Mix 100 Red and Yellow Kelloggs Beefsteak Tomato Seeds - Grow your own Beefsteak Tomatoes from Seed

90 days. Beefsteak Tomato Seeds. Solanum lycoperscium. Indeterminate. Non-GMO. Open Pollinated. One of the largest and most popularly commercial slicing tomatoes available, the beloved Beeftseak tomato routinely weighs in at more than a pound per fruit without sacrificing any flavor. Beefsteak tomato seeds have served as the parent crop for countless of large competition-size favorites such as Brandywine, Cherokee Purple, and the Mortgage Lifter.

Tomato is a warm weather crop best if started indoors about 6-8 weeks prior to final spring frost. Plant 2-3 seeds 1/4" deep per cell in fertile, humusy, and well-drained soil with a pH of 6.0-6.8. Beefsteak seeds germinate in 5-14 days, transplant best starts to 1 per pot or 18-36 inch apart in the garden. Ideal in container gardening.

Before sowing, know whether the seed is determinate or indeterminate, as each will exhibit different habits. Determinate varieties mature to a predetermined size, producing its fruit all at once with only a minor need for staking. Indeterminate varieties grow indefinitely through the season, producing non-stop fruit while requiring heavy support. Beefsteak is an indeterminate tomato crop.

Heirloom Beefsteak Tomatoes in the Vegetable Garden
Tomato is the quintessential staple of summer gardening and arguably offers the most seed diversity among all seasonal fruits. Available in every possible color, shape, and size, tomato is a high-heat and full sun favorite that thrives from container and patio gardening. Along with cucumber and summer squash, the tomato plant is one of the most productive, hardy, and heavy fruiting crops of the season.

Remember, you must support this vigorous tomato bush. I still rip up old sheets into 1" strips to tie my beefsteak tomatoes up. Something my grandmother taught me long ago. A string will cut into the stem and cages rarely hold big beautiful plants like this. Use sturdy stakes and tie your tomato vines up with your strips.