MSU Extension Service Tomato Battles

HOUSTON, Miss. (WCBI) – In nine north Mississippi counties, residents are testing their gardening skills while learning about new disease resistant tomato varieties this spring.

Mississippi growers are engaged in battle against diseases affecting tomatoes. It could be a bigger battle trying to get growers to plant new varieties.

Extension agents are conducting a competition to see who grows the largest disease resistant tomato during a weigh-in period in July.

Those who grow the largest tomato in each county are eligible for prizes, ranging from steak dinner certificates to garden equipment.

Participating counties are: Chickasaw, Itawamba, Lowndes, Marshall, Oktibbeha, Prentiss, Union, Webster, and Monroe.

Contact your local county extension agent to sign up for the competition.