Big Beef Hybrid Tomato Seed

Easy to grow and disease resistant
Old-time tomato flavor
All-America Selections winner
A great tomato for home gardeners, Big Beef Hybrid delivers high yields of great-tasting fruits on easy-to-grow, disease resistant plants. An All-America Selections winner, Big Beef Hybrid bears red, beefy 10 to 12 oz. fruits that have a true old-time tomato flavor. The fruits are super for slicing and salads. The plants exhibit hybrid vigor and outstanding disease resistance and can produce for months. The indeterminate plants grow up to 8 ft. tall and require staking. Disease resistance: ASC F2 GLS RKN TMV V. 73 DAYS.
Lycopersicon lycopersicum ‘Big Beef’
Height:About 6 – 8 feet (needs staking).
Spacing:18 – 24 inches between plants, 3 – 5 feet between rows.
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,
Light Required:Full Sun
Yield:Approximately 100 fruits per 100 foot row, 5 – 7 fruits per vine.
Size:30 Seed Pkt
Blooms:73
Fruit:Ripe at full slip.
Days To Maturity:73 Days
Zone:3-9
Germination:8 – 10 Days
Form:Vegetable, fruit, tomato
Soil Requirements:Rich,deep, well-drained soil. pH 5.5 – 6.8
Growth Rate:Will grow and produce fruit in one season.
Seed Count:Approximately 30 seeds per packet.
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.