FREE: Heirloom Orange Beefsteak Tomato Seeds

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Beautiful, bright orange, beefsteak tomatoes. This plant produces a bountiful crop of fruits that can weigh up to 1.5 lbs. Excellent for fresh eating, or add a splash of color to salads, sauces and more. Dry them for tasty, low acid sun-dried tomatoes that you can snack on all winter long! Indeterminate. 12 seeds. 74 days to maturity.

*** NOTE - the quarter is there for a size comparison for the tomato and is NOT part of the Silver Rush mining promotion, clearly since this photo was taken months ago! ***

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DIRECT SEEDING:
Warm climate gardeners may direct-sow tomato seeds outdoors if they have 120-150 days of frost-free weather. Sow seeds 30 to 48 inches apart in a row with the rows spaced 48 inches apart. Seedlings emerge in 7-10 days at 70-75 degrees Fahrenheit.

INDOOR SEEDING/TRANSPLANTING:
Start seeds indoors 6-8 weeks before the last spring frost. Keep moist and under good quality light. Place containers in a south facing window or under grow lights until seedlings emerge.

HARVEST:
Indeterminate varieties bear fruit continuously till frost. Pick tomatoes when they are as ripe as possible--they should be fully colored and firm; pick regularly to avoid overloading plants. When you know there will be a frost, pick all the almost-ripe tomatoes you can, and ripen them in brown bags or spread on newspapers at room temperature.

STORAGE:
Some cultivars can store for months. Store only sound fruit, at 50-60°F.