Plant Information
BrightStar Tomato
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.
Tomato Class : Large-Fruited
Type : Beefsteak
Habit : Indeterminate
Tomato Color : Bright red
Fruit Characteristics : Oblate, pleated
Fruit Size : 2.25-2.5 in./6 cm long x 3.75-4 in./10 cm wide, 12-16 oz. (340 to 454 g)
Disease Resistance : HR: LB, SLS
Days to maturity from transplant : 65-70
- 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.