Big Beef Hybrid Tomato

Name: Big Beef Hybrid Tomato
Brand: Direct Gardening
SKU: 71984A
Price: 9.99 USD
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The Big Beef Hybrid Tomato is the finest all-around tomato yet developed for home gardening. 1994 AAS Winner! It is extra meaty with a real ''homegrown'' flavor and just the right balance of sugars and acids. Produces extra large, ''beefy'' fruit that average 10-12 oz. in most growing areas. Fruit shape is deep oblate to globe. Large vigorous plants are quite manageable when staked or grown in large cages. Yield large fruits high up on the vine and keep producing award-winning size fruit until a killing frost. Resistant to such diseases as verticillium wilt, fusarium wilt, fusarium wilt race 1 and race 2, alternaria stern canker, stemphylium (gray leaf spot), nematodes (root knot) and tobacco mosaic virus. These often kill the Beefsteak. Bred to yield attractive, extra-smooth fruit in high numbers. Only tomato to receive the 1994 AAS award! 73 days from setting out plants until first fruits mature. When raising transplants from seed add 6-8 weeks.

Planting guide: Start indoors 8 weeks before time to set in open ground. Cover thinly, then pack firmly and water. When plants are about 2 inches high, transplant to 3 inches apart in flat or pot. After danger of frost, set 2 to 3 feet apart in garden, but before doing so, harden the plants by gradually exposing them to the outdoor air for about a week.

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Botanical Name :
Lycopersicon lycopersicum 'Big Beef'
Zones:
3-9
Light Required :
Full Sun
Spread :
6 feet
Offer Size :
30 Seed Packet
Form :
Vegetable, fruit, tomato
Height :
6 - 8 feet
Spacing :
18 - 24 inches
Fruit :
Ripe at full slip.
Germination:
8 - 10 Days
Growth Rate :
Will grow and produce fruit in one season.
Yield :
Approximately 100 fruits per 100 foot row, 5 - 7 fruits per vine.
Days To Maturity :
73 - 73 Days
Depth :
Start seeds indoors 6 - 8 weeks before planting outdoors. Plant seeds 1/4 inch deep. Transplant outdoors after any chance of frost is past (may use Kozy Koats #80842 to plant earlier). When transplanting, set the plant deep, up to the first true leaves,
Pruning :
Prune by cutting out suckers (auxiliary shoots between the stems and the leaves) to produce larger fruit. Fruit also ripens earlier since the sun can reach it more easily.

Botanical Name :
Lycopersicon lycopersicum 'Big Beef'
Zones:
3-9
Light Required :
Full Sun
Spread :
6 feet
Offer Size :
90 Jumbo Seed Packet
Form :
Vegetable, fruit, tomato
Height :
6 - 8 feet
Spacing :
18 - 24 inches
Fruit :
Ripe at full slip.
Germination:
8 - 10 Days
Growth Rate :
Will grow and produce fruit in one season.
Yield :
Approximately 100 fruits per 100 foot row, 5 - 7 fruits per vine.
Days To Maturity :
73 - 73 Days
Depth :
Start seeds indoors 6 - 8 weeks before planting outdoors. Plant seeds 1/4 inch deep. Transplant outdoors after any chance of frost is past (may use Kozy Koats #80842 to plant earlier). When transplanting, set the plant deep, up to the first true leaves,
Pruning :
Prune by cutting out suckers (auxiliary shoots between the stems and the leaves) to produce larger fruit. Fruit also ripens earlier since the sun can reach it more easily.

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