Data specific to Tomatoes (Edit)
Heredity: Open Pollinated
Skin Color: Bi-color
Flesh Color: Bi-color
Fruit Shape: Beefsteak
Fruit Size: Large
Fruit Weight: 14 oz.
Leaf Type: Regular-Leaf
Tomato Plant Height: 7 feet
Best Uses: Slicing
Growth Mode: Indeterminate
Earliness: Late
Country: USA

General Plant Information (Edit)
Plant Habit: Vine
Life cycle: Perennial
Sun Requirements: Full Sun
Water Preferences: Mesic
Minimum cold hardiness: Zone 11 +4.4 °C (40 °F) to +7.2 °C (50 °F)
Plant Height: Varies greatly by species and cultivated variety.
Plant Spread: Varies greatly by species and cultivated variety.
Leaves: Other: Varies greatly by species and cultivated variety.
Fruit: Showy
Edible to birds
Fruiting Time: Other: Varies greatly by species and cultivated variety.
Flower Color: Yellow
Bloom Size: Under 1"
Flower Time: Other: Varies greatly by species and cultivated variety.
Uses: Vegetable
Suitable as Annual
Edible Parts: Fruit
Eating Methods: Raw
Cooked
Resistances: Rabbit Resistant
Toxicity: Leaves are poisonous
Roots are poisonous
Propagation: Seeds: Self fertile
Other info: Direct sowing into the garden not recommended. Sow seeds into sterile seed starting mix, 1/8"-1/4" deep, indoors, 6-8 weeks prior to last expected frost date. Optimal germination occurs in 7-14 days with constant moisture and soil temperatures of 75-90F.
Propagation: Other methods: Cuttings: Stem
Pollinators: Self
Various insects
Containers: Preferred depth: Some tomato varieties, primarily dwarf and determinate varieties, are suitable for container gardening. Large, vining, indeterminate types can be grown in 5 gallon or larger containers but may require extra attention.

Victory Seed Company sells seeds of 'Big Rainbow'.

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Common names
  • Tomato
Botanical names
  • Accepted: Solanum lycopersicum
  • Synonym: Lycopersicon lycopersicum

Photo Gallery
Location: Gardenfish garden
Date: 2020-07-25
Did not get big for me
Location: Ingleside. Illinois
Date: 2023-07-31
Unripe fruit.
Location: Ingleside. Illinois
Date: 2023-07-31
Unripe fruit.
Location: Long Island, NY 
Date: 2017-09-16
Photo by robertduval14
Location: MN State Fair
Location: Ingleside. Illinois
Date: 2023-07-31
Location: Ingleside. Illinois
Date: 2023-07-31
Unripe fruit.
Location: Ingleside. Illinois
Date: 2023-07-31
Immature fruit.
Location: Ingleside. Illinois
Date: 2023-07-31
Location: Cheyenne, Wyoming
Location: Long Island, NY 
Date: 2017-09-21

Courtesy Sustainable Seed Company
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Location: Bon Aqua, TN
Date: 2005
Image used courtesy of the New Hope Seed Company
Location: Long Island, NY 
Date: 2017-09-16
Location: Cheyenne, Wyoming
Date: 2020-04-26

 Photo Courtesy of Baker Creek Heirloom Seeds. Used with permissi
  • Uploaded by Joy
Location: Victory Seed Company - Liberal, OR
Image used courtesy of the Victory Seed Company
Comments:
  • Posted by bxncbx (NYC - Zone 7a) on Oct 3, 2017 5:43 PM concerning plant:
    Huge bicolor fruits! One slice is perfect for even larger slices of bread. Very meaty and juicy. I recommend leaving them on the vine until more red color shows for best flavor. If you do, best to use them within a day or so.
  • Posted by farmerdill (Augusta Georgia - Zone 8a) on Mar 7, 2014 12:20 PM concerning plant:
    Big Rainbow performed the best of the bicolors that I trialed in the 90's. Does not have much in the way of disease resistance, but is a vigorous plant. Taste and texture are acceptable. Lot better than Mr Stripey.
  • Posted by Trish (Grapevine, TX - Zone 8a) on May 12, 2022 5:59 AM concerning plant:
    The superb flavor and radiant beauty of 'Big Rainbow' makes this heirloom slicer worth growing. The flavor is rich without being too acid. The two-pound fruits are gorgeous as they ripen, banded in green, yellow, and red. Mature fruits are gold on the stem end and red on the blossom end. Flesh is marked with red streaks. Ogden plants in raised beds, stakes and prunes to a single stem to hasten maturity.
Plant Events from our members
lovesblooms On February 25, 2018 Seeds sown
indoors
antsinmypants On May 24, 2023 Transplanted
Into Garden Two
antsinmypants On April 13, 2023 Plant emerged
1 more seedling has emerged. 2 total.
antsinmypants On April 9, 2023 Plant emerged
1 seedling emerged.
antsinmypants On April 4, 2023 Seeds sown
4
antsinmypants On March 17, 2023 Seeds sown
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