513.354.1482Tasty Beef Hybrid Tomato
Larger and more flavorful than Big Beef
Tasty Beef Hybrid Tomato
Larger and more flavorful than Big Beef
- More flavorful beefsteak tomato than Big Beef
- Classic, nostalgic flavor with a perfect acid-sugar balance
- Great disease resistance
- Indeterminate
Tasty Beef is an all-new kind of beefsteak tomato! Heard of Big Beef? It's a type of tomato known for its classic, old-time tomato flavor. Tasty Beef Tomatoes are known for the same thing--except with a more flavorful fruit, and large, hefty tomatoes that grow between 12-16 oz. Their scarlet-red exteriors and interiors boast an ideal balance of sweetness and acidity, so you'll love it for all your favorite tomato dishes, including pico de gallo, salads, wraps, or sliced on top of hamburgers. Indeterminate. Tasty Beef will resist Fusarium Wilt Race I and Verticillium Wilt. 75 days to maturity.
- Botanical Name: Lycopersicon lycopersicum 'Tasty Beef Hybrid'
- Season: both Spring & Fall
- Sun/Shade: Full sun.
- Height: 4 - 6 feet.
- Spacing: 24 - 36 inches.
- Zone: 3 - 9 annual.
- Spread: 2 - 3 feet.
- Foliage: Foliage color is medium green.
- Depth: Plant seeds 1/4 inch deep. For plants, plant them deeper than in the pot. Plant them just below the first set of leaves.
- Blooms: Early to mid- Summer.
- Germination: 5-8 days.
- Days to Maturity: 75 days from transplant.
- Yield: Very productive.
- Fruit: Big, beefy scarlet-red fruit weighing in at 12 - 16 oz, boasts that delicious old-time tomato flavor with the perfect balance of sweetness and acidity.
- Soil Preference: Prefers well-drained, fertile soil, high in organic matter.
- Growth Rate: Moderate growth rate.
- Pruning: Prune by cutting out suckers (auxillary shoots between the stems and the leaves) to produce larger fruit. Fruit also ripens earlier since the sun can reach it more easily.
- Form: Vine, Indeterminate.
- Flowers: Small yellow flowers.
- Seed Count: Approximately 20 seeds per packet.
- Pollinator: Self pollinating.
Orders for in-stock seeds and hardgoods are typically shipped within 5 business days.
Plants will be shipped at the proper planting time for your area of the country during the shipping timeframes outlined below:
| 2018 Fall Shipping Schedule | |
| Zones | All Perennials, Bulbs & Potted Plants |
| 1A - 6B | 9/14/18 - 10/26/18 |
| 7A - 10B | 8/31/18 - 11/09/18 |
| Last Order Date |
Zones 1-6: 10/22/2018 Zones 7-10: 11/5/2018 |
| 2018 Insects Shipping Schedule | ||
| Zones | Lacewings, Lady Beetles & Encapsulated Earthworms | Nematodes |
| 1A | 5/4/18 - 11/2/18 | 5/11/18 - 11/2/18 |
| 1B - 2A | 5/11/18 - 11/2/18 | 5/11/18 - 11/2/18 |
| 2B - 3B | 4/27/18 - 11/2/18 | 4/27/18 - 11/2/18 |
| 4A - 6A | 4/13/18 - 11/2/18 | 4/13/18 - 11/2/18 |
| 6B - 7A | 4/6/18 - 11/2/18 | 4/6/18 - 11/2/18 |
| 7B - 8B | 3/9/18 - 11/2/18 | 3/9/18 - 11/2/18 |
| 9A - 10B | 2/23/18 - 11/2/18 | 2/23/18 - 11/2/18 |
| Last Order Date | 10/29/2018 | 10/29/2018 |
The type of product you order or the weather in our area or yours may affect the anticipated shipping schedule.
Trees and shrubs are kept in the nursery row until fully dormant for optimum stress protection.
In all cases, we choose the fastest, most efficient way to send your order—via the U.S. Postal Service or United Parcel Service. Large orders may be shipped in more than one package.
Please note that we cannot ship outside of the continental United States.
