2 lbs?

Just 17 grams shy of 2 lbs, this one would be 2 lbs if rounded to 2 decimal places. A nice, dense Domingo for a change, this one was above the curve. Way to go, Ted! Will anyone else step up to the podium this year?

New Second Place

Greg brought in a nice Big Zac, good enough for second place. He removed it before I could get a  picture:

Aaron said he and the wife have been eating tomatoes bigger than Greg's. A lot of guys who don't produce any tomatoes talk about how big their un-weighed specimens are.

Here's the new leaderboard:

Not quite 3

2.994 lbs. Next time, I'm going to leave more stem! This one's a Domingo and feels dense for a change.

Blue ribbon tomato

My latest lunker weighed in at 3.35#. Yeah, I took it to the King Soopers deli to make it official.

On Saturday, I took it down to Denver to enter a tomato contest. I have to admit, I felt a little awkward bringing such a beast to a friendly tomato contest. A bit like spiking a volleyball on a badminton net at a family picnic, or wearing cleats and batting gloves to a game of whiffle ball, or challenging Fred to a tomato growing contest. First prize was a $100 gift card, which I promptly spent on fertilizer and shade cloth - my new secret weapons for 2017!

New World Record

The world record for tomatoes stood for 28 years, before it was broken in 2014. Now it's been broken for the second time in 3 years. (And the largest tomato in 2015 narrowly missed becoming a new world record.)

http://www.bigpumpkins.com/Diary/DiaryViewOne.asp?eid=265138

Clearly, a 9 lb tomato is coming. How many years until we have a 10 lb tomato?

Bob Wham is in the house

Seeing an opening on the podium, Bob stepped up with this gnarly 3/4# tomato. He believes it's a Domingo from my 2015 champ. Way to go, Bob!

Guess the Weight

2016 was a slow year for the FGTC, and low-balling turned out to be a good strategy. Adding to the riches of his current 2nd place tomato, Ted's guess of 3.0 lbs stands to win him the coveted Guess-the-Weight contest.

And in second place...

Ted was about to enjoy a tasty snack the other day, when he inquired as to what the 2nd and 3rd place weights were. The answer? Nobody else had weighed a tomato, so 2nd and 3rd place were wide open! Ted alertly weighed this nice 5 7/8 ounce tomato, and now sits squarely in the money. Third place is still wide open, so Fred could weigh one of his cherry tomatoes and get on the podium.