Competition 2016 - Heaviest Tomato

Ovi's Romanian Giant
Photo courtesy of Sea Spring Seeds.

Just a quick post to announce our competition for 2016.  This is for the single heaviest tomato grown from our "competition batch" of seedlings.  These will be available at the May meeting.  We charge 50p each seedling to cover pots and compost, and also the provision of a (tiny, tiny - Ed) prize.  Simply buy one or more seedlings (after all 50p is a small price to pay for a tomato), grow them on and bring your heaviest fruit along to the October meeting for judging.  Please - in this case - not the whole plant!

Do remember therefore to bring some 50p coins with you for this meeting.  If you are not going to be at the meeting, we can bring one round to you afterwards - just email us on hggardeningclub@gmail.com or use the contact form on the right, and we will do the necessary.

The variety chosen is Ovi's Romanian Giant.  We give no other hints on growing it as that is up to you.  It is a beefsteak variety, which can produce fruits often over 1kg each.

Incidentally, you will get a second change (and possibly a third) to win a prize.  The September show has a category for "heaviest truss of tomatoes", and the suppliers of the seeds - seaspringseeds.co.uk - is running a national competition for the heaviest fruit.  Look at their web site (click on the link above) for details.