Big Rainbow Tomato

Big Rainbow Tomato: How To Care & Plant For The Tomatoes

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The name of the tomato Big Rainbow says it all. The beefsteak tomato has an unusual coloring with up to three colors. You can find out how to grow and properly care for the Big Rainbow tomato variety yourself in our article.

The tomato variety Big Rainbow shows us a play of colors of red, yellow, and orange tones in summer. We present you with the pretty beefsteak tomato in the profile.

Big Rainbow: Wanted poster

fruit Beefsteak tomato; yellow with orange and red stripes
taste a fruity, sweet, little acid
Ripening time medium late
growth Stick tomato, up to 180 cm
Location Greenhouse, protected field, pot

Origin and history of the tomato

The ‘Big Rainbow’ is an old tomato variety that Dorothy Beiswenger donated to the collection of the Seed Savers Exchange Minnesota in 1983. A few years later, around 1990, the beefsteak tomato came onto the market as a variety and has been cultivated and propagated ever since. In terms of its color and size, it is reminiscent of the ‘Hillbilly’ tomato variety.

Description and taste of the Big Rainbow tomato variety

The ‘Big Rainbow’ variety produces large, slightly ribbed, and flat-round fruits. With fruits weighing up to 500 grams, it is one of the beefsteak tomatoes. The plants measure up to 180 centimeters in height and are quite hairy. The tomatoes of the ‘Big Rainbow’ reach up to 10 centimeters in diameter and inspire in summer with their yellow color and the red and orange stripes and marbling.

The fruits ripen in mid-late August, the tomato plants then bear reliably and abundantly until the end of October. The taste of the ‘Big Rainbow’ is sweet and fruity with a little acid, which makes it tolerable even for people with sensitive stomachs. The variety is solid and can therefore easily be propagated from its seeds.

The large beefsteak tomato 'Big Rainbow'

Planting and caring for Big Rainbow: this is important to note

The Big Rainbow tomato is suitable for cultivation in the protected field, in the tub, and of course in the greenhouse. The young plants are planted out in the greenhouse and polytunnels for tomato cultivation from the beginning of May and placed in pots and outdoors from mid-May after the Ice Saints. For the ‘Big Rainbow’, choose the largest possible pot or a sheltered spot in the bed. We recommend filling the planter with a substrate specially adapted for tomatoes.

Organic tomato soil already contains essential nutrients that stimulate young plants to grow. Incidentally, the high compost content promotes a crumbly structure and soil organisms even on difficult garden soils. In this way, the soil can be improved over the long term and the health and yield of the vegetable plants can be increased. After planting, the Big Rainbow tomato should be watered extensively and supported, and tied with a stick.

The beefsteak tomato should only be grown with one or two shots. The pruning of the tomatoes is necessary so that fewer and stronger shoots develop that can support the high weight of the fruit. All surplus side shoots are removed regularly and can be fermented into plant-strengthening tomato manure. The procedure is the same as for nettle manure, the ratio of dilution when pouring should be 1:20. The nightshade plants are fertilized for the first time from June.

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As soon as the first fruits start to grow, the tomato plant needs larger amounts of nutrients. With an organic liquid fertilizer, such as our Plantura organic tomato & vegetable fertilizer, you can simply fertilize once a week over the irrigation water. The nutrients are flushed directly to the roots and can be quickly absorbed by the plant.

Harvest and use big rainbow tomatoes

The juicy fruits of the ‘Big Rainbow’ are ideal for salads but are also enjoyed in slices of bread and burgers. As a rich beefsteak tomato, this type of tomato can also be processed well and brings its mild, sweet, and fruity taste to sauces or soups.

Solid tomato varieties only have to be bought once, because the tomato seeds can be extracted, dried, and stored yourself with little effort. In our special article, we reveal how to proceed so that you can easily propagate your favorite varieties yourself and give them to friends.

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