Data specific to Tomatoes (Edit)
Heredity: Hybrid
Skin Color: Pink
Fruit Shape: Beefsteak
Flattened Globe
Fruit Size: Large
Extra Large
Leaf Type: Potato-Leaf
Best Uses: Slicing
Snacking
Growth Mode: Indeterminate
Earliness: Mid-season
Days to Maturity: 75 - 78
Miscellaneous: Potato leaf
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.

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

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Location: My garden in southeast Nebraska
Date: 2010-08-08
Comments:
  • Posted by Newyorkrita (North Shore, Long Island, NY ) on Sep 13, 2013 12:48 PM concerning plant:
    Brandy Boy is a Burpee Seeds hybrid that they claim has incredible taste with a very high yield. I grew them and got below-average yield, but maybe it was just a bad year for them. I never tried again, but I might grow some again next spring.
  • Posted by KentPfeiffer (Southeast Nebraska - Zone 5b) on Mar 2, 2014 11:00 AM concerning plant:
    Brandy Boy has very nice flavor, generally similar to Brandywine although not exactly the same. Its production is much more consistent than Brandywine, though, and the fruits have fewer defects as well.

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