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Plant Information

Burpee's Big Boy® Tomato Slicer

Common Name: Slicer
Spacing: 24 - 36" (61 - 91cm)
Height: 48 - 60" (122 - 152cm)
Width: 24 - 36" (61 - 91cm)
Exposure: Sun
General Information: A long-time best seller with firm, smooth, red tomatoes that have great flavor and excellent quality. Introduced in 1949, its incredible productivity and gorgeous, large (8 to 9-oz/226 to 255-g) scarlet fruit made it an instant hit.

Idea & Tips: Water thoroughly twice per week, and try to water early in the day so that plants will dry off before evening.
Tomatoes prefer regular feeding once the fruit sets, but too much early in the season will grow a large plant with fewer tomatoes.
Mulching helps ensure an even supply of moisture.
Growth: Indeterminate
Days to Harvest: 78
Fruit Size: 8  to  9 oz. (227  to  255 g)
Disease Resistance: ASC
Grower Information: Burpee’s Big Boy is a long-time best seller with firm, smooth, red fruit, great flavor and excellent quality. Introduced in 1949, its incredible productivity and gorgeous, large, (8 to 9-oz./227 to 255-g), scarlet fruit made it an instant hit.