Tomato 'Oxheart'

Solanum lycopersicum

How to grow Tomato 'Oxheart'

  • Full Sun

  • Medium

Try to plant in a location that enjoys full sun and remember to water moderately. Keep in mind when planting that Oxheart is thought of as tender, so it is imperative to wait until temperatures are mild before planting out of doors. Oxheart requires a loamy soil with a ph of 5.0 - 6.0 - it grows best in moderately acidic soil to weakly acidic soil.

Growing Oxheart from seed

Start seeds indoors six weeks before last frost date.

Ensure a distance of 0.78 inches (2.0 cm) between seeds when sowing - look to sow at a depth of approximately 0.78 inches (2.0 cm). Soil temperature should be kept higher than 12°C / 54°F to ensure good germination.

By our calculations, you should look at sowing Oxheart about 42 days before your last frost date.

Transplanting Oxheart

Plant to the first set of true leaves to promote strong root growth.

Ensure that temperatures are mild and all chance of frost has passed before planting out, as Oxheart is a tender plant.

Harvesting Oxheart

Expect harvests to start to occur in mid summer.

Oxheart folklore & trivia

First introduced in MacFayden’s Seed Catalogue in 1937.

Misspellings of Tomato 'Oxheart'

Coeur de Boeuf

Other Names for Tomato 'Oxheart'

New oxheart, Ox heart, New ox heart