Tomato 'Supersteak' Plant
Truly gargantuan toms
Grown by Josh
South Downs National Park
Perfectly happy plants, or your money back
Specialist overnight plant delivery
The highlights
- Giant tomatoes (500g) with a meaty texture
- Produces an abundant crop of uniform toms
- Slice up and whack on a toasted burger bun
- Plant in late spring, harvest in summer
Description
- If you want tomatoes and you want them big, then you've come to the right place... With each 'Supersteak' tomato weighing up to 500g (and often even heavier), you'll work up an appetite just picking them!
- With a fabulous meaty texture and sumptuous fresh taste, these titans of the tomato world are perfect for slicing up and using in burgers or a buffalo mozzarella salad
- An indeterminate tomato variety, this plant will continue to produce its huge red fruit all summer long, and well into autumn. As a cordon tomato plant, it will need (beef)staking to ensure it remains upright.
- Once the last risk of frost has passed, you can plant your tomato plant outside in an allotment, raised bed or border - make sure you choose a sunny, sheltered spot. Alternatively, you can grow your tomato plant indoors in a greenhouse
- Our premium tomato plants are grown by specialist veg experts on a family-run farm, in Lancashire, and sent to you at the very best time for planting in the garden
- RHS Award of Garden Merit winner
- Growing your own gives you healthy, fresh produce with a lower carbon plantprint than anything you can buy from a shop. Speaking of shops... Beefsteak tomatoes are notoriously difficult to get from the supermarket so your best option really is to DIY!
- Incredibly easy to grow and care for, this beefsteak variety tomato plant should give you your first crop after 8-12 weeks
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How To Grow
Good pest and disease resistance
The main pests and diseases that affect tomatoes are whitefly, aphids and tomato blight. It is important to look out for yellow and curling leaves or rotting fruit as a sign of these. You can prevent blight by keeping leaves away from the soil and also keeping the leaves as dry as possible. If you find whitefly or aphids on your plant try spraying them off with water. You can also plant marigolds which will attract natural predators such as ladybirds which will eat the pests.
Water regularly
Tomatoes are thirsty plants! Water the plants regularly to keep the ground constantly moist. If you are unsure, feel the soil with your hand. If it feels dry up to a fingernail deep then you can give the plant a watering. During very hot, dry spells you may have to water up to twice a day.
Full sun
Tomatoes need to be planted in full sun. This should be somewhere where they will receive 6-8 hours of sunlight every day.
Any fertile, moist, well-draining soil
Thrives in any moist but well-drained soil. If your soil is particularly clay-heavy and/or often becomes waterlogged then you can improve the drainage by adding in plenty of organic matter such as garden compost as well as some perlite or gravel.
Feed regularly
From the time the flowers first appear, feed your tomato plant(s) with a tomato fertiliser every fortnight. You can also improve your soil's nutrient content by mixing in some compost or well rotted manure before planting.
Planting Calendar
- Best time to plant
- Harvest
- Flower
South Downs National Park
Meet Josh
Slow grown veg from the sunny South Downs
Our vegetable plants are sown on a family farm in Lancashire, then nurtured into strong young plants by Josh in the sunny South Downs before they rock up in your garden. By selecting only the strongest and tastiest varieties, Josh makes sure you get a headstart on your plot, with impressive crops and no waste.
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Our plants are grown in the UK
Specialist UK growers we know and trust grow your plants the traditional way, with organic fertiliser and biological pest control. They pick only the healthiest plants for you, professionally pruning them so that they’ll grow strong and well shaped.
Our plants are delivered overnight
Your plants are sent to you fresh from the field in our plastic free box that’s specially designed to hold them tight, then securely delivered by specialist plant couriers - straight from the grower to your garden within 24 hours.
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We want your plants to have a long and healthy life. Expect easy-to-follow grow guides and videos devised by our team of experts.
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Which size is best?
2L vs 8.5cm tomatoes
Join Roots founder Alex at our veg nursery to see our different sizes of tomato plants and discover which is best for you and your garden.
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Join Kathy Slack on her veg patch as she demonstrates the best way to grow your new tomato plants with her expert tips.
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Growing Tomatoes: The Complete Guide
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