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Gardener Grows Britain's Biggest Tomato... Using Pantyhose
Douglas Smith has grown a tomato in Hertfordshire weighing 3.106kg, making it the biggest in Britain this summer.
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A green-fingered father has broken the record for growing Britain’s largest tomato… with the help of some sheer pantyhose.
Hertfordshire’s Douglas Smith spent around two months carefully growing the giant tomato, which is, in fact, six regular beef steak tomatoes fused into one.
The huge fruit, which had to be suspended using a pair of tights so it did not fall off the stem, weighed in at a whopping 3.106kg, and measured 27.5 inches in circumference.
It was grown from seed from a variety known as Big Zac.
Douglas’s giant fruit has edged him ahead of the previous UK record-holder, Peter Glazebrook, whose record-winning tomato last year weighed 2.9kg.
Douglas said, “Giant tomatoes have been my main focus in terms of competitive vegetable growing… my attempts have been just shy of [Glazebrook’s] each time. But this time, I’ve finally edged it.”