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Burpee's Big Boy Tomato

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TOBIBY

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SKU:
TOBIBY
Weight:
1.00 LBS
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4 feet
_description-width:
24 inches
_description-light:
Full Sun
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Solanum lycopersicum 'Burpee's Big Boy'
Attracts:
Pollinators, Butterflies
Bloom Time:
Mid Spring to Late Summer
Edible:
Yes
Genus Name:
Solanum
Family Name:
Tomato
Flower Color:
Yellow
Foliage Color:
Green
Growth Rate:
Fast
Hardiness Zone:
(annual)
Harvest Season:
Early Summer to Early Fall
Landscape Uses:
Garden, Container
Mature Height:
4 feet
Mature Width:
24 inches
Prune Time:
Should Not Need Pruning
Light Needs:
Full Sun
Water Needs:
Average to Moist
Tomato Class:
Hybrid
Determinate/Indeterminate:
Indeterminate
Tomato Type:
All Purpose
_callout-4|Light Needs:
Full Sun
_callout-25|Foliage Color:
Green
_callout-26|Flower Color:
Yellow
_callout-27|Bloom Time:
Mid Spring to Late Summer
_callout-28|Attracts:
Pollinators, Butterflies
_callout-10|Edible:
Yes
_callout-17|Landscape Uses:
Garden, Container

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Product Overview

Solanum lycopersicum 'Burpee's Big Boy'
A beautiful, well loved variety that is perfect for patio containers and gardens; producing gorgeous, large red fruit with a wonderful aroma and rich flavor; great for sandwiches, fresh eating, salads and salsas; high yielding all season long

Edible Qualities

Burpee's Big Boy Tomato is an annual vegetable plant that is commonly grown for its edible qualities. It produces large red round tomatoes (which are technically 'berries') with red flesh which are usually ready for picking from early summer to early fall. This is an indeterminate variety, which means it produces fruit throughout the growing season. The tomatoes have a delicious taste and a juicy texture.

The tomatoes are most often used in the following ways:

  • Fresh Eating
  • Eating When Cooked/Prepared
  • Cooking
  • Canning
  • Sauces

Planting & Growing

Burpee's Big Boy Tomato will grow to be about 4 feet tall at maturity, with a spread of 24 inches. When planted in rows, individual plants should be spaced approximately 3 feet apart. Because of its vigorous growth habit, it may require staking or supplemental support. This fast-growing vegetable plant is an annual, which means that it will grow for one season in your garden and then die after producing a crop.

This plant can be difficult to integrate into a landscape or flower garden, and is best grown in a designated vegetable garden. It should only be grown in full sunlight. It does best in average to evenly moist conditions, but will not tolerate standing water. It is not particular as to soil pH, but grows best in rich soils. It is somewhat tolerant of urban pollution. Consider applying a thick mulch around the root zone over the growing season to conserve soil moisture. This is a selected variety of a species not originally from North America.

Burpee's Big Boy Tomato is a good choice for the vegetable garden, but it is also well-suited for use in outdoor pots and containers. With its upright habit of growth, it is best suited for use as a 'thriller' in the 'spiller-thriller-filler' container combination; plant it near the center of the pot, surrounded by smaller plants and those that spill over the edges. It is even sizeable enough that it can be grown alone in a suitable container. Note that when growing plants in outdoor containers and baskets, they may require more frequent waterings than they would in the yard or garden.

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