{"id":6683,"date":"2026-10-29T16:46:19","date_gmt":"2026-10-29T16:46:19","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.tomat-pomidor.com\/en\/?p=6683"},"modified":"2026-10-29T16:46:19","modified_gmt":"2026-10-29T16:46:19","slug":"kentucky-beefsteak","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.tomat-pomidor.com\/en\/kentucky-beefsteak\/","title":{"rendered":"Kentucky Beefsteak Tomato Review & Photos: Sweet USA Slicer"},"content":{"rendered":"\n\n
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\ud83c\udf45 Quick take:<\/strong> Kentucky Beefsteak is a vigorous, indeterminate<\/strong> US heirloom producing large, flat-round orange-apricot beefsteaks. Growers rave about its melting, sweet, buttery flesh and its extremely low seed count. Reports on shelf life vary depending on the growing conditions, ranging from highly perishable to surprisingly good keepers. Full summary \u2193<\/a><\/div>\n

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So, Kentucky Beefsteak is an indet, mid-season (bordering on mid-early) variety with a really strong, vigorous plant. The fruits are orange, pretty massive beefsteaks, flat-round, with this amazing buttery, melting, sweet flesh. It holds onto that great flavor even when ripened off the vine and late into the fall.<\/p>\n

It does have a few drawbacks though. The shelf life is practically zero, so if you need to transport them, it’s better to pick them slightly underripe. Also (and this is a huge deal for us tomato nerds :D), it produces very, very few seeds. It’s an absolute favorite of mine!<\/p>\n

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I grew it this season too. But my experience was a little different. For me, it was more of a mid-late producer with average yields. The fruits were really dense, this big boy sat on my counter for about three weeks without getting soft at all.<\/p>\n

The color is absolutely gorgeous, not quite a bright orange like Orange Strawberry, but more of a deep apricot color.<\/p>\n

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