Member discussion regarding the methods, varieties and merits of growing tomatoes.
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#31 |
Tomatovillian™
Join Date: Nov 2011
Location: MA/NH Border
Posts: 4,919
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You've thrown the gauntlet! Those little old ladies will be back next year with a vengeance.
Congrats to you and the family! |
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Tomatovillian™
Join Date: May 2013
Location: glendora ca
Posts: 2,560
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Here is a pic of the winning biggest tomato
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Tomatovillian™
Join Date: Jun 2014
Location: Manhattan Beach, CA
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#34 |
Tomatovillian™
Join Date: May 2013
Location: glendora ca
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Yeah i grow for taste and wild looks usually but maybe i will make an exception and give mega tomatoes a shot.
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#35 |
Tomatovillian™
Join Date: May 2013
Location: New Mexico
Posts: 2,052
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Congrats! Great strategy.
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#36 |
Tomatovillian™
Join Date: Dec 2012
Location: Utah
Posts: 693
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Congratulations! That's great news.
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Tomatovillian™
Join Date: Mar 2014
Location: Oak Hill, Florida
Posts: 1,781
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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 |
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Join Date: Feb 2015
Location: San Diego-Tijuana
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Congrats HTG, those smiles from ear to ear are priceless! Last edited by Gerardo; July 31, 2016 at 02:41 PM. |
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#39 |
Tomatovillian™
Join Date: Jul 2008
Location: 6a - NE Tennessee
Posts: 4,538
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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.
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Tomatovillian™
Join Date: Apr 2016
Location: Joplin MO
Posts: 1,398
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This is very cool HTG, thank you for sharing it with us. And you have a beautiful family!
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#41 |
Tomatovillian™
Join Date: Aug 2011
Location: Plantation, Florida zone 10
Posts: 9,283
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#42 |
Tomatovillian™
Join Date: Apr 2009
Location: Wichita Falls, Texas
Posts: 4,832
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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. |
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#43 |
Tomatovillian™
Join Date: May 2013
Location: glendora ca
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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
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#44 |
Tomatovillian™
Join Date: Nov 2012
Location: NJ, zone 7
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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.
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Tomatovillian™
Join Date: Jan 2014
Location: Sydney Australia
Posts: 122
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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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