Tomato - Burpee Big Boy

Fruits average 10 ounces with many reaching 1 pound or more. What's kept it selling for all these years is its wonderful aroma and rich flavor. Soak to depth of 6 to 10 inches when watering. The Tomato Burpee Big Boy, 'Lycopersicon lycopersicum', is a very vigerous plant with heavy foliage that produces large fruit. The Burpee Big Boy is a long time best seller with firm, smooth, red fruit, great flavor, and excellent quality. Burpee Boy was introduced 1949. It is popular for plant or fruit sales at roadside markets and in garden centers. In warm winter/hot summer areas, tomatoes can be planted in early fall for winter harvest. Tomatoes prefer well drained soil that is high in organic matter. Tomatoes need at least 1 inch of water a week. Tomatoes should be planted outside after the last average frost date. It's incredible productivity and gorgeous, perfect, large scarlet fruit made it an instant hit. They need at least 6 hours of direct sunlight a day. The healthy, indeterminate vines produce all summer long. ... additional information