🍅 TomatoVarieties

Watermelon Beefsteak Tomato

Heirloom Striped 🕐 90 days 🔴 Challenging

Flavor: sweet, mild, low-acid

🎯 Best For

Ambitious gardeners with long seasons who want one of the largest and mildest tomatoes possible

About Watermelon Beefsteak

Watermelon Beefsteak produces enormous pink-red tomatoes with faint striping that vaguely resembles a watermelon. The flavor is sweet and mild with very low acidity. These monsters can weigh 3+ pounds and are some of the largest tomatoes you can grow. Worth the long wait.

Growing Tips

Very long season — needs 90+ warm days. Start early indoors. Stake extremely firmly. Feed with calcium and balanced fertilizer.

Health & Nutrition

Low Acid

Best Uses

slicingfresh eatingshowpiecesandwiches

Cooking Uses

FreshSandwichesSalads

Disease Resistance

None listed

Key: V=Verticillium, F=Fusarium, N=Nematode, T/TMV=Tobacco Mosaic Virus, A=Alternaria, LB=Late Blight

Climate Zones

Zone 6Zone 7Zone 8Zone 9

USDA Hardiness Zones where this variety typically thrives.