Most tomatoes grown on a single truss-Graham Tranter sets world record

Farmworker Graham Tranter grew a truss with 304 tomatoes which sets the new world record for the most tomatoes grown on a single truss.

Independent witnesses helped confirm the total after it was picked, although Graham points out that a further 20 fruits fell off it before and during picking, so the figure could have been even higher.

The truss, which he grew in a polytunnel in his vegetable garden near Bridgnorth, comfortably beat the truss with less than 200 tomatoes that Guinness World Records previously accepted as the record.

He takes great care to get the nutrition of his tomatoes - and many other crops - correct, working with David Edwards from agronomic specialists The Glenside Group to formulate correct regimes.

The results are obvious in the huge yields of tomatoes he produces, and with a host of other impressive vegetables, which this year has included some astonishing cabbages.

Graham's won many trophies from shows across the Midlands with his vegetables over the years, once winning an astonishing 17 in a single season.

As with all top gardeners, he has some secret recipes and treatments he uses alongside the fertiliser programme he works out with David.

Source: www.worldrecordsacademy.org

Publication date: 11/19/2009

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