Brandywine Beefsteak Tomato Seeds

Brandywine Heirloom Tomato Seeds – Potato Leaf Strain – Sweet, Juicy, Disease-Resistant
Solanum lycopersicum
Listing is for 1 packet of 15 seeds

The legendary Brandywine tomato is one of the most cherished heirlooms ever grown — known for its huge, beefsteak-style fruits, deep pink-red color, and unbeatable, old-fashioned flavor. Each bite is rich, sweet, and balanced with just enough acidity — the kind of tomato that reminds you why homegrown always tastes better. This packet contains seeds for the potato leaf strain of Brandywine — a special genetic variation prized by many growers (including me!) for its sturdier growth and improved disease tolerance. In my experience, potato leaf tomato cultivars are more heat tolerant, and grow stronger/thicker vines, with better yields. Plants typically reach 6 feet tall, producing large, meaty tomatoes that can weigh up to a pound each. Perfect for slicing, canning, or stacking thick on summer sandwiches.

TOMATO CHARACTERISTICS

indeterminate

Color: Red

Flavor profile: savory

Average fruit size: large beefsteak, can get up to 1lb

Height/Fertilizing: height can vary as it depends on your growing conditions and care. I have a fertilizing regimen which definitely helps achieve this kind of growth but is not necessary. Adding small doses of an organic fertilizer every week has really helped me take my tomato growing to another level. Synthetic fertilizers can burn or damage plants if used too often. Therefore, I recommend organic fertilizers because they wont damage plants when used often. However, do what suits your garden and the products you like to use. 

This is my current fertilizing regimen: I start by fertilizing weekly with 1/8 cup of Espoma Tomato tone sprinkled at the base of each plant. Once the plants start to bloom, I start alternating the weeks. One week with the Espoma Tomato Tone and then the next week with this recipe: mix 1 cup of Azomite dust and 1/4 cup of Fox Farms Tiger Bloom liquid into a 5 gallon bucket of water and pour some at the base of each plant. 

PLANTING
Germination: 7-14 days. To speed up germination I recommend using a heat mat. 

Seed Sowing Depth: 1/8” deep 

Sowing: I highly recommend to start in pots in doors with a heat mat 6-8 weeks before your last frost date. If you gardening in Florida, we kind of have two opportunities to grow tomatoes per year. You can start them in doors around July 1st and transplant into the garden end of September for fall/winter harvest. Or you can start from seed in doors 6-8 weeks from your last frost date for spring harvest. 

Days to maturity: 80-100 days from transplanting into the garden