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F1 hybrid
Big Zac
Also sold as: Big Zac F1
Famous giant red F1 beefsteak bred by Minnie Zaccaria, capable of multi-pound fruit while retaining good eating quality.
- Shape
- Oblate / flattened
- Fruit type
- Beefsteak
- Growth habit
- Indeterminate / cordon
- Where it grows
- Outdoor
- Typical fruit weight
- 1814 g (907–2722 g)
- Days to maturity
- 80 days (78–82) from transplant
- Sweetness
- Medium
- Flavour intensity
- High
- Productivity
- Medium
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Growing advice
- Support needed
- Substantial
- Growing notes
- Very large fruit require exceptionally strong staking/caging and good fruit support. Competition growers often thin fruit, but that is not necessary for ordinary garden use.
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