Tomato 'Oxheart'
Tomato 'Oxheart' is backordered and will ship as soon as it is back in stock.
An old garden favourite with heart-shaped rose-red fruit to 600g. The flesh is firm and meaty with very few seeds and an excellent flavour. Good for slicing and sauces. Grows well in cool areas. Indeterminate type so requires staking. Days to harvest: 80.
Product: Tomato 'Oxheart'
Product type: SEED (50)
Botanical name: Lycopersicon esculentum
Syn.: syn. 'Bullock's Heart', 'Coeur de Boeuf'
Oxheart' syn. 'Bullock's Heart' is an old garden favourite with heart-shaped, rose-pink fruit to 600g. The flesh is firm and meaty with very few seeds and an excellent flavour. Good for slicing and sauces. Grows well in cool areas.
Plant type: Warm season annual, frost tender
Plant height: 1.5 m
Sow when: Germinate best at 18 - 28°C soil temp.
Temperate: Early spring - inside with extra heat; outside after frost danger has passed
Subtropical: Not suitable
Tropical: Not suitable
Germination: 7 - 14 days
Depth: 6 mm deep
Position: Full sun, requires staking
Sow where: Into seedling pots; liquid feed once germinated
Soil type: Fertile, well-drained, pH 5.8 - 7
Rows: 90 cm apart
Details: To transplant: remove seed leaves, plant deeper, up to the 1st set of true leaves; this increases rooting & speeds maturity; keep well fertilised and evenly watered: protect fruit from fruit fly with PestGuard Bags
Harvest: 80 days
50 seeds per packet
Lycopersicon esculentum
syn. 'Bullock's Heart', 'Coeur de Boeuf'
Warm season annual, frost tender
Tomato 'Oxheart'
An old garden favourite with heart-shaped rose-red fruit to 600g. The flesh is firm and meaty with very few seeds and an excellent flavour. Good for slicing and sauces. Grows well in cool areas. Indeterminate type so requires staking. Days to harvest: 80.