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milford, CT,

I only had 2 of these seeds..Both germinated in 3 days..Looking really strong...Mark

3/19/2011 10:17:11 PM

Muddy Waters

cool I have 2 also..Mark

3/19/2011 10:35:46 PM

Hamilton Nj

yes the 7.33 hunt is a good looking plant i sprouted 3 one died but two are doing good,alot of people are growing this seed in 2011 cant wait to see if it produces!!! pizza

my friend has had trouble sprouting 3 of them all rotted think he is haveing a soil problem ????

3/20/2011 12:42:59 AM

Massachusetts

planted a couple of the 7.33 hunt, by far the best looking plants out of all the others, wow..also 3 days and they were up..scott

3/20/2011 6:26:33 AM

Muddy Waters

Hey pete if all rotted (to wet) Ya think??

3/20/2011 7:28:52 AM

Wv

I have three plants, most big tomatoes it takes yrs to see if it produces looks like the 7.33 is going to get tested right out of the gate!! i hope it does great but i hope mine 7.33 does better than that LOL.TT

3/20/2011 12:03:42 PM

South Carolina

I too will have three 7.33's going in. One already in and two going in next weekend. Looks like this seed will be hard to find next season due to alot of growers planting it....:)

3/20/2011 12:12:00 PM

milford, CT,

I think I had my germination mix just right...2/3rds sterile starting mix...1/3 Vermiculite..85 degrees..

3/20/2011 4:41:25 PM

Mass

I thought for fall weigh offs germinating is near June? you guys in new england not growing for competition? I have no idea of the timing on these and was going to try some.

3/21/2011 4:02:51 PM

Massachusetts

sweet1 , not sure if there is a weigh off around here?(mass,or ri.) i think i saw an early submission form on the gpc web site, i guess if you get a giant mater, could find a site to go to, to make it official,,scott...

3/21/2011 5:16:30 PM

Hamilton Nj

if u are going to a weighoff in oct. then mid june is good start date but im more worried about growing a giant mater than a weigh off nearest to me is 5 hours lol longwoodgardens dropped out that was 1-1-/1/2 hours from me ,so as long as the local board of weights and measures come and weighs it ill be fine with that !!! pizza

3/21/2011 6:08:50 PM

Mass

Ok guys, thanks for the info. I guess if your gonna grow 5 out 6 in the (master gardener) in our area then that leaves out the maters, if we cant get it weighed offically. HMM?? We will have to look at the weighoffs and see..

3/21/2011 6:14:06 PM

I hope this isn't too much off topic, but assuming that I'm able to purchase seeds of the 7.33 Hunt (I hope so), how long woult it take them to grow ca. two feet high? And after what period of time a mature fruit can be expected? This is my first year and I'm really uncertain, whether it still pays (for me and my climate) to buy seeds (to plant approximately middle of April).

Thanks a lot!

3/21/2011 6:36:07 PM

Litchfield N. H. 03052

sweet1...why can't they be weighted at Topsfield .Get Northeast to bring a scale for them, I had my 4.03 last year.

3/21/2011 7:43:18 PM

Owensboro, Ky.

Could be wrong, but aren't maters allowed to be weighed off-site...and still be recognized as an official weight? Thought, that the GPC, in respect for Master Grower Award...allowed off site weights, for maters (reasoning...they get to top weight, and then go down (rot) so fast)? True?
PS...rarepumpkin, if uncertain about possibilities...send an email to wsmpeace@bellsouth.net w/ yer addy & I will send a few very good (not world record) mater seeds, that you can test grow this year!!! Peace, Wayne

3/22/2011 2:06:16 AM

Mass

Bill, that would make sense. I guess they would have to have a small produce scale for smaller accuracy. We will have to ask George and Mary Anne about it??? and How much more paper work and time it adds to the people involved.
Pete. was the 4.03 the one at the summer Picnic?

3/22/2011 7:12:44 AM

Mass

Im going to shoot Matt an email, since he is our GPC rep and see what he has to say. May b if its a GPC event they have to accomadate all the classes, or should, or may b they dont. He would know, or could look into it.

3/22/2011 7:43:40 AM

Cameron

Hi All

It's great to hear our seeds are being planted by many of you this year. We hope they grow each of you a new PB. We only have few seeds left to give out, so if sweet1 want's a couple, please email me.

We stated our seed in early June last year. This year we are staggering the planting dates stating the last week in May, then the 1st of June & again @ June 7th. We only had 1 tomato on that plant. The new book about growing Giant Tomatoes was a big help to us all season.

So we would like to thank all the growers that are planting our seeds this season. Please email us if you have any questions. We wish you all the best. Take care & we'll see you at the weigh offs.

Jane & Phil

3/22/2011 9:30:14 AM

Cameron

We have 5 BP left to send out. They will go out this week. If you didn't get the seeds I promised you, please contact us & we'll make sure your looked after. We sent out over 750 mater seeds this year, in over 300+ BPs. Thank again for giving them a try.

cheers,
Jane & Phil

3/22/2011 9:43:33 AM

Massachusetts

the scale question is a great one bill, sweet1, let us know what matt said, going to the sngpg on april 10th, maybe well talk about it there,would like to have somewhere to weigh the maters for an official record

3/22/2011 12:07:01 PM

@Peace, Wayne
Thank you very much for your generous offer, but I will only grow very few giant tomato plants this year and was curious about planting the 7.33 Hunt. I'm very happy that I was finally able to purchase two seeds of this tomato. I think in 2011 I will only grow these two and maybe one Giant Oxheart for weight.
Anyway, thanks again and regards to overseas.

3/27/2011 5:10:35 PM