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open-pollinated
Beefsteak Determinate
Also sold as: Determinate Beefsteak
Open-pollinated determinate beefsteak line with bright-red, slightly ribbed 10 oz to 2 lb fruit and rich sub-acid, meaty, juicy flesh.
- Shape
- Oblate / flattened
- Fruit type
- Beefsteak
- Growth habit
- Determinate / bush
- Where it grows
- Both
- Typical fruit weight
- 454 g (283–907 g)
- Days to maturity
- 70 days (60–90) from transplant
- Sweetness
- Medium-high
- Flavour intensity
- High
- Productivity
- High
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- Containers
- Suitable for containers
- Support needed
- Moderate
- Heat tolerance
- High
- Growing notes
- A determinate line suited to smaller spaces than classic indeterminate Beefsteak, cages or stakes are still useful for very heavy fruit.
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