Brandywine tomatoes can bear fruit up to 1.5 lbs (0.7 kg), requiring 80 to 100 days to reach maturity, making it among the slowest maturing varieties of common tomato cultivars. Brandywine has been described as having a "great tomatoey flavor", (others have called it a sandwich sized tomato that is offset by a wonderful acidity), leading to heavy usage despite the original cultivar's relatively low yield per plant.
Bransy Wine Tomato Care
Solanum Lycopersicum 'brandywine'
What is the plant
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Humidity
High
Lighting
Part Sun
Temperature
20°C - 30°C
Hardiness zone
9 - 11
Difficulty
Easy
Invasive
Weed
How to Care for the Plant
Water
Brandywine tomatoes need regular watering especially throughout the growing season. You could either moderately water them daily or thoroughly once a week. Careful watering of this variety does not only feed the plants with more water, but it eliminates the chances of many types of parasites that can affect this delicate plant.
Pruning
Because of the amount of foliage, Brandywine tomatoes need to be pruned to prevent them from getting leggy. In addition, you should grow Brandywines on stakes because of their propensity to grow tall and droop.
Fertilizer
Similar to other tomato varieties, the Brandywine tomatoes are heavy feeders. It is advisable that you apply an 18-18-21 nitrogen, phosphorous, potassium water-soluble starter fertilizer to the Brandywine plants. Mix 1 tablespoon of fertilizer with 1 gallon of water. Pour 1 cup of the fertilizer mixture around the plant. Fertilize the tomato plant the same way two additional times, once every 14 days. When the plant starts flowering, fertilize the Brandywine tomato with a nitrogen fertilizer. Apply a 20-00-00 or similar slow-release fertilizer at a rate of 1 tablespoon per plant. Water the area to activate the fertilizer and reapply the fertilizer every 4 to 6 weeks.
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Sunlight
Best grown in full sun to part shade.
Soil
Perform well in most types of soil.
Temperature
Average room temperatures 65-75°f/18-24°c.
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