Data specific to Tomatoes (Edit)
Heredity: Open Pollinated
Skin Color: Red
Fruit Shape: Flattened Globe
Fruit Size: Medium
Leaf Type: Regular-Leaf
Best Uses: Slicing
Growth Mode: Indeterminate
Earliness: Mid-season

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 'Beefsteak'.

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Common names
  • Tomato
Botanical names
  • Accepted: Solanum lycopersicum
  • Synonym: Lycopersicon lycopersicum
Also sold as:
  • Beefsteak, Old Fashioned

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Location: Long Island, NY 
Date: 2015-07-28
Location: Sebastian,  Florida
Date: 2020-03-15
Location: Sebastian,  Florida
Date: 2020-02-01
Location: Long Island, NY 
Date: 2015-08-05
Location: Bristol, Pennsylvania
Date: 2015-07-26
Perfect use: a BLT sandwich-these are just now ripening
Location: Sebastian,  Florida
Date: 2020-02-01
Location: Long Island, NY 
Date: 2015-07-31
Location: Sebastian,  Florida
Date: 2020-02-04
Location: Long Island, NY 
Date: 2015-08-05
Six pack of seedlings from the nursery.
Location: Long Island, NY 
Date: 2015-08-05
Spring plant.
Location: central Illinois
Date: 2017-03-31
Location: Long Island, NY 
Date: 2015-08-31
Same get nice and large.

1902 Buckbee catalog image - Courtesy of the Victory Seed Company
Location: Long Island, NY 
Date: 2015-08-18

Courtesy Sustainable Seed Company
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Location: Long Island, NY 
Date: 2015-08-07
Location: Long Island, NY 
Date: 2015-08-26
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Comments:
  • Posted by Newyorkrita (North Shore, Long Island, NY ) on Jul 31, 2015 6:55 PM concerning plant:
    This spring when I was buying my seedling tomato plants, I purchased the variety "Beefsteak" instead of the "Beefmaster" I had intended to buy. So this is my first year growing this one.

    I am impressed with the large tomatoes I have picked, although I find that the size is variable. The plants themselves are productive, with little disease and minimal yellowing of the bottom leaves.

    Flavor is excellent, although I realize taste is a very subjective thing, but I do very much like them and will probably grow them again next season.
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