Everybody loves a tall tale, and I received a delightful one recently from Mr. Mickey Moss in Montgomery, Alabama. You can see the home-grown beauties above. And I'll let Mr. Moss himself tell you just what you are seeing:
Dear Park Seed,
Due to an extremely wet May, I delayed planting 48 tomato plants until June 11th into a muddy, untilled, grass-covered plot. Mid to late June and early July were so hot that the hundreds of blooms would not set, but the plants continued to grow, similar to "spring growth." Hence, I now have hundreds of tomatoes on the largest and healthiest plants I have ever seen! I should have ripe tomatoes starting in late August and lasting until mid October.My daughter and granddaughter are standing between rows of Park's Big Beef and Park's Whopper Improved. Two other rows of Park's Celebrity and Better Boy are similarly productive, but not as impressive. If you are interested, I can send you pictures of later season growth.
Mickey Moss
Montgomery AlAge 67 Retired--growing tomatoes for nearly forty years!
P.S. I failed to mention I started the plants from Park Seed seed on March 21, 2009
and usually transplant the first week of May.
Those are some TALL tomatoes--very impressive, indeed! Mr. Moss and I exchanged a few emails, and he is going to share with us some photos of the later season growth and, I hope, some photos of the tomatoes he harvests. So stay tuned to see just how tall this tomato tale turns out to be! For what it's worth, the tallest tomato I personally know about grew to 16 feet. Whew!
Do you have a tall tale of your own to tell? Email your gardening stories and pictures to me at ckuhl@parkseed.com, and I will gladly share them here!
