Hassocks gardener shares his amazement: 'It is the biggest tomato I have ever seen!'
Terry Hicks, of Church Mead, Keymer, Hassocks, planted the beefsteak tomato in March and he said it weighs more than one and a half kilos – which is more than 3lb.
“I was amazed that it got to this size,” he said
"It is unusual – it has been growing since the season started. It is the biggest tomato I have ever seen!”
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Hide AdThe 80-year-old, who lives with his wife, Julie, aged 83, said he has been growing his own fruit and vegetables in his greenhouse for years – which he described as his ‘pride’.
The retired carpenter is also a member of the Hassocks Horticultural Society and said his friends were taken aback by the giant fruit.
He added that he hoped other people in the community would be too.
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Hide AdWhen asked if he fed the tomato anything special, Terry replied: “No not really - I think it’s just a trick of nature!
“It had its normal tomato feed, but I do put good compost in my greenhouse to get things going early in the year.”
He continued: “I don’t know what I’m going to do with it, but I’m sure someone will eat it for me!”
A beefsteak tomato is one of the largest varieties of cultivated tomatoes, many weighing a pound or more.