A two and a half pound beefsteak tomato grown by Shirley and Terry Fluney of Gillies Bay, Texada Island, has astounded all who see it. The Fluneys were willing to reveal a few of the growing practices that caused their fruit to thrive.
鈥淲hat we do is all organic, and we used rainwater so it's all Mother Nature鈥檚 rain that feeds them,鈥� said Terry.
However there is one unexpected secret to their prolific vines. 鈥淲e played a lot of Reba McEntire music to them in the greenhouse and everything just seemed to work. The music, the soft water and the heat,鈥� added Terry.
The tomatoes listened to a lot of Reba over the last few months. 鈥淭he CD would stop and I鈥檇 just push repeat,鈥� said Terry, 鈥渟o I played that same CD probably for three or four months.鈥�
