ANNA Saric’s attempt to grow tomatoes last year was fruitless.
But this year, despite planting late, she’s grown a monster.
“I’ve never had any luck with tomatoes and I got some seeds from a lady and thought I’d give it another go,’’ Ms Saric said.
‘’Even though I planted the seeds late, little plants began to grow. I put them in the ground and suddenly there’s between 10-15 plants. The fruits are really heavy on them too. I was watering the garden yesterday and I noticed something reddish and tucked away.”
Ms Saric said she got up early to try and get the ripe tomatoes before the birds did, as the first batch of edible fruit was previously destroyed.
“I bent over and picked the tomato and it was just huge,’’ Ms Saric said.
‘’I put it on the scale and it weighed 580 grams, they’re normally around 100gm and I thought my goodness, it’s huge.
“I sent a photo to my daughter who is over in America at the moment and she couldn’t believe it either, she doesn’t understand how the birds didn’t get it.”
Ms Saric said she was unsure what the secret to her massive fruit was, but used blood and bones and lots of water while the plants were growing.
“I’ve only been in this house a year and a half and last year the first batch didn’t work,’’ she said.
‘’I think blood and bones definitley helped. I also grow pumpkin, silver beets and zucchini.
“I’ve supplied half of Ocean Grove with silver beets and half of Maryborough where my son-in-law lives with pumpkins. I’d never venture into gardening before but now I’ve retired I enjoy it.”
Ms Saric said she was planning on sharing the giant tomato, which tasted sweeter then the supermarket variety, among friends and family.
“I’m going to take it over to my sister’s house for a barbeque. I’m thinking we can cut it up and make a big salad out of it,” she said.
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