Quick Facts you may want to know about Tomatoes:

 


The humble tomato is from the nightshade family and once was thought to be poisonous

The scientific name is Solanum lycopersicum, which means “wolf-peach”

The principal constituents of tomato fruit is red colouring substance which is called lycopene it is an antioxidant which researchers  state has anti carcinogenic properties

Children love tomato ketchup this is a great way to get vitamins into them – if you let them put it all over other veggies – they may not appreciate all the effort you have made in their food preparation but at least they will be eating their vegetables!

Good news Ladies its official the Royal Horticultural Society have confirmed that chatting away to your plants does indeed help them to grow! So boys you are going to have to get a female friend to make a recording to play to your tomatoes if you want to beat the girls.

One of the major countries for producing tomatoes is China

There are approximately 7000 varieties of tomatoes – so you should be able to find one you like

According to Wikipedia – The heaviest tomato ever was one of 3.51 kg (7 lb 12 oz), of the cultivar ‘Delicious’, grown by Gordon Graham of Edmond, Oklahoma in 1986.

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