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Monday, January 03, 2022
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Altitude (to)maters (Scott)
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Colorado
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So it begins...
My adventure to grow a huge tomato.
Who knows what crazy twists and turns await me this year.
I greatly enjoy learning new things so here we go.
I've been lurking on BP ever since I went to my first
pumpkin weigh off in 2019. The pumpkins looked like something out
of a fairy tail or off a science fiction movie set. It was awesome!
Not only that but these things grew that huge in just 3 months or so.
I had to know how this crazy magic happened. One rabbit hole later....
I’m following the seed auctions during the winter and spouting off seed
prices to my wife (she thinks Im crazy). Soon I realized I did not have the
room or time to grow one of these magnificent beasts.
That’s fine I would live vicariously through the other growers.
The 2020 weigh off was closed to the public
NNNNOOOOOOOOOOO..... stupid pandamit. I got super busy with life and such
and didn't find much time to read BP. Then the 2021 weigh off was open
to the public again (with limited tickets) Woo Hoo! I promptly got them as soon
as they were available. I got back on BP and found out spudder had
diligently posted the results to the auctions. I’m a bit of a numbers nut
so I dove into the prices "What did the 2145 go for this year??"....
We went to the weigh off needless to say I was very happy. Plus I knew
so much more this year. We watched the pumpkins being weighed one by one it was great.
I wanted to grow one but I knew in the current circumstance I could not.
Then the announcer mentioned that one of the growers had weighed a tomato.
Wait.....What....Tomato....interesting. I’ve been growing tomatoes for years
trying different varieties, cloning, growing indoor and out. This last year
was the best I've had in a long time. In fact I grew the biggest tomato I'd ever
grown. I’ve always grown for taste not size. It was then it hit me I may not be able
to grow giant pumpkins but how about giant tomatoes? I started researching.....as i do.
And here we are....I’m going to attempt to grow a giant tomato.
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