True Beefsteak or Fejee Improved Tomato tomato
Solanum lycopersicum 'True Beefsteak or Fejee Improved Tomato'
USDA zones2 to 11
SunNeeds full sun (6+ hours)
WaterHandles moderate to moist soil
Size3 to 10 feet tall1 to 4 feet wide
- Bloom season
- Spring, summer, autumn
- Soil types
- Sand, loam, clay
- Soil pH
- Acid, neutral
Garden uses
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Notes
'True Beefsteak or Fejee Improved Tomato' tomato (Solanum lycopersicum 'True Beefsteak or Fejee Improved Tomato') is a vegetable for food gardens, containers, and borders. It is typically grown as an annual. Frost will kill it, so set it out only after the last frost in spring. This plant likes full sun and average to moist, sandy, loamy, or clay soil. Rabbits tend to pass it by. Its flowers attract butterflies and bees.
Pairs well with Basil, Borage, Calendula, and Nasturtium.