The massive "tomato tree" growing inside the Walt Disney World Resort's experimental greenhouses in Lake Buena Vista, Florida may be the largest single tomato plant in the world. The plant has been recognized as a Guinness World Record Holder, with a harvest of more than 32,000 tomatoes and a total weight of 522 kg (1,151 lb). It yields thousands of tomatoes at one time from a single vine. Yong Huang, Epcot's manager of agricultural science, discovered the unique plant in Beijing, China. Huang brought its seeds to Epcot and created the specialized greenhouse for the fruit to grow. The vine grows golf ball-sized tomatoes, which are served at Walt Disney World restaurants.
The world record-setting tomato tree can no longer be seen by guests along the Living With the Land boat ride at Epcot, as the tree developed a disease and was removed in April 2010 after approximately 13 months of life.
On 30 August 2007, 40,000 Spaniards gathered in Buñol to throw 115,000 kg (254,000 lb) of tomatoes at each other in the yearly Tomatinafestival.
Now that is an awesome plant! PS tomato plants can live up to 3 years still producing fruit, so tell your son to keep it where it is, but remember they naturally grow along the ground and can generally grow up to 6 feet, so nipping out the top will prevent it taking over one room. but send it into overdrive with side shoots!
So we need to move to Florida and we shall have our own tomatos all year long. I do not think they should put humans in flats with no outside space whatsoever, you should have at least a balcony to sit out and maybe grow a bit of veg!
Nanny, I feel like laughing today, as a card from Royal mail just arrived, stating the sender did not pay the full postage, "short by 11p" and I have to go collect it, and pay a total of £1.11 Seems karma finally caught up with me!
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The "tomato tree" as seen by guests on the Living with the Land boat ride at Epcot, Lake Buena Vista, Florida
The heaviest tomato ever, weighing 3.51 kg (7 lb 12 oz), was of the cultivar 'Delicious', grown by Gordon Graham of Edmond, Oklahoma in 1986. The largest tomato plant grown was of the cultivar 'Sungold' and reached 19.8 m (65 ft) in length, grown by Nutriculture Ltd (UK) of Mawdesley, Lancashire, UK, in 2000.
The massive "tomato tree" growing inside the Walt Disney World Resort's experimental greenhouses in Lake Buena Vista, Florida may be the largest single tomato plant in the world. The plant has been recognized as a Guinness World Record Holder, with a harvest of more than 32,000 tomatoes and a total weight of 522 kg (1,151 lb). It yields thousands of tomatoes at one time from a single vine. Yong Huang, Epcot's manager of agricultural science, discovered the unique plant in Beijing, China. Huang brought its seeds to Epcot and created the specialized greenhouse for the fruit to grow. The vine grows golf ball-sized tomatoes, which are served at Walt Disney World restaurants.
The world record-setting tomato tree can no longer be seen by guests along the Living With the Land boat ride at Epcot, as the tree developed a disease and was removed in April 2010 after approximately 13 months of life.
On 30 August 2007, 40,000 Spaniards gathered in Buñol to throw 115,000 kg (254,000 lb) of tomatoes at each other in the yearly Tomatina festival.
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Now that is an awesome plant!
PS tomato plants can live up to 3 years still producing fruit, so tell your son to keep it where it is, but remember they naturally grow along the ground and can generally grow up to 6 feet, so nipping out the top will prevent it taking over one room. but send it into overdrive with side shoots!
So we need to move to Florida and we shall have our own tomatos all year long. I do not think they should put humans in flats with no outside space whatsoever, you should have at least a balcony to sit out and maybe grow a bit of veg!
Nanny, I feel like laughing today, as a card from Royal mail just arrived, stating the sender did not pay the full postage, "short by 11p" and I have to go collect it, and pay a total of £1.11
Seems karma finally caught up with me!