1 / 2F1 hybrid
Better Boy
Also sold as: Better Boy F1, Better Boy Hybrid
Long-running 1964 Petoseed F1 standard: large smooth red slicers, strong productivity and a dependable V/F/N-centred disease-resistance package.
- Shape
- Round
- Fruit type
- Slicer
- Growth habit
- Indeterminate / cordon
- Where it grows
- Both
- Typical fruit weight
- 397 g (340–454 g)
- Days to maturity
- 77 days (72–82) from transplant
- Sweetness
- Medium
- Flavour intensity
- High
- Productivity
- Very high
- Cracking resistance
- High
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- Containers
- Suitable for containers
- Support needed
- Substantial
- Growing notes
- Heavy, vigorous vines need substantial cages or staking. Large containers can work if root volume, feeding and water are ample. Maintain consistent moisture to reduce physiological cracking and blossom-end problems.
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