Description
(Indeterminate/85 days)
Black Brandywine is a beautiful heirloom tomato bred in the late 1920’s in Pennsylvania by a dentist turned plant breeder Harold E. Martin. Weaver’s variety has potato leaf foliage and produces heavy yields of dark beautiful fruit that can be up to a pound. It has a complex rich yet zingy flavor with a smokiness that makes it a unique variety.
Common Name – Tomato
Botanical Name – Solanum Lycopersicum
Heirloom Status (lineage established at least 50 years ago) – Heirloom Tomato
Open-Pollinated Status – Open-Pollinated Tomato
Organic Status – Organic Tomato
Growth Habit – Indeterminate Tomato
Days to Maturity – 85 Days
Days to Germinate – 6-14 Days
Fruit Color – Black Tomato
Fruit Size – Large/ Beefsteak Tomato
Soil Depth – ¼ Inch
Soil Temperature – 75-85 Degrees
Plant Spacing – 36-48 inches
Row Spacing – 4-5 Feet
Preferences – Full Sun, Moist Well Drained Soil
1/8 Oz = Approximately 930-1,250 Tomato Seeds
1/4 Oz = Approximately 1,875-2,500 Tomato Seeds
1/2 Oz = Approximately 3,750-5,000 Tomato Seeds
1 Oz = Approximately 7,500-10,000 Tomato Seeds
Planting Instructions – Start seeds indoors 6-8 weeks before last frost date. Do not Plant out until 2 weeks after last frost. Tomato seeds require high soil temperatures for good germination rates. We highly recommend heat mats to ensure and speed up germination. Pot up to 3–4 inch pots when first true leaves develop (not cotyledon leaves). Harden off plants for 1-2 weeks in full sun before transplanting them outside (after last frost). Make sure to give tomato plants a lot of space for vigorous root and foliage growth.
pmglynn242 (verified owner) –
I don’t usually take the time to write a review. I normally just leave stars, but these seeds have been so amazing that I felt I needed to take the time to say it. Also, I will be cutting and pasting this review to each variety I ordered.
I live in Northern Virigina (growing zone 7a now becoming 7b) and I wanted to try varieties I hadn’t planted before, so I ordered Hungarian Heart, Black Pineapple/ Ananas Noire, Abe Lincoln, German Johnson, Black Krim, Big Rainbow, Black Zebra, Crovarese, Flaming Burst, Sweet Chelsea, Yellow Pear, Zapotec Pink, and Black Brandywine (Weavers Variety).
The germination rate was amazing…nearly 100 percent of the seeds popped – I started them outside in the first week of April in cups so as to naturally harden them before putting them in the ground. Because the germination rate was so incredible, I found that I over-ordered seeds and have put the ones I didn’t use in the fridge for next year.
The results have been nothing short of miraculous!!! We are just coming out of a heat wave and now that the cooler temps are settling in, Tomatopocalypse has begun).
Note – we use only organic worm castings and fermented fish & kelp fertilizer. The brandywines are averaging nearly a pound per tomato and we weighed several at over 1.5 pounds.
I HIGHLY RECOMMEND these seeds…and the taste of the tomatoes is absolutely amazing!
-PMG
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