I grew this plant in a 5-gal shop bucket, with a common tomato cage. It produced 4 large tomatoes (firm, fleshy, and tasting better than store-bought) all in a cluster on about the first 12-18” of its stalk, sequentially during a 3-week period from mid-June through the first week of July. Then it concentrated on growing. It grew to 5.5' tall with two viney “arms” loaded with enlarging green fruit, lying over the tops of 2 other plants. During the hottest part of August, it “rested” and had just resumed growing its fruit when the plant and ALL of its fruit succumbed to late blight in mid-September. Because of this, I judge it ill-suitable for small spaces, containers, and my county (a hot zone for late blight).

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One of the best tomatoes I've planted that is a high producer of large red fruits that last through the hot, humid, disease ridden conditions in my environment. It is dependable.

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Unlike a previous commenter, I find that these tomatoes are very large, maybe because I'm in zone 8. Excellent all around variety that is resistant to most soil-borne diseases. Even performed great last year when we had an unusually wet summer and most home gardeners said all their tomatoes died. Big Beef produced great. It's a rugged plant. I have heard that there is a dehybridized OP version, which I will try next year.

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First year growing the Big Beef tomatoes for me. I bought mine as seedlings at a local nursery. A very nice all around slicing tomato with good taste, although the fruits are not very big. The plants have been growing well without any fungal diseases.

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(73 days) An All-American Selections variety, 'Big Beef' produces uniform 10- to 12-ounce red fruits that have an heirloom quality. The indeterminate plants have good disease resistance.

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