Wait, What? British Gardner Sets World Record By Growing 839 Tomatoes From Single Stem
2 min readWhen reading about setting world records, we all have encounter news like people eating humongous foods during a minute or growing the heaviest or the most important vegetable in their gardens. But have you ever ever heard of somebody producing an outsized number of tomatoes from one stem?! If not, then allow us to tell you. Recently, a British gardener by the name of Douglas Smith from Stanstead Abbotts, England, has harvested a complete of 839 tomatoes from one stem and now waits to make a replacement record .
Previously, this record was held by Graham Tanter. He set a record in 2010 when he grew 448 tomatoes off one stem. Now, Douglas has broken the previous record by growing twice the amount of tomatoes. Tweeting about an equivalent , Douglas on his post wrote “So today I went for a Guinness record attempt for ‘most tomatoes on one truss / stem’. Today, we counted 839 tomatoes vs current WR of 488!! Awaiting verification from Guinness in due course.” Take a look:
Douglas, an IT professional, reportedly grew the tomatoes directly from the seed and nearly spent three to four hours every week on them to line the planet record. He has started growing the tomatoes back in March and kept the plant within the greenhouse.
In the year 2020, Douglas Smith had also made headlines for growing the world’s largest tomato. The Gardner spent over two months meticulously producing a huge tomato, which was actually six regular beefsteak tomatoes (the largest sort of cultivated tomatoes) fused into one. the huge fruit was held in situ with the assistance of a pair of tights in order that it doesn’t fall off the stem. The tomato weighed 6.85 pounds (3.1 KG) and was 27.5 inches in circumference.
As Douglas creates new records together with his tomatoes per annum , what does one think will come next in his garden?!
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