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Marie Tebbutt, a resident at Kruinhof Retirement Village, recently contacted the GCN about a rapidly growing tomato plant in her backyard.<\/p>\n

“I can’t believe the way the tomatoes have grown in such a short period of time,” she said.<\/p>

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Marie’s husband, Johnny, said he planted the seed at the beginning of January and by mid-January the plant had already started growing, but it was very small.<\/p>\n

“The rapid growth was in February, and what a big growth it was, the plant was already two metres high,” he said.<\/p>

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Johnny said that due to the growth of the plant, he had to move it from its original place.<\/p>\n

“I had to move it because it was growing so quickly. There was not enough space where it was situated and our dogs were fiddling with it.<\/p>\n

“I had to move it to a more spacious area and put barriers around it. I even had to hold it together with string as it was already falling over, and this was all in February.<\/p>\n

“It is so big that people who have seen it thought it was two or three plants, but it is just one.”<\/p>\n

Johnny told GCN that he is familiar with planting and growing vegetables.<\/p>\n

“Before we moved to Kruinhof we used to live in Delville and I had a big vegetable garden there,” he explained.<\/p>\n

“I would plant potatoes, tomatoes, onions and other vegetables, and they would grow beautifully as well.<\/p>\n

“I guess I have green hands, because everything I plant grows really well.<\/p>\n

“This tomato plant, however, is something else. It is the biggest tomato I have ever seen or planted.”<\/p>\n