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Old May 13, 2016   #166
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What is you VERY LARGE single bloom variety ?

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Old May 13, 2016   #167
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Your year and you are so far ahead of me. It is still cold and rainy here. The weather is near to depressing. When will the sun show its face?
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Old May 13, 2016   #168
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We have had 2 days of full sun in the last 21 days. The other 19 have been completely cloudy with some rain each day.
I don't know how my plants are still green other than being under a high tunnel.
Supposed to see sun tomorrow but this is the longest cloudy rainy stretch I have ever witnessed.
It is really starting to affect me mentally. My apathy level is at an all time high.
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Old May 13, 2016   #169
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Gardeneer, it is Terhune RL, it grows huge tomatoes, and I noticed last year it throws several fused blossoms. Before I assume I have something special, I need to grow something really big, or it is just thoughts, dreams or a tomato fantasy. LOL If it does grow a whopper, I will send out some seeds. It did come from my 5.42 from last year that had three tomatoes on the plant.

Lub., it is 70 and sunny in AK today, the Jet Stream has been goofy since 2013, we have had very nice summers, at the expense of others in the lower 48 in some places.

The Terhune I showed holding in my blue glove is about 1.5lbs already, the plant is very healthy too, but it is only 3-4 fused together, so may only be 5-6lbs.

The tomato set on OP BZ, (Boudyo 6.83) is 4 fused and is growing fast, the (8.36) has no megablooms yet, I have 3 other OP BZ's going, from them.

I also have a massive Mega Marv going, no real selections yet, but I do have a new large bloom forming, too early to tell.

Church has been bagged, I am now growing it for production.
Yuvel, not sure what to do there, I think it has potential, so I am holding out.

I also have a couple Russian varieties that I can't spell right, or pronounce, that are being shuffled to production too.
Belmonte has a monster going too, hopefully genetics are there, IT SURE IS HEALTHY.

I also have a triple on Rozovyi Myod, I got huge hearts from this variety a couple of years ago, and grew it for crosses to add depth to a couple of selections.

My plants overall are looking good, I adjusted my fertilizer mix just a tad, and was very happy to see some positive results.

You"all had better get something going, I want to see some action from the south, and all of you are southerners to me. LOL

Fun, fun.
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Old May 13, 2016   #170
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Rozovyi Myod, translates from Russian as Pink honey. Hope it tastes good.
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Old May 14, 2016   #171
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Here are a few of my plants. Almost winter here but it is surprisingly quite warm. I also have a Domingo plant that didn't die from disease during the main growing season. It has flowers but I'm having trouble getting it to set fruit.
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AKMark says: "I want to see some action from the south, and all of you are southerners to me. LOL"

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Actually, Mark, in one of his programs on TV, the late Dr. Carl Sagan commented that our sun and planets reside in the southern part of the Milky Way Galaxy.

So, that means that the Earth is a southern planet. And that means, that in reality, the north isn't there because everywhere is part of the south.
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Old May 15, 2016   #173
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Well Ted, you got me there, it's pretty hard to argue with Sagan. LOL
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Old May 17, 2016   #174
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We have quite a few potential large candidates..
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Old May 17, 2016   #175
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Looks like you do have some large slabs in the making. Whatever your variety is, if you want a monster, prune it down to the biggest, ugliest, fused blossom you have. It looks like you do have a nice triple in there. I can see why your daughter is all grins in the pic.
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Old May 17, 2016   #176
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Looks like you do have some large slabs in the making. Whatever your variety is, if you want a monster, prune it down to the biggest, ugliest, fused blossom you have. It looks like you do have a nice triple in there. I can see why your daughter is all grins in the pic.
Might be a loss cause for us to grow big ones this year AKmark. It's already hitting 90's. I might clone a few plants for the later season. But we do have plenty of 2 pounders + in the making.
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Old May 17, 2016   #177
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Delirium, what varieties are those big ones? Your tomatoes look wonderful and your daughter is beautiful.
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Old May 17, 2016   #178
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Yes, you do have some nice tomatoes going there. What is the variety?
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Old May 18, 2016   #179
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I posted a pic of this tomato about a week ago, I think it's growing.
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Old May 19, 2016   #180
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I love this thread and it comes so handy, because at a local hardware/garden store there's a competition about the biggest tomato and I signed up. Everyone got a packed of Cuor di Bue seed and time until September 15th.
Sadly I forgot a little about my competition plants and they look not very well Yesterday I finally transplanted them, they have good roots but foilage is a disaster. And they already have blooms. Should I pinch them and wait until the plant is stronger?
Thanks so much for advice
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