Tomatoes 2013

Our tomato contest this year is progressing along.  We are well into the growing season, and the competitors are eager to see fruits on their plants.  Many have reported little tomatoes in their garden but at this stage it is still impossible to predict which ones will emerge the biggest.

My Big Zac has been producing fruits already and I wean them leaving only one per cluster, hoping to get competition size tomatoes from the ones that are left on the vine.  Here's one fruit that's not so pretty but has winning potential:

John and Beverly O’Hara from Benicia are competing this year for the first time.  They have a beautiful garden with seven tomato plants.

Carl is quite proud of his Goliath.  His plants get a lot of sun being in Folsom where it is hotter.   He has location advantage over the rest of us living in the Bay Area.  Some of his eating (not competition) tomatoes are ready for picking already!

The above photo of Carl's garden is a month old.