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Week 51 – December 18, 2024

Plant Information

BrightStar Tomato

  • BrightStar Tomato - Bloom
  • BrightStar Tomato - Container
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Plant Details:

Scientific Name: Solanum lycopersicum

Common Name: Tomato, Beefsteak

Blooming Season: Spring, Late Spring, Summer, Late Summer

Plant Habit: Climbing, Upright

Characteristics: Culinary Use

Water: Medium

Fertilize: Every two weeks

Spacing: 18 - 36" (46 - 91cm)

Height: 60 - 84" (152 - 213cm)

Width: 36 - 48" (91 - 122cm)

Exposure: Sun

General Information: Upgrade your garden with heirloom tomato flavor and modern hybrid tomato performance. Early-maturing, rich and sweet, red pleated beefsteak fruit with higher yield potential and fewer blemishes than most heirlooms.

Grower Information:

  • Upgrade your garden with heirloom tomato flavor and modern hybrid tomato performance.
  • Early-maturing, bright red beefsteak fruit are sweet and rich, with higher yield potential and fewer blemishes than most heirlooms.
  • Large red beefsteak fruit are perfect for eating fresh on a sandwich or try preserving in sauce. 
  • Offers disease resistance to late blight and septoria leaf spot, too.
  • Best grown in the ground with support of a trellis or cage.