Days To Maturity
68
Sun / Shade
Full Sun
Tomato Fruit Set
Indeterminate
Better Bush Hybrid Tomato Seeds
Better Bush Hybrid Tomato Seeds
Determinate vines have short nodes for even bigger yields
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Description / Better Bush Hybrid Tomato Seeds
Days to Maturity: 68 from transplant
Determinate.. If you're looking for an old-fashioned-flavored tomato with the juiciness and distinctive "tang" you remember from vine-fresh tomatoes of the past, Better Bush hybrid is the best choice. These big, luscious, 4-inch fruits grow very densely on determinate 3-foot plants, thanks to shorter internodes. The central stem rarely needs staking (except during those "bumper crop" times), and this plant begins early in the season and just keeps going. Available only here at Park, this is a superbly garden-worthy variety with great yields of ultra-satisfying fruits. Resistant to verticillium wilt and Fusarium wilt race 1.
Start seeds indoors 5 to 6 weeks before the last frost date. Plant outdoors when danger of frost is past and night temperatures consistently remain above 55 degrees Fahrenheit. If an unexpected late frost is forecasted, protect young plants with plastic sheeting or other cover. Set plants 2 to 2½ feet apart.
Product Details
| SKU | 05338 |
|---|---|
| Genus | Lycopersicon |
| Species | esculentum |
| Variety | Better Bush Improved Hybrid |
| Product Classification | Seeds, Vegetables |
| Tomato Fruit Set | Indeterminate |
| Sun / Shade | Full Sun |
| Habit | Upright |
| Days To Maturity | 68.00 |
| Resistance | Fusarium Wilt Race 1, Verticillium Wilt |
| Characteristics | Edible |
| Uses | Beds, Containers, Cuisine, Outdoor |
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Better Bush seeds 0 people found this helpfulEvery single seed came up in my seed starter kit. I have just finished transplanting them to a larger peat pot. Can't wait to see and taste tomoatoes after they go to their final place in ground planting.
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Tomatoes with an awesome flavor. 1 people found this helpfulI tested out these tomatoes this past growing season. As it was starting to get difficult for me to deal with indeterminate tomato plant that get up to 10 or 15 feet high. Most of the bush types I saw were determinate, and I was looking for something that would produce tomatoes all season long. My search led me to Park Seed's Better Bush Hybrid. I was totally impressed with them. Germination was good. The tomatoes I planted in the raised beds, got nearly 6 feet tall, and the ones planted in buckets got around 4 feet tall. The kept producing all the way up to frost. The tomatoes were sweet, and tangy with a bit of tartness......just the way I like them. They were also meaty, with few seeds, great for eating, canning, and dehydrating. The cons aren't many. You are going to definitely want to cage or stake the plants. Better to find this out early, then like I did when it was almost too late to do it. I found them to be only so so at disease resistance. But then unlike most of the rest of the country, our summer was unusually cold and wet. So, I may not be fair in that assessment. They seem to need a lot more calcium than regular tomatoes. As I lost most of the first harvest to blossom end rot. Luckily it is a problem that is easy to fix. The cons aren't huge, the flavor is out of this world good, and the plant size was perfect, and their production was impressive. So, as long as Park keeps selling the seeds, I'll keep buying the better bush hybrid tomatoes for my garden.
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okay so far 1 people found this helpfulafter 2-1/2 weeks the seeds have spouted from the ground and are 3/4" tall barely started. Seem slow to grow I'm keeping the peat pots between 55° and 70°. I want to wait for more growth before planting in the garden.
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I Love This Tomato 1 people found this helpfulOver the years my garden keeps getting, physically, larger. Primarily due to tomato and pepper goals. Giant sweet peppers and the search for the ultimate tomato. I changed my focus to heirloom plants 2 years ago but in that years quest I picked up the Better Bush from Park. As the season progressed, some new varieties (to me) disappointed and others excelled. I usually start with a selection of 75 plants over many varieties but typically I have sometimes had as many as 150. Two years ago there were two plants that were small, but they were pretty, the leaves hid the fruit and the fruit was impressive. These two were the Better Bush. Last year I got a very late start to my garden. In over 50 years I lost the entire garden due to extreme heat that began in the first days of June here in South Idaho. I was late getting my plants in the ground and lost the entire garden, everything, except I grabbed 10 small Better Bush that were still on my germination table and mid July stuck them in the ground. It took until early October but they all grew, produced stunningly shaped tomatoes as well as medium large in size. To end a season first disaster these plants were heros for being so short, compact and productive. Huge stems that supported the yield without staking. This coming year, as I plan for the initial 75 I am making 10 Better Bush as my go to plants. Whatever the others do will be the fun part of gardening but these things are tremendous. I may add a few in containers as well as they would be perfect. The only problem is they are not heirloom but still, one of the nicest looking plants and the fruits are spectacular in color and shape. They grow invisibly as the leaves cover the tomatoes from the sun. You have to dig deep to see what is growing but it will be a great surprise. I am trying other additional bush type this year but I bought additional packs from Park as well. Nothing warps me out more than to have a seed company not offer a seed that I have grown fond of. So for a few years if worse comes to worse I will have Better Bush.
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One of the best tomatoes out there 2 people found this helpfulAn extremely reliable tomato. I've grown them for 10 out if the last 12 summers, in GA, TN, CO and NM. Very easy and fast to start from seed. The fruits are a nice size with excellent flavor. Versatile enough for sauce, slicing, or salsa. This year, plants breezed through brutal heat and drought, although production suffered. I normally get huge harvests up until frost, at which time I pick the green tomatoes, several dozen per plant, and let them ripen indoors in a cool place. If I had to grow only one tomato variety, this would be it.
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Thick Vined and Hardy! 1 people found this helpfulOi! These guys are massively stemmed for their small stature and their leaves haven't blackened like my other tomoates did every spring here in TN. Will always buy from Parkseed... all the veggie plants I have gotten from them have performed magnificently.
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Excellent tomato plant - LOVE IT!! 1 people found this helpfulI started from seed and the little seedlings were nothing like I've ever seen before - very strong and bushy after 6 weeks even though they were only 4 inches tall! Set 18 plants in the ground mid-May and had first tomatoes the end of July as promised. Second crop started coming in the 2nd week of August and they are still producing in abundance. Large fruit and very sweet. Will buy these seeds again next year! The only drawback is that THEY HAVE TO BE STAKED. When I plant them next year, they will be staked from the beginning. Even though they are only 4 ft. tall, they started falling over when they were 2 ft. tall. Very hard to stake at that point they are so top heavy.
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A good all around tomato plant 1 people found this helpfulI have been planting better bush for 5-10 plus years. They have been a dependable fairly compact plant. The tomatoes have a good acidic/sweet flavor. We usually plant around 35-40 plants in tomatoes cages in a 35 foot square garden space and get around 200 plus quarts of whole tomatoes and another 60 for salsa each year, and this does not include all the fresh tomatoes we eat. Our neighbors also love the flavor of these tomatoes. We have tomatoes producing from these plants from July to November.
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