General traits for Better Boy Slicing Tomato:
| Hybrid or Heirloom? | Hybrid |
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| Type | Indeterminate |
| Maturity | 70 days from planting out |
| Fruit Color | Red |
| Fruit Shape | Round, slightly squat |
| Fruit Size | large fruits - 10 oz, or more |
| Taste | fine tasting tomatoes (NCG) |
| Productivity | huge crops (NCG) |
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Results from My Garden:
| Will I Grow Again? | Maybe..although 2010 wasn't a great year for them; in 2009 they were one of our favorites...and 2011 was not a good year because of disease, but we planted a bit too early. |
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| First Fruit Harvested | 76 days after transplant 2011 was a very late year at 113 days before my first tomato |
| Fruit Color | bright red |
| Fruit Shape | nice, round tomato shape |
| Average Fruit Size | 2009: average tomato size was smaller than expected, although I had my plants closer together than recommended 2010: tomatoes averaged 5 oz; still not near the 10 oz description. They were spaced at 18" apart in rows at 24" 2011: tomatoes were smaller at almost 3 oz each...same spacing as last year |
| Taste | good flavor; CK's favorite in 2009 |
| Total Harvested | 2009: didn't keep records, but I noted that they had high productivity. 2010: 5 lbs (just under 20 tomatoes) per plant 2011: 6 lbs per plant, about 35 tomatoes |
| Disease Resistance | It's supposed to be resistant to Verticillium & Fusarium, but I did see some wilting, but it could have been Bacterial Wilt |
| Problems Experienced | 2011: almost all of the tomatoes have dark specks on them (bacterial speck?). Possibly also has some early blight...and the flea beetles really liked these plants. |
| Notes | This tomato just doesn't excite me... |
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