I challenge you all to a biggest tomato contest!!!!!!!!!!!

[thegreatgardener]

Seem some of you like to fight with words and insults.
I suggest we settle this on the appropriate field of battle the veg garden.
Well I challenge you all to biggest tomato contest.

The rules are simple you all verse me ,biggest outside grown tomato wins.
And of course the prize besides bragging rights,10 oz in silver coins (current value £76 as of DEC 31 2008) (which i shall provide)
and the admission the side that wins is best at gardening.

What say you or are up for the challenge!!!!!!!
Or are you all just all talk and insults.
The winners will be judged by an independent panel use pictures of tomatoes
next a special chart that prevents cheating.

[thegreatgardener]

[Eristic]

Fair do's. I Volunteer to be the external verifier.

It will be a requirement of the competition that I view any contenders fruit while still growing on the plant and again at measurement time. Competition open strictly to UK growers only.

[RSJK]

And have you seen the price of flour lately to make your crumble with

[thegreatgardener]

eric the contest will be open to all comers Americans, British,AU, EU, RF and any other country on this planet.  The judges will be from a independent source.  Eristic  you are not an independent source.  the rules will be that same as those used by  another  garden forum web used for there 2008 biggest tomato contest.

[thegreatgardener]

Richard Kinson I don't worry about price flour since I grow my own wheat.

[RSJK]

Oh i do love that crusty top on the crumble

[RSJK]

 What did you say TGG   " you are a tweat "

[thegreatgardener]

Richard guess your to poor to put up £76. Since you mum took away your allowance.

[RSJK]

TGG  guess i am to poor

[davyw1]

I hardly think that growing one big tomato makes anyone a good gardener, so why not cover a broader range of veg,
Longest leek measured to the button
Largest leek, measured to the button and around the cercumfrence
Biggest/heaviest Cabbage
Biggest/heviest Sweede
Biggest Truss of Tomatoe,s
Largest/heaviest Tomato
Largest/heaviest Cauliflower
Largest/ heaviest Parsnip

I am excluded

[ACE]

I hardly think that growing one big tomato makes anyone a good gardener, so why not cover a broader range of veg,
Longest leek measured to the button
Largest leek, measured to the button and around the cercumfrence
Biggest/heaviest Cabbage
Biggest/heviest Sweede
Biggest Truss of Tomatoe,s
Largest/heaviest Tomato
Largest/heaviest Cauliflower
Largest/ heaviest Parsnip

I am excluded

What a complete waste of time, I grow for taste, but mainly enjoyment. Size does not matter (stop tittering ladies), I know I cannot talk I do also grow commercially, for RHS medals. But we try to beat last years medal, we do not compete with others.

When it comes to prize winning vegetables, they should not really be grown on allotments, these plots were intended to feed families not egos.

[thegreatgardener]

Ace I know from reading article in a gardening magazine , that the world record tomato after it won the prize, made 22 tomato sandwiches.

[thegreatgardener]

davyw1 how about contest to grow the most by total weight harvest from one seed potato.

[growmore]

Growing old comes naturally .Growing up needs a bit of common sense .
By the way, Who moved that stone ?

[electric landlady]

after reading this thread somehow I seem to have completely lost the inclination to grow tomatoes ever again...however I do fancy some crumble!

Happy New Year to all, and let peace, harmony and the joy of growing things reign over our plots

xxx

[saddad]

It wasn't me this time Growmore....  ;D
You mean like the challenge you set last year TGG and then couldn't/wouldn't provide any evidence at the end of the season...
I think Growmore has it in one GROW UP TGG...  ::)

[thegreatgardener]

which challenge saddad

[springbok]

It wasn't me this time Growmore....  ;D
You mean like the challenge you set last year TGG and then couldn't/wouldn't provide any evidence at the end of the season...
I think Growmore has it in one GROW UP TGG...  ::)

Or for him to Bugger off to his NATIVE land (TGG)!!!.

[Eristic]

Or for him to Bugger off to his NATIVE land (TGG)!!!.

He's still there SBG.

[springbok]

He gets my goat!!!... Bad move when I have had a new years drink LOL.