This was one big tomato!
@AbbyGreenhill (45496)
United States
July 17, 2016 8:34am CST
I say 'was' because that beauty was cut into three big slices and eaten at dinner yesterday.
We have had a decent amount of tomatoes here the last few years, but mostly they were on the small size. This year, for who knows what reasons, the 'maters are a lot bigger.
The one in the photo is the biggest we've picked to date, but there are more on the vines that look even bigger. This beauty weighed in a one pound, yes, one pound of pure heaven!
We may be lacking in green beans so far but we are making up for it in tomatoes!
Photo is mine.
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@LeaPea2417 (36677)
• Toccoa, Georgia
17 Jul 16
That looks so nice. Just in the past week, our tomatoes are ripening and they are so tasty.
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@LeaPea2417 (36677)
• Toccoa, Georgia
18 Jul 16
@AbbyGreenhill They do tend to ripen all at once. When we have a big excess, we will make tomato sauce to use and to freeze.
@AbbyGreenhill (45496)
• United States
18 Jul 16
@LeaPea2417 My husband won't make sauce from this type of tomato, too watery - he would only use Roma since they are meatier. We gave some to the new neighbor and will take some to the dentist tomorrow. I could eat a few myself, but the acid would kill me after a period of time.
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@AbbyGreenhill (45496)
• United States
18 Jul 16
This seems to be prime time for the tomatoes.
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@AbbyGreenhill (45496)
• United States
17 Jul 16
I think my husband likes them that way but I can't eat cheese and I only use olive in in cooking.
@AbbyGreenhill (45496)
• United States
17 Jul 16
@amadeo I can't have it, he can eat anything. I use EVOO on veggies when I roast them in the oven, but I don't care for it in salad dressing and such.
@amadeo (111942)
• United States
17 Jul 16
@AbbyGreenhill He cannot have diary?We use a lot of olive oil in our cooking
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@infatuatedbby (94921)
• United States
17 Jul 16
That looks like a lovely and juice one pounder 
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@infatuatedbby (94921)
• United States
17 Jul 16
@AbbyGreenhill hehe! Do you have more in the garden?
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@AbbyGreenhill (45496)
• United States
17 Jul 16
It was very juicy - probably should have cut into it a day earlier.
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@Marilynda1225 (80428)
• United States
17 Jul 16
Nothing beats garden fresh tomatoes....looks yummy!
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@AbbyGreenhill (45496)
• United States
17 Jul 16
They aren't quite as good as Jersey maters, but they sure are good.
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@AbbyGreenhill (45496)
• United States
17 Jul 16
I hope ours go on for another month at least!
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@sarameastrong (826)
• Surrey, British Columbia
18 Jul 16
@miniam ohh yeah its very convient when you have your own veggetable garden.
@AbbyGreenhill (45496)
• United States
17 Jul 16
We have mushroom mulch instead of dirt in the garden - but other than not noting was added.
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@miniam (9154)
• Bern, Switzerland
17 Jul 16
@AbbyGreenhill
Veggis when grown at home do taste so much better and you can pick them when you`re ready
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I have only grown some cherry tomatoes last year, hope I will be able to grow some tomatoes next time. 
@sunilparthan (6283)
• India
17 Jul 16
nice one in the picture. it is cultivated at your place? good.
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@AbbyGreenhill (45496)
• United States
17 Jul 16
Yes it was - in our raised bed.
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@sunilparthan (6283)
• India
17 Jul 16
@AbbyGreenhill WAW GREAT. it is really good to cultivate whatever we can.
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@AbbyGreenhill (45496)
• United States
17 Jul 16
It was - and I'm looking forward to more tonight.
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@LadyDuck (461767)
• Switzerland
17 Jul 16
This is a beautiful big tomato. I have planted some varieties, soon the Roma will be ready. This year I have plant that makes the smallest cherry tomatoes I have ever seen, they are not bigger than blueberries, but so sweet and almost without seeds. I have to keep some seeds for next year.
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@AbbyGreenhill (45496)
• United States
17 Jul 16
I've never heard of any that small, do you know the name of them? We didn't have luck here growing Romas - they got big but they were 'empty' inside for some reason.
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@LadyDuck (461767)
• Switzerland
18 Jul 16
@AbbyGreenhill I have no idea of the name of those tomatoes. I bought a mix of plants at a local farm but I did not know which kind of tomatoes I bought. There are yellow cherry, Roma, some round tomatoes and those very little ones. I will ask the farmer if he knows. For what I know, tomatoes may end up hollow if they weren’t completely pollinated as flowers.
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@AbbyGreenhill (45496)
• United States
18 Jul 16
@LadyDuck I think the roma seeds were very old. they had been collected by my husband's mother years ago - she gave them to us around 2005!
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@Jessicalynnt (50525)
• Centralia, Missouri
18 Jul 16
I love big summer tomatoes!
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@AbbyGreenhill (45496)
• United States
18 Jul 16
@Jessicalynnt We had another one this evening it was also one pound.
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@Jessicalynnt (50525)
• Centralia, Missouri
18 Jul 16
@AbbyGreenhill I do wish I could, BLTs sound amazing
@AbbyGreenhill (45496)
• United States
17 Jul 16
It sure is, can't wait to see what some of the others come in at.
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@HazySue (39264)
• Gouverneur, New York
18 Jul 16
@AbbyGreenhill that is a beautiful tomato. I love when they grow up to be big.
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@AbbyGreenhill (45496)
• United States
18 Jul 16
I like the big ones also - bigger than a slice of bread!
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@AbbyGreenhill (45496)
• United States
18 Jul 16
@HazySue Yes they do - we just picked another one pounder!
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@HazySue (39264)
• Gouverneur, New York
18 Jul 16
@AbbyGreenhill those bigger ones make for a great tomato sandwich.
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@AbbyGreenhill (45496)
• United States
17 Jul 16
Just read up on them a little so you get a good start.
@JohnRoberts (109848)
• Los Angeles, California
17 Jul 16
Too bad you couldn't enter it in a biggest tomato contest at a fair.
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@ilocosboy (45157)
• Philippines
17 Jul 16
that is a big tomato. In the Philippines we also have this kind of tomato, and we have small kind that we called cherry potato
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@AbbyGreenhill (45496)
• United States
17 Jul 16
We have the little ones also, they are good for salads.
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@AbbyGreenhill (45496)
• United States
18 Jul 16
Very good flavor, very juicy - out of this world good!
@responsiveme (22926)
• India
18 Jul 16
Thats a beauty. How nice to have fresh tomatoes off your garden
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@AbbyGreenhill (45496)
• United States
18 Jul 16
This year's crop of tomatoes are far bigger than any we've grown in previous years.
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@Susanascott (44)
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18 Jul 16
i have lots of tomatoes in the garden ,i dont need to go to thr market in order to buy tomatoes for now.
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@AbbyGreenhill (45496)
• United States
18 Jul 16
I hate buying them - they never taste good from the stores.
