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Big Beef Hybrid Tomato

Name: Big Beef Hybrid Tomato
Brand: Gurneys
SKU: 76442
Price: 6.99 USD
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One of the Most Popular Red Tomatoes

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Easy to grow and disease resistant
Old-time tomato flavor
All-America Selections winner

A great tomato for home gardeners, Big Beef Hybrid delivers high yields of great-tasting fruits on easy-to-grow, disease resistant plants. An All-America Selections winner, Big Beef Hybrid bears red, beefy 10 to 12 oz. fruits that have a true old-time tomato flavor. The fruits are super for slicing and salads. The plants exhibit hybrid vigor and outstanding disease resistance and can produce for months. The indeterminate plants grow up to 8 ft. tall and require staking. Disease resistance: ASC F2 GLS RKN TMV V. 73 DAYS.

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Zone
3-9
Light
Full Sun
Height
72 - 96
Spacing
18 - 24 inches between plants, 3 - 5 feet between rows.
Yield
Approximately 100 fruits per 100 foot row, 5 - 7 fruits per vine.
Growth Rate
Will grow and produce fruit in one season.

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Zone
3-9
Light
Full Sun
Height
72 - 96
Spacing
18 - 24 inches between plants, 3 - 5 feet between rows.
Yield
Approximately 100 fruits per 100 foot row, 5 - 7 fruits per vine.
Growth Rate
Will grow and produce fruit in one season.

Botanical NameLycopersicon lycopersicum 'Big Beef'

FormVegetable, fruit, tomato

FruitRipe at full slip.

Height72 - 96

Size2" Pot

Spread6', vine.

YieldApproximately 100 fruits per 100 foot row, 5 - 7 fruits per vine.

Hardiness Zone3-9
Days To Maturity73 - 73 Days

DepthStart seeds indoors 6 - 8 weeks before planting outdoors. Plant seeds 1/4 inch deep. Transplant outdoors after any chance of frost is past (may use Kozy Koats #80842 to plant earlier). When transplanting, set the plant deep, up to the first true leaves,

Germination8 - 10 Days

Growth RateWill grow and produce fruit in one season.

LightFull Sun

PruningPrune by cutting out suckers (auxiliary shoots between the stems and the leaves) to produce larger fruit. Fruit also ripens earlier since the sun can reach it more easily.

Spacing18 - 24 inches between plants, 3 - 5 feet between rows.
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Shipping Information

Plants will be shipped at the proper planting time for your area of the country using the shipping time frames outlined in the table. We continually monitor weather conditions for extreme hot or cold and adjust shipping schedules as needed. Due to hot weather conditions, we are unable to ship most plant items in July and August. Items that are overweight will require an additional shipping charge depending on
weight.

The type of product you order or the weather in our area to yours may affect the anticipated shipping schedule, shifting earlier or later, depending.

Trees and shrubs are kept in the nursery row until full dormant for optimum stress protection.

In all cases, we choose the fastest, most efficient way to send your orders via the U.S. Postal Service or FedEx. Large orders or large items may be shipped to you in multiple packages.

Sorry, we cannot ship products to Hawaii, Alaska, APO/FPO or outside the contiguous United States. Please provide a street address as some products are unable to be delivered to Post Offce boxes.

Spring 2025 Shipping Schedule

Annual Vegetable Plants

Zones	Shipping Dates	Last Order Date
3A - 4B	5/19/25 - 6/6/25	6/2/25
5A - 5B	5/12/25 - 6/6/25	6/2/25
6A - 6B	5/15/25 - 6/6/25	6/2/25
7A - 7B	4/14/25 - 6/6/25	6/2/25
8A - 10B	4/7/25 - 5/30/25	6/2/25

Shipping Information

Plants will be shipped at the proper planting time for your area of the country using the shipping time frames outlined in the table. We continually monitor weather conditions for extreme hot or cold and adjust shipping schedules as needed. Due to hot weather conditions, we are unable to ship most plant items in July and August. Items that are overweight will require an additional shipping charge depending on
weight.

The type of product you order or the weather in our area to yours may affect the anticipated shipping schedule, shifting earlier or later, depending.

Trees and shrubs are kept in the nursery row until full dormant for optimum stress protection.

In all cases, we choose the fastest, most efficient way to send your orders via the U.S. Postal Service or FedEx. Large orders or large items may be shipped to you in multiple packages.

Sorry, we cannot ship products to Hawaii, Alaska, APO/FPO or outside the contiguous United States. Please provide a street address as some products are unable to be delivered to Post Offce boxes.

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Estimated Ship Date:

Shipping Information

Plants will be shipped at the proper planting time for your area of the country using the shipping time frames outlined in the table. We continually monitor weather conditions for extreme hot or cold and adjust shipping schedules as needed. Due to hot weather conditions, we are unable to ship most plant items in July and August. Items that are overweight will require an additional shipping charge depending on
weight.

The type of product you order or the weather in our area to yours may affect the anticipated shipping schedule, shifting earlier or later, depending.

Trees and shrubs are kept in the nursery row until full dormant for optimum stress protection.

In all cases, we choose the fastest, most efficient way to send your orders via the U.S. Postal Service or FedEx. Large orders or large items may be shipped to you in multiple packages.

Sorry, we cannot ship products to Hawaii, Alaska, APO/FPO or outside the contiguous United States. Please provide a street address as some products are unable to be delivered to Post Offce boxes.

Spring 2025 Shipping Schedule

Annual Vegetable Plants

Zones	Shipping Dates	Last Order Date
3A - 4B	5/19/25 - 6/6/25	6/2/25
5A - 5B	5/12/25 - 6/6/25	6/2/25
6A - 6B	5/15/25 - 6/6/25	6/2/25
7A - 7B	4/14/25 - 6/6/25	6/2/25
8A - 10B	4/7/25 - 5/30/25	6/2/25

Shipping Information

Plants will be shipped at the proper planting time for your area of the country using the shipping time frames outlined in the table. We continually monitor weather conditions for extreme hot or cold and adjust shipping schedules as needed. Due to hot weather conditions, we are unable to ship most plant items in July and August. Items that are overweight will require an additional shipping charge depending on
weight.

The type of product you order or the weather in our area to yours may affect the anticipated shipping schedule, shifting earlier or later, depending.

Trees and shrubs are kept in the nursery row until full dormant for optimum stress protection.

In all cases, we choose the fastest, most efficient way to send your orders via the U.S. Postal Service or FedEx. Large orders or large items may be shipped to you in multiple packages.

Sorry, we cannot ship products to Hawaii, Alaska, APO/FPO or outside the contiguous United States. Please provide a street address as some products are unable to be delivered to Post Offce boxes.