If I could only grow one tomato, this would probably be it! It’s fruit is always consistent, meaty yet juicy. I love to pair with a fried egg, eat on a sandwich, use it to make sauce, or chop it and create bruschetta or add it to my fresh salads.
The Seed Savers Exchange - One of the two original Bavarian heirlooms from Diane Ott Wheatley's family that started Seed Savers. Potato leaf plants produce large 1-2 pound beefsteak fruits. Meaty flesh with few seeds, very little cracking or blossom scars. Full sweet flavor. Excellent for canning, freezing, and slicing. Indeterminate, 85 days from transplant.
Characteristics:
- Organic
- Pink fruits grow to 1-2 pounds
- Meaty beefsteak fruits have few seeds and little cracking
- Potato leaf plants
- Fruit ripens throughout the season
- 85 days from transplant
- 25 Seeds
Instructions - Sow seeds indoors ¼" deep. Tomatoes are sensitive to freezing temperatures, so wait to transplant outdoors until the soil is warm. Plant in full sun.
Sow indoors 6-8 weeks before last frost
Germination 7-14 days
Plant apart 24-36"
Plants need trellising or staking
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