Bonny Best Heirloom Tomato Seeds

Grow a versatile red tomato for everyday summer meals with Bonny Best. This open-pollinated heirloom produces smooth, globe to slightly flattened fruits with juicy, meaty flesh and classic sweet-tart tomato flavor. Slice a ripe fruit for lunch, chop a few into salsa, or cook your harvest into a fresh sauce.

Why Grow Bonny Best?

• Classic red tomatoes: Medium-sized scarlet fruits often average around 5 oz, with many suppliers describing 6–8 oz fruit. Size varies with conditions.
• All-purpose harvest: Useful for sandwiches, salads, sauces, and kitchen processing.
• Established heirloom: Commonly dated to a 1908 introduction, with generations of home-garden use.
• Indeterminate vines: Regular-leaf plants continue growing and fruiting while weather remains favorable.
• Two packet choices: Select approximately 25 or 50 seeds for your garden plans.

Planting and Growing

Start indoors 6–8 weeks before your intended transplant date. Sow approximately ¼ inch deep in seed-starting mix, provide warmth for germination, and give seedlings strong light. Harden off gradually before transplanting outdoors after frost danger has passed and soil has warmed.

Choose full sun and fertile, well-drained soil. Install sturdy stakes, cages, or a trellis at planting time. Water consistently at soil level, mulch to conserve moisture, and maintain airflow around plants. For square foot gardening, use 1 plant per sq ft (trellis required) with dedicated vertical training and regular pruning. Allow more room for caged or multi-stemmed plants.

Harvest Details

Maturity: Approximately 75–80 days from transplant; conditions affect timing.
Fruit: Smooth red globe to slightly flattened globe, commonly around 5–8 oz with natural variation.
Growth: Indeterminate, regular leaf; support required.
Botanical name: Solanum lycopersicum.
Life cycle: Frost-tender warm-season annual.
Packet options: Approximately 25 or 50 seeds.

Harvest when fruits are fully red and yield slightly to gentle pressure. Pick progressively as individual tomatoes ripen, handle gently, and enjoy fresh or cooked.

Packed and shipped by Box Garden Seeds LLC — heirloom seeds grown without GMOs, selected for flavor and your garden's success.