{"id":6610,"date":"2026-10-28T14:42:08","date_gmt":"2026-10-28T14:42:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.tomat-pomidor.com\/en\/?p=6610"},"modified":"2026-10-28T14:42:08","modified_gmt":"2026-10-28T14:42:08","slug":"jds-special-c-tex","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.tomat-pomidor.com\/en\/jds-special-c-tex\/","title":{"rendered":"JD’s Special C Tex Tomato Review & Photos"},"content":{"rendered":"\n\n
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\ud83c\udf45 Quick take:<\/strong> JD’s Special C Tex is a mid-season, compact indeterminate<\/strong> vine that produces gorgeous, mahogany-red beefsteaks<\/strong> (around 7 oz). It’s a low-maintenance, highly productive variety with a long harvest window and an incredibly rich, sweet, well-balanced flavor profile. Full summary \u2193<\/a><\/div>\n

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Got my seeds from A. Kulik. In his catalog, this variety goes under the completely butchered name “Special TEX (JPS-Special C-TCV)”.<\/p>\n

It’s a mid-season, medium-tall vine. The fruits are beautiful, slightly oblate beefsteaks in a gorgeous red-chocolate color. They are super meaty with a really good, perfectly balanced flavor, weighing up to 7 oz (200 g). Good yield, very low-maintenance plant. I grew mine in the greenhouse.<\/p>\n


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I really liked this variety too, super tasty and pretty productive \ud83d\ude0b\ud83d\udc4d. I grew mine outdoors in the dirt in 2015, and the yield was above average.<\/p>\n


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Loved this variety, it gave me a really long harvest window. In the greenhouse, it hit about 5.2 ft (1.6 m) tall, and I barely pruned any suckers. Delicious and super meaty.<\/p>\n


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My Tex dropped some blossoms on a few of the trusses, but overall it ended up being pretty productive anyway. It grew to about 4 ft (1.2 m) in the hoop house. Fruits have a really pleasant flavor, nice and sweet.<\/p>\n


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Full Summary: Plant, Yield, Taste and Storage<\/h2>\n