2012 Great LI Tomato Challenge

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The 2012 Great Long Island Tomato Challenge will be held at 7 p.m. Aug. 24 at Newsday, 235 Pinelawn Rd., Melville. Strategize now and nurture your plants all summer long, then bring your biggest, heaviest fruit to the event, where Garden Detective Jessica Damiano will weigh tomatoes and name this year's Tomato King or Queen.

In the meantime, send a photo of yourself with your tomato plants, along with details about your techniques and the varieties you're growing, to jessica.dami ano@newsday.com and you might be featured in Newsday.