How to Grow a Giant Tomato

The world record for giant tomatoes was set in the 1980s and hasn’t been topped since.

Giant pumpkinsaren’t the only fruit gardeners wish to grow handsome , giant tomatoes are a challenge , too . It was a ‘ Delicious ’ tomato plant grown by Gordon Graham in Edmund , Okla. , that set up a globe record for giant tomatoes . Can you imagine growing a 7 lb , 12 oz. tomato in your garden ?

The bountiful tomato I ’ve ever grow was a ‘ Giant Belgium ’ that weighed almost 2 Ezra Loomis Pound . When I pick and weigh it I retrieve it was huge , but it ’s just a babe considering some tomato varieties can top 5 lbf. .

If you call back you ’re up to the challenge of develop a giant , you need to start now .

First , select a multifariousness that ’s known to grow full-grown . Look through the come catalogs or lookup for descriptions that give a hint to their produce ability . see for descriptors like big , giant or behemoth .

Start sow early and then get planting . Use black plastic to warm the ground and industrial plant protectors so you may start planting a piece preferably to get a head startle . Plant in well - remedy soil and leave for plenty of quad for each plant .

design a reenforcement system . Plants may get big , but the tomatoes will get huge and will need a threatening - tariff support .

Look for extra - grownup tomato prime . train the plants for what tomato experts call mega - blooms . These are two or more flush that have grow together to take form one big blossom . Tomato flowers like these will spring up fruits that are join together to make a monster love apple . If you ca n’t find a mega - bloom , thin out the heyday so just a few remain .

aid with pollenation . Take one tomato peak and brush it against another to step on it pollenation . You could also use your finger or a modest brush to help spread the pollen .

nip off the industrial plant and some fruit . Some gardener cut their plant to leave just a single vine and others allow for one stem and a secondary branch . At about the mid - distributor point of summer , harvest all but the biggest Lycopersicon esculentum from the plant ..

Support each tomato individually . Old wind cone or nylon stocking can be repurposed to support the boastful tomatoes and keep them from breaking off the vine .

hold off for tomatoes to mature slightly , then glean quickly and get them to a elephantine Lycopersicon esculentum contest . You just might make headway a prize and bragging right for grow the heavy tomato in your town .

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