Hokianga Heirloom Tomatoes
Tomato Love Gallery
There's a combination of my three loves, dahlias, tomatoes and the Hokianga.
Stacey's beast of a tomato.
One of my customers grew this; it was a beast. Thank you, Stacey, for letting me share this.
Pink Brandywine.
The Brandywine Beast
Days to ripen: 77
Fruits on the vine: 32
Average weight: 250gBut this one? This one broke the mould.
When a plant sets that many fruit, you don’t usually get giants — but sometimes, one tomato decides to go full drama queen.
This Brandywine tipped the scales at 916g.
A real beast.
Brandywines are known for their rich, intense flavour, and their vines? Wild, sprawling, and gloriously unruly.
Honestly, I think the unruly ones are the best.
Like most big beefsteaks, this beauty shows concentric cracking near the stem — a common trait when heavy fruit meets changing weather.
Got a tomato that went rogue in your garden?
Send me your monster pics. I’m here for the weird, the wonderful, and the wildly oversized.Looks like you can grow a good tomato in Dunedin.
Thank you, Aniko for sending in a picture of your fantastic results from Dunedin.
