Days to Maturity: 75
Indeterminate
Introducing Big Beef Plus, the quintessential hybrid F1 beefsteak tomato that redefines the boundaries of flavor, size, and garden performance. Born from the legacy of the iconic Big Beef variety, Big Beef Plus elevates the home gardening experience with its larger, juicier, and sweeter tomatoes, each weighing a hearty 7½ to 8½ ounces. These big tomatoes don't just tantalize the taste buds with their superb old-time tomato flavor and delightful texture: they're also a nutritional powerhouse, packed with vitamins C and A, potassium, and essential phytonutrients like lycopene and beta-carotene, making them a superfood in every sense.
Belonging to the vibrant nightshade family (Solanaceae), Big Beef Plus thrives as an herbaceous tender perennial in temperate to tropical climates but is typically grown as an annual. This indeterminate, or "vining," tomato variety demands attention and support, often requiring staking or caging to manage its vigorous growth and impressive yield. As a plant that continues to blossom and bear fruit throughout the season, Big Beef Plus ensures a bountiful harvest of big tomatoes, rich in both quantity and quality.
Cultivation of Big Beef Plus calls for a location bathed in full sun, along with soil that is moist, humus-rich, deep, and fertile for optimal growth. This tomato variety stands tall against a plethora of diseases, boasting high resistance to stem canker, fusarium crown and root rot, fusarium wilt, gray leaf spot, tomato mosaic virus, tomato torrado virus, and verticillium wilt, with intermediate resistance to tomato spotted wilt virus and root-knot. The self-pollinating nature of Big Beef Plus means gardeners can expect a fruitful yield without the need for cross-pollination.
Ideal for the warm season and sensitive to cold, Big Beef Plus should be planted in warm spring soil, post-frost, to ensure the best start. With a preference for night temperatures between 55 and 75°F for fruit setting, it's crucial to protect these plants with row covers if a dip below 50°F is anticipated. Mulching is recommended to moderate soil temperature and maintain moisture, ensuring that your Big Beef Plus tomatoes grow into the big, bold, and beautiful fruits they're destined to be.
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