If you really want to grow giant tomatoes, your best bet is to consult Meissner at one of the message sites he uses, or read his book and follow his directions. He has proven results even if not yet up to the 7-something pound record. I believe he is getting 5 and 6 pounders out of his current gardens. And he doesn't grow his vines in a sprawl. Rather he follows a very regimented pruning, feeding, and irrigation regimen.
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Travis, in my post #14 here I linked PEte to a thread started by Seamafaster here at Tville and said at the end Marv posted, as always, as lubadub and I think said that Marv Meissner is the one who wrote that book on how to grow large tomatoes.
So I suppose PEte could PM him here or at the pumpkin site and a link was also given to there, I think by Seamfaster in a post above as well.
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