How to grow ‘Dixie Red’ tomato plants? The Dixie Red tomato (as in the fruit), which is a hybrid tomato, takes approximately 85 days after transplanting before it’s ready to harvest. The plant caters to high yields of red fruit – the fruits being between eight and 12 ounces each. That’s a little over…
Celebrity Tomato
Celebrity Tomato Here we’re discussing Celebrity tomato plants as opposed to recipes that utilize Celebrity tomatoes. The ‘Celebrity’ tomato plant should not be confused with the ‘Bush Celebrity’ tomato plant… ‘Bush Celebrity’ is particularly compact, and only reaches a height of around 15 inches. (Can you imagine how small the fruit is?…
Beefmaster Tomato
Beefmaster Tomato Beefmaster tomato plant care The Beefmaster hybrid tomato plant has undergone some improvement in fairly recent times. It produces huge, red-colored beefsteak fruits which are relatively tolerant to cracking. The tomato is perfect for slicing and, because of this, perfect for sandwiches, too. Is the Beefmaster hybrid tomato good for canning?…
How to Grow ‘Solar Fire’ Tomato Plants
How do I grow ‘Solar Fire’ tomatoes? Are Solar Fire tomato plants determinate or indeterminate? Determinate. Are Solar Fire tomato plants resistant to disease? Solar Fire is resistant to Verticillium and Fusarium wilt and to gray leaf spot. Solar Fire is a hybrid tomato plant. Not to be confused with the beefsteak…
How to Grow Better Boy Tomatoes
Not to be confused with Best Boy, Better Boy, a hybrid tomato plant, is prized by many gardeners given its relatively quick time to maturity (the fruits ripen within 70 and 75 days after transplanting the plants). The fruits have lovely smooth skin and a classic flavor with, what to many is just about the…
Golden Boy Tomato – How to Grow
Golden Boy Tomato – How to Grow How do you grow the Golden Boy tomato cultivar? Here are some key facts about this tomato plant and its fruits, just to make your mouth water: ‘Golden Boy’ tomato plants grow to between 6 and 8 feet (1.8 to 2.4m) in height. As such, staking or…