📋 Key Characteristics
- Scientific Name: Solanum lycopersicum
- Plant Type: Annual
- Variety Type: Heirloom
- Growth Habit: Indeterminate
- Mature Size: 4–6 ft tall × 2–3 ft wide
- Fruit Type: Slicer
- Fruit/Flower Description: Large, rose-pink beefsteak-style fruit with lush, slightly ribbed shoulders and an old-fashioned tomato aroma
- Fruit Size and Weight: 10–24 oz (big enough to impress even the pickiest tomato connoisseur!)
- Days to Germination: 7–14 days
- Days to Maturity/Harvest: 80–100 days
- Hardiness Zones: 3–11 (grown as annual in all zones)
- Ideal Growing Temperature: 70–85°F (21–29°C)
- Lowest Survivable Temperature: 45°F (7°C)—keep those chilly toes away from its roots!
🌞 Growing Information
- Sunlight Requirements: Full sun (at least 6–8 hours daily—this tomato’s a real sunbather!)
- Ideal Soil Type: Rich, well-drained loam with lots of organic matter
- Watering Needs: Consistent, deep watering—no drama queens here, but they hate drying out
- Spacing: 24–36 inches apart
- Planting Depth: 1/4 inch for seeds; plant seedlings deep, burying up to the first true leaves
- Ideal Planting Time: After last frost—when it’s safe to salsa into summer!
🌼 Planting & Care Tips
Brandywine tomatoes are the prima donnas of the heirloom world—and they’re totally worth the pampering. Stake or cage them early, as their fruit is heavy and their stems are drama-prone (think tomato telenovela). Prune for airflow and remove suckers to boost production. Fertilize every 3–4 weeks with a balanced or tomato-specific fertilizer—but don’t go overboard, or you’ll get more leaves than fruit.
Keep an eye out for pests like hornworms (they’re green, hungry, and not invited to the garden party). Companion planting with marigolds or basil can help shoo them away. And remember: when life gives you tomatoes this big, make BLTs the size of your face. 🍅😂
🥗 Culinary or Ornamental Uses
Slice it, dice it, stack it on sandwiches, or layer it into caprese—Brandywine is the gold standard of slicing tomatoes! Its rich, old-timey flavor is juicy, complex, and just a little sweet, with a creamy texture that melts in your mouth. It’s the tomato that tomato lovers dream about, and garden legends are made of. No wonder it’s the belle of the ball (or salad bowl)!
This isn’t a tomato for hiding in sauces—it wants to be seen, devoured, and adored. Tomato lovers, get your napkins ready. 🥪👑
📌 Companion Plants & Recommendations
Pair your Brandywine beauties with basil (the flavor power couple), marigolds (for pest control flair), and borage (which boosts tomato health and repels hornworms—talk about a garden MVP). Boost your soil game with Eggdrasil’s composted chicken manure or organic worm castings—because your tomatoes deserve the red carpet treatment.
Just don’t let them hang out with potatoes or fennel. Garden gossip says it never ends well. 😅
🔖 Keywords & Tags
heirloom tomato, slicer tomato, Brandywine, indeterminate tomato, large fruit tomato, pink tomato, juicy tomato, full sun, rich soil, tomato sandwich, caprese, beginner-friendly, gourmet tomato, summer harvest, high-flavor tomato, old-fashioned flavor, beefsteak tomato
📍 Local Pickup Information
This plant is available exclusively for local pickup in Jonesboro, GA (near Lovejoy). We’ll have it packed up carefully with love and soil-stained hands—because that’s just how our neighborhood garden family rolls. Come on by and chat tomatoes with us—no judgment if you leave with more plants than you meant to. 🍅😉
