Dester Tomato
Solanum lycopersicum | SKU: 1552
Heirloom
$3.25 to $27.50
- Winner of SSE’s 2011 Tomato Tasting and runner-up in 2012
- Pink fruits grow up to 1 pound
- Excellent flavor
- Beefsteak tomato
- Indeterminate - Fruit ripens throughout the season
- 70-80 days from transplant
Item Details
Winner of SSE’s 2011 Tomato Tasting and runner-up in 2012. Donated to SSE by Missouri farmer Larry Pierce, who received his seeds from an Amish woman in Seymour, Missouri. She originally got her seeds from a doctor she worked for whose family had brought the seeds with them from Germany. Luscious pink beefsteaks weighing up to one pound. Indeterminate, 70-80 days from transplant.
Learn to Grow Dester Tomato
Start Indoors: 6 weeks before last frost
Germination: 7-14 Days
Plant Outdoors: 24-36” Apart
Support: Cage, stake, or trellis
Instructions - Sow seeds indoors ¼" deep. Tomatoes are sensitive to freezing temperatures, so wait to transplant outdoors until the soil is warm. Plant in full sun.