ger volunteer i told my wif "see, see there it is Anyway thank you all for the kind words and all. __________________ “Enter by the narrow gate; for wide is the gate and broad is the way that leads to destruction, and there are many who go in by it. Because narrow is the gate and difficult is the way which leads to life, and there are few who find it."

July 31, 2016	#44
efisakov Tomatovillian™ Join Date: Nov 2012 Location: NJ, zone 7 Posts: 3,162	Congratulations, well deserved. And so happy for your kids. It is such a positive lesson for them, very inspirational. You must be so proud. We need more postings like that on TV, kids involvement in growing food is priceless. Thank you for sharing this moment with us. __________________ Ella God comes along and says, "I think I'm going to create THE tomato!”

July 30, 2016	#31
Father'sDaughter Tomatovillian™ Join Date: Nov 2011 Location: MA/NH Border Posts: 4,919	You've thrown the gauntlet! Those little old ladies will be back next year with a vengeance. Congrats to you and the family!

July 31, 2016	#35
Salsacharley Tomatovillian™ Join Date: May 2013 Location: New Mexico Posts: 2,052	Congrats! Great strategy.

July 31, 2016	#36
dfollett Tomatovillian™ Join Date: Dec 2012 Location: Utah Posts: 693	Congratulations! That's great news.

July 31, 2016	#37
Fiishergurl Tomatovillian™ Join Date: Mar 2014 Location: Oak Hill, Florida Posts: 1,781	Congrats! I havent tried some of those but Sgt Peppers i love! Beautiful and tasty. What a wonderful experience for your whole family to have together. Sort of teared me up too. Ginny Sent from my SAMSUNG-SM-N910A using Tapatalk

July 31, 2016	#40
SteveP Tomatovillian™ Join Date: Apr 2016 Location: Joplin MO Posts: 1,398	This is very cool HTG, thank you for sharing it with us. And you have a beautiful family!

July 31, 2016	#42
imp Tomatovillian™ Join Date: Apr 2009 Location: Wichita Falls, Texas Posts: 4,832	I think you did wonderful! And the kids have such huge grins, obviously enjoying the day with you and your wife. Great to see the pictures and that you all did so very well. Maybe you will have inspired some to grow better tomatoes and to enjoy growing things.

August 1, 2016	#45
Sydney Grower Tomatovillian™ Join Date: Jan 2014 Location: Sydney Australia Posts: 122	HTG, It sounds like you and your family transformed what could have been a bit of a dull competition! They will probably ask you to run the whole thing next year. Well done!