An awesome finish to a very tense competition!
And as with competition rules, there are some bonus points to score…

The winner of the ‘tallest plant’ category (+10pts):
Money Maker “AKA The City Boy” (London)

The winner of the ‘most tomatoes’ category (+10pts):
Gardener’s “Angel” Delight (Poole)

The final results table:
1. Gardener’s “Angel” Delight (Poole) = 407pts
2. Money Maker “AKA The City Boy” (London) = 352
3. “The Perilous” Plum (London) = 302
4. Alicante “Assassin” (London) = 242
5. Yellow “Yorker” (London) = 236
6. Italian “Stallion” Plum (Poole) = 213

Well done to all those involved, especially loved ones (Nai & Kat) who have supported us through the bad times, but have shared our enthusiasm (and geekiness) throughout the competition. The plants wouldn’t have been watered without you! Thanks xxx

Um, speechless…

I’m amazed the plants have done so well, especially considering they looked as if they were on their last legs a week ago, what with the blistering heat in Poole. We’d trimmed both plants back and moved them so they could be supported properly… the reward? They’ve stopped growing and have put all their energy into the tommies.

I’d like to close the competition today - coz I’m worried about Alan’s plants doing as well as ours!!!

Italian “Stallion” Plum
Measures: 98cm (0cm)
Tomatoes: 47 (+32)

Gardener’s “Angel” Delight
Measures: 104.3cm (+0.3cm)
Tomatoes: 103 (+70)

Sorry my submission is a little late - was counting my tomatoes and kept forgetting which one’s I’d counted!

Well it finally happened, we have pruned our plants so they can channel all their powers into our juicy tommies. Got tips from various places, notably a book I got for my birthday… and my Dad, who popped in (while on holiday in the area) and started to rip branches off our plants… hopefully they’ll be OK!

Italian “Stallion” Plum
Measures: 98cm (+0.7cm)
Tomatoes: 15 (+6)

Gardener’s “Angel” Delight
Measures: 104cm (+2.3cm)
Tomatoes: 33 (+16)

Another good week (check the stats - ’nuff said)!

3 top tips for all budding (he he) tomato growers:
1. Move to Poole
2. Use a growbag
3. Buy some trellis

Italian “Stallion” Plum
Measures: 97.3cm (+12.6cm)
Tomatoes: 9 (+3)

Gardener’s “Angel” Delight
Measures: 101.7cm (+7.7cm)
Tomatoes: 17 (+13)

Well done chaps, keep going!!!

WHAT A WEEK!!!

Things have started to get interesting in Poole, the weather has been amazing and my plants clearly know that its my birthday today as they have finally shown some initiative and shoot out some tommies… in fact, 10 (TEN!) between them with plenty more to come!

Obviously beginning to perform at the business end of the competition - well done fellas, keep it up! So excited, think I need to lie down (maybe its my age)!

Italian “Stallion” Plum
Measures: 84.7cm (+15.9cm)
Tomatoes: 6 (bigguns)

Gardener’s “Angel” Delight
Measures: 94cm (+0.3cm)
Tomatoes: 4

We’re back on track this week.

After investing in some much needed trellis, the plants are looking very healthy indeed (and sturdy). Just need to have some scorching sunshine to squeeze the tommies out over the next few weeks… although to be honest, the foliage is so thick, we may already have some - we just haven’t found them yet! He he!

Italian “Stallion” Plum
Measures: 68.8cm (+10.6cm)
Tomatoes: 0

Gardener’s “Angel” Delight
Measures: 93.7cm (+15.9cm)
Tomatoes: 0

This jumble of thick leaves are our tomato plants… the neighbour’s cat jumped from a fence and body slammed (WWE-stylee) one of our massive potato plants, which caused a bit of a domino reaction, thus squashing our beloved tomato plants.

There were some good things to come from such a traumatic experience… our plants have practically stopped growing, but thickened nicely, has also flowered and is ready to shoot out some juicy tommies. And with a bit of luck, the cat swallowed a few slug pellets…

Italian “Stallion” Plum
Measures: 58.2cm (-0.4cm)
Tomatoes: 0

Gardener’s “Angel” Delight
Measures: 77.8cm (+5.5cm)
Tomatoes: 0

Despite the slowing growth of ‘the crop’ in Poole, I have reverted to portrait photos!

We’re slightly concerned that the plants are no longer thinking about the competition and have gotten lazy and fat (they just wanna grow out and not up). This could be due to all the rain over the last few weeks, but I’m not so sure. You see, we introduced some late arrivals to the garden a few weeks ago (too late for TT entry date), and they may be catching the eye of my plants and distracting them from the job at hand!

Italian “Stallion” Plum
Measures: 58.6cm (+6cm)
Tomatoes: 0

Gardener’s “Angel” Delight
Measures: 72.3cm (+10.4cm)
Tomatoes: 0

What a week! Veggie corner is beginning to take over our little garden in Poole - but you can just make the tommie plants from the rest of the jungle!

Its practically just rained down in Poole… it stopped long enough for us to tie the plants to their tiny canes and give them some tomato feed (possibly organic?) as well as slug pellets to keep them safe from all the hungry little buggers that seem to like munching on the rest of the garden!

Italian “Stallion” Plum
Measures: 52.6cm (+11.8cm)
Tomatoes: 0

Gardener’s “Angel” Delight
Measures: 62.3cm (+15.1cm)
Tomatoes: 0

Better late than never!

Am back to full health and enjoying the rest of my holiday in rainy Poole. So, not scared at all - apart from the apparent ‘productive’ week up in London! Its OK boys, we’ll get there!!

Italian “Stallion” Plum
Measures: 40.8cm (+6.9cm)
Tomatoes: 0

Gardener’s “Angel” Delight
Measures: 47.2cm (+17.6cm)
Tomatoes: 0