United Kingdom’s IT manager creates world record by growing 1,269 tomatoes on one stem!

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<strong>Douglas Smith of United Kingdom’s Hertfordshire, has done it again as he has grown a record 1,269 tomatoes on one stem. Last year in September he discovered this stem that had more than a thousand cherry tomatoes on it and now it has entered the Guinness World Records.</strong></p>
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Interestingly, he broke his earlier record of 839 which he had created last year again in September 2021 a few weeks before making this big discovery. The record before this was for 488 tomatoes which had not been broken for over 10 years.</p>
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<strong>Also read: <a href="https://www.indianarrative.com/science-news/uk-gardener-harvests-tomatoes-from-single-stem-seeks-guinness-recognition-for-world-record-115970.html">UK gardener harvests 839 tomatoes from single stem! Seeks Guinness recognition for world record</a></strong></p>
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While applying for this new GWR Smith said: “After breaking the UK record for the largest tomato in the UK in 2020, with a 3.106kg (6.85lb) tomato, I sought a new challenge for 2021.” Not just satisfied with setting records which were United Kingdom specific, Smith, who is an IT manager, took an analytical approach to farming tomatoes.</p>
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A new Guinness world record! Delighted to announce that my record 1,269 tomatoes on a single truss has just been approved. It breaks my own record of 839 from last year <a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/nodig?src=hash&ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">#nodig</a> – <a href="https://t.co/IF0LH73iOa">https://t.co/IF0LH73iOa</a> <a href="https://twitter.com/GWR?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">@GWR</a> <a href="https://twitter.com/craigglenday?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">@craigglenday</a> <a href="https://twitter.com/MattOliver87?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">@MattOliver87</a> <a href="https://t.co/QgPJP3NsFk">pic.twitter.com/QgPJP3NsFk</a></p>
— Douglas Smith (@sweetpeasalads) <a href="https://twitter.com/sweetpeasalads/status/1501576424523767822?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">March 9, 2022</a></blockquote>
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Besides studying different scientific papers, he also got soil samples tested in the laboratory.</p>
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These tomatoes were grown in Smith’s back garden greenhouse where he spent four hours a week looking after them.</p>
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The tomatoes were counted by an independent horticulturist.</p>
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Smith does not grow just tomatoes. Recently he grew a supersize sunflower. He told the BBC that he “likes to run little experiments with other giant veg and giant crops.”</p>
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This year he plans to grow aubergines, potatoes and peas.</p>