The Junction's 2023 Giant Tomato Contest

[AKgardener]

Where is everyone at on there seedling? My Domingo and big zac still have not germinated and I only have 1 godlike, 1 polish giant

[MissS]

Where is everyone at on there seedling? My Domingo and big zac still have not germinated and I only have 1 godlike, 1 polish giant

I'm curious as to where did your seed came from?

[AKgardener]

I got them at declamation tomatoes off of Etsy the other did fine just those 2 never germinated that’s twice I’ve started them and nothing

[Lemonboy]

I've decided I'm done with Etsy. I just got some herbs I ordered last November. And the Big Zac I ordered in February just shipped yesterday while the ones I ordered from EBay to replace them are 6" high already.

[BigVanVader]

Suit yourself. They don't call me Bigvanvader for nuthin.

[Mark_Thompson]

Got a few in the ground. Domingo, Bigzarro, King Kong.

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[worth1]

I have a contender in the small fruited Juliet category.

[AKgardener]

I have 2 in the ground Goldie and polish giant !goldie has not moved since it’s been in there because we have not gotten over 45 so far at night still with nothing but rain .. I will update if I get anywhere but I really don’t have a garden this year

[steve ok]

I will attempt to grow a large tomato, but it is not easy in the Pacific Northwest. I will not be surprised if I grow the smallest "large tomato" this year.
I am growing 24 varieties, but only 2 that grow large tomatoes.

Mega Marv

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Epstein's Big Zac

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[karstopography]

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My two biggest Domingo (MMMM swap seed received January 2023) tomatoes. There might be one more on the vine that will top 2 pounds, we’ll see. Domingo definitely has some big tomato potential.

[MissS]

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My two biggest Domingo (MMMM swap seed received January 2023) tomatoes. There might be one more on the vine that will top 2 pounds, we’ll see. Domingo definitely has some big tomato potential.

You are in 1st place so far. 2+ pounds is great!

[AKgardener]

I don’t even have big flower buds yet haha!!

[steve ok]

I don't have any (big or small) flower buds on my Big Zac or Mega Marv.

[Cornelius_Gotchberg]

@AKgardener & @steve ok;

Keep the faith...jeepers...it's just June 4th!

The Gotch

[AKgardener]

I’m just impatient haha

[karstopography]

Domingo is not only big but pretty gosh darn good to eat. I’m not sure what all I might grow in 2024, but Domingo is surely on the list for a must grow.

[Cornelius_Gotchberg]

My MMMM Swap Domingo & Big Zac seeds failed to launch; one (1) King Kong is thriving.

Planted four (4) Big Zac Hybrids from Jung's and they're doing fine; we'll see.

The Gotch

[MissS]

@Cornelius_Gotchberg I have a couple of big ones here if you would like them.

[karstopography]

My MMMM Swap Domingo & Big Zac seeds failed to launch; one (1) King Kong is thriving.

Planted four (4) Big Zac Hybrids from Jung's and they're doing fine; we'll see.

The Gotch

I think I planted five Domingo seeds from MMMM swap, if memory serves that was the whole shooting match, but three came up. I have the one plant and a large batch of seeds from one of my 2#+ tomatoes are out there fermenting at the moment. I’ll save a few for myself and any local growers that might want a couple and the rest will go to Westfield, MA later in the year. I plan on saving more Domingo seeds from the next 2#+ tomato that is a day or two away from slicing. Domingo was one listed on the card I received from the MMMM swap as a please save seed variety. I know my Kemah friend is growing Domingo from the swap, one of the plants I started. Someone else is also growing one of my Domingo starts, but the two possibles lost their identification tags for their tomatoes and one of the people haven’t had any garden success this year.

I’m saving Big Zac seed also as requested on my MMMM card, whatever good it will do. It doesn’t seem to be in the same league size or even flavor wise as Domingo. Big Zac seems like an ordinary big tomato with ordinary flavor, jmho. It’s not a bad tomato, it is a good tomato, but the potential for plus sizes doesn’t seem to be near what Domingo is capable of.

[Cornelius_Gotchberg]

@Cornelius_Gotchberg I have a couple of big ones here if you would like them.

Thanks so very much, but we're at capacity.

The Gotch