(Lycopersicon esculentum) Captain Lucky is perhaps the best known and most commercially successful of the many wonderful varieties to come from the late North Carolina tomato breeder, Millard Murdoch's garden over the years. Green fruits streaked with bronze and red are sliced to reveal a kaleidoscopic marbled interior. The juicy half-pound beefsteak fruits are blemish free and have an amazing true summer tomato flavor: bright, deep, and sweet. Potato leaf plants produce strong predictable vines and uniform trussing. Highly recommended, a farm favorite in our 2023 field.
Indeterminate. 80 days. UO

Packet: 20 seeds

[split]

Growing Info

SOWING:

Sow 5-8 weeks before your last frost date.

Transplant out after danger of frost (45+F nighttime temps).

Note: Don't start too early or plants will be leggy and root-bound! Tomatoes do well in clay to loam soils.

PLANTING DEPTH:

1/8-1/4"

SPACING:

18-30" spacing in rows 5' apart.

EMERGENCE:

5-10 days @ soil temp 70-85F

LIGHT:

Full sun

FERTILITY:

Medium-Heavy. Prefers well-drained, well-balanced fertile soil with a pH between 6.0-7.0. Note that excess Nitrogen will encourage foliage, not fruit! Low calcium and irregular watering will result in blossom end rot.

ADDITIONAL NOTES:

Row cover may be used for extra warmth and possible earlier fruit set.

Irregular watering can result in blossom end rot. Even watering and supplemental calcium can help prevent this.

Plant deeply to encourage healthy root structure.

Indeterminate varieties may benefit from pruning suckers to encourage air flow, plant health, and energy towards plant top and fruit.

Determinate varieties do not need pruning.

Trellis Indeterminate varieties! We really like the Florida weave.

Tomato, 'Captain Lucky'