Beef tomato 'Heart's Delight Black'
- Product number: 295443
- Origin: Central America
- Latin: Lycopersicon lycopersicum
Compact plants, which bear quite early and yield a good harvest of medium-sized beefsteak tomatoes (6-9 cm in diameter). The name hints at both taste and appearance: 1) juicy, soft, and supple flavour is linked to 2) beautiful, brown-red colour. Highly recommended!
Do you often grow your tomatoes in the same spot, for instance in a greenhouse? Then diseases can develop in the soil, which rootstocks are resistant to, and thus grafting is recommended:
for grafting tomatoes, use this variety: 291110 Tomato 'Landon'. As a grafting aid, we recommend these grafting clips: 847520 Grafting clip 1.5 mm.
The largest tomatoes in our assortment are called beefsteak tomatoes. This tomato gets its name from the larger amount of flesh (instead of juice). This applies to most varieties in this group, with a few exceptions such as the so-called stuffing tomatoes.
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Latin: Lycopersicon lycopersicum
Dutch: Vleestomaat
English: Tomato, Beefsteaks Type
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- Flower colour: Yellow flowers
- Origin: Central America
- Average growth height: 90 to 120 cm
- Annual or perennial: Annual
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- Winter hardy: Not frost hardy
- Ease of cultivation: Moderate
- Latin: Lycopersicon lycopersicum
- Dutch: Beefsteak tomato
- Also known as:
- English: Tomato, Beefsteaks Type
