Tomato – Mortgage Lifter (Heirloom)
$4.50
Unit price per🍅 Tomato – Mortgage Lifter (Heirloom)
(Solanum lycopersicum)
Legendary for both its flavour and its story, Mortgage Lifter tomato is a classic heirloom variety prized for producing exceptionally large, meaty fruits with outstanding taste. Known for its impressive size, this beefsteak tomato can grow to substantial weights, delivering thick flesh with few seeds and a rich, satisfying texture.
The flavour is smooth, mildly sweet, and well balanced, making it ideal for fresh slicing, sandwiches, salads, and cooking. Its dense flesh and excellent eating quality also make it perfect for sauces and preserving.
This vigorous, indeterminate variety produces steadily throughout the season, yielding generous crops of large, high‑quality tomatoes. Developed in the 1930s and made famous for its productivity, Mortgage Lifter remains one of the most rewarding varieties for home gardeners seeking both size and flavour.
🌿 Why You’ll Love It
- Famous heirloom with a rich gardening history
- Produces very large, beefsteak‑style fruits
- Thick, meaty flesh with few seeds
- Sweet, balanced flavour ideal for many uses
- High yields over a long growing season
🌱 Growing Tips
- Plant in full sun with fertile, well‑drained soil
- Provide strong staking to support heavy fruits
- Water consistently for even growth
- Thin fruit clusters if aiming for extra‑large tomatoes
- Harvest when fruits are fully coloured and slightly soft
🌱 Plant Details
- Botanical name: Solanum lycopersicum
- Plant type: Warm‑season fruiting vine
- Position: Full sun
- Growth habit: Indeterminate (climbing)
- Harvest: Approx. 80–90 days
- Seed type: Heirloom / open‑pollinated
Climate
Tropical: All Year Round
Temperate: Late Winter to Early Summer.
Cool climate: Spring
Sowing:
Sow: Late winter–spring (start indoors)
Depth: 5–6 mm
Sun: Full sun
Soil: Fertile, well‑drained
Germination: 5–10 days
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Tomato – Mortgage Lifter (Heirloom)
$4.50
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🍅 Tomato – Mortgage Lifter (Heirloom)
(Solanum lycopersicum)
Legendary for both its flavour and its story, Mortgage Lifter tomato is a classic heirloom variety prized for producing exceptionally large, meaty fruits with outstanding taste. Known for its impressive size, this beefsteak tomato can grow to substantial weights, delivering thick flesh with few seeds and a rich, satisfying texture.
The flavour is smooth, mildly sweet, and well balanced, making it ideal for fresh slicing, sandwiches, salads, and cooking. Its dense flesh and excellent eating quality also make it perfect for sauces and preserving.
This vigorous, indeterminate variety produces steadily throughout the season, yielding generous crops of large, high‑quality tomatoes. Developed in the 1930s and made famous for its productivity, Mortgage Lifter remains one of the most rewarding varieties for home gardeners seeking both size and flavour.
🌿 Why You’ll Love It
- Famous heirloom with a rich gardening history
- Produces very large, beefsteak‑style fruits
- Thick, meaty flesh with few seeds
- Sweet, balanced flavour ideal for many uses
- High yields over a long growing season
🌱 Growing Tips
- Plant in full sun with fertile, well‑drained soil
- Provide strong staking to support heavy fruits
- Water consistently for even growth
- Thin fruit clusters if aiming for extra‑large tomatoes
- Harvest when fruits are fully coloured and slightly soft
🌱 Plant Details
- Botanical name: Solanum lycopersicum
- Plant type: Warm‑season fruiting vine
- Position: Full sun
- Growth habit: Indeterminate (climbing)
- Harvest: Approx. 80–90 days
- Seed type: Heirloom / open‑pollinated
Climate
Tropical: All Year Round
Temperate: Late Winter to Early Summer.
Cool climate: Spring
Sowing:
Sow: Late winter–spring (start indoors)
Depth: 5–6 mm
Sun: Full sun
Soil: Fertile, well‑drained
Germination: 5–10 days
