BIG BEEF HYPE... - Page 5

Goodloe · May 4, 2020

I agree with JR. It's probably the best all around tomato I have ever grown....

Jeannine Anne · May 4, 2020

Me too, BB and Sungold are the only hybrids I usually grow, slipped up this year, I didn;t have any seeds, so I sowed Tasti Lee a new one on me

edweather · May 5, 2020

Yeah, I haven't found anything that would push it off my grow list. This year there are so many tomatoes on the plant, at least 50, that it's trying to collapse. I had to lash some of the branches to the cage to try and hold it up.

marc_groleau · May 9, 2020

Having had good luck with BB in the past, I talked my brother into trying some last season. This was an average plant for him last year. He’s hooked on them now.

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JRinPA · May 9, 2020

Looks about right! They sure do set well!

b54red · May 11, 2020

A few years back I had to drop Big Beef from my grow list. Even with it having good fusarium tolerance it doesn't have enough. Five or six years fusarium started killing off all of the FF tolerant hybrids in my garden but not the FFF hybrids. The only trouble with that is the FFF tolerant hybrids have little or no taste and are frequently hard as a rock when ripe if they will even ripen. All the commercial growers in the area had to switch to those super hybrids and I had to graft because I couldn't tolerate eating those types of tomatoes. I now use a root stock that is tolerant to all three races of fusarium and RKN and graft some of my favorite heirlooms to them. Now I have the best of both worlds, great tasting tomatoes with high tolerance to soil borne diseases. Yeah I know it is a lot of trouble but it is sure worth it to me. Grafting can be frustrating at times but once you get the hang of it, it can still be frustrating at times.

If you live a bit further north from me then you will still have good luck with Big Beef, the most dependable edible hybrid I have ever had the pleasure of growing.

Bill

May 4, 2020	#61
Goodloe Tomatovillian™ Join Date: Jan 2018 Location: Steens, MS 8a Posts: 410	I agree with JR. It's probably the best all around tomato I have ever grown.... __________________ ~Jon~ Downheah, Mississippi

May 5, 2020	#63
edweather Tomatovillian™ Join Date: Jul 2012 Location: Southeast GA, USDA 9a, HZ9, Sunset Z28 Posts: 392	Yeah, I haven't found anything that would push it off my grow list. This year there are so many tomatoes on the plant, at least 50, that it's trying to collapse. I had to lash some of the branches to the cage to try and hold it up. __________________ You'll be surprised what you'll never have to do, if you put it off long enough.

May 4, 2020	#62
Jeannine Anne Tomatovillian™ Join Date: Jan 2008 Location: Canada Posts: 1,553	Me too, BB and Sungold are the only hybrids I usually grow, slipped up this year, I didn;t have any seeds, so I sowed Tasti Lee a new one on me

May 9, 2020	#64
marc_groleau Tomatovillian™ Join Date: Jan 2012 Location: Rhode Island Posts: 444	Having had good luck with BB in the past, I talked my brother into trying some last season. This was an average plant for him last year. He’s hooked on them now. 268CA145-1F11-400A-B04B-DC9461198B2B.jpg

May 9, 2020	#65
JRinPA Tomatovillian™ Join Date: Jul 2013 Location: SE PA Posts: 963	Looks about right! They sure do set well!

May 11, 2020	#66
b54red Tomatovillian™ Join Date: Sep 2009 Location: Alabama Posts: 7,068	A few years back I had to drop Big Beef from my grow list. Even with it having good fusarium tolerance it doesn't have enough. Five or six years fusarium started killing off all of the FF tolerant hybrids in my garden but not the FFF hybrids. The only trouble with that is the FFF tolerant hybrids have little or no taste and are frequently hard as a rock when ripe if they will even ripen. All the commercial growers in the area had to switch to those super hybrids and I had to graft because I couldn't tolerate eating those types of tomatoes. I now use a root stock that is tolerant to all three races of fusarium and RKN and graft some of my favorite heirlooms to them. Now I have the best of both worlds, great tasting tomatoes with high tolerance to soil borne diseases. Yeah I know it is a lot of trouble but it is sure worth it to me. Grafting can be frustrating at times but once you get the hang of it, it can still be frustrating at times. If you live a bit further north from me then you will still have good luck with Big Beef, the most dependable edible hybrid I have ever had the pleasure of growing. Bill