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…
No doubt you’ve come across the words ‘determinate’ and ‘indeterminate’ when reading about tomatoes. It can be a bit confusing to determine what determinate and indeterminate mean. Here I’ll provide some insights which should help to clear up any confusion. Among the various classifications, you will likely – or at least possibly – see…
Just because a tomato is green it doesn’t necessarily mean it’s unripe. The green beefsteak tomato has a unique flavor – a flavor that is tangy, tart, and sweet. Green beefsteak tomatoes pair well with various other flavors and that pairing can result in something rather special ending up on your plate. …
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…
Oxheart Tomato You’re here because you want to learn about Oxheart tomato. The Italian Oxheart tomato (or Ox Heart tomato) is an ‘old’ Italian tomato that possesses a heart shape. It’s an indeterminate variety of tomato plant. Well, okay, not all Italian Oxheart tomatoes are of Italian origin. But one of the most…
How do you grow the Sicilian Pachino tomato? (Note that it’s not easy to get your hands on Pachino tomato seeds. Hence, I’ve limited the write-up because it’s not so easy to find out info about the plant’s growing habits for best fruit performance.) The Sicilians and the Italians say it as “pomodoro di…
How to grow Cuostralee tomato? How to Grow Cuostralee Tomato – Cuostralee is a French beefsteak heirloom tomato. The plant is fully capable of producing persistently high yields. The fruits are ribbed, meaty, red in color, and average around four inches across. The fruits weigh between two and three pounds each. …
How do you grow container tomatoes and get mouth-watering results from your efforts? Let’s find out now… 1. Select the perfect location for your tomato plants While tomatoes can be grown almost anywhere – within reason – they do prefer sunlight, and they do prefer that sunlight to last for at…
How do you grow the tomato ‘Brandywine’? ‘Brandywine’ tomatoes come in various colors – pink, yellow, red, orange, and almost black. Did you ever try a black tomato? No? Me neither. It, Brandywine, is a large tomato and is considered as being an heirloom type and is indeterminate in terms of growth habit. It is…
What is Golden Jubilee tomato good for? The ‘Golden Jubilee’ tomato cultivar is perfect for adding to salads. It can likewise be canned or juiced. The indeterminate cultivar ‘Golden Jubilee’ is also an excellent medium-sized beefsteak tomato for salsas. The skin is easy to peel off, even without cooking the fruit. Golden Jubilee Tomato…
