annual vegetable
Mortgage Lifter tomato
A storied heirloom for slicing and sandwiches with steady water.
Growing Profile
- Hardiness
- Zones 3a-11a
- Sun
- full
- Soil
- loam
- Water
- medium
- Goals
- Vegetables & herbs
Harvest & Use
large pink beefsteaks in late summer
Useful search phrase: Mortgage Lifter tomato seeds.
Plant Relationships
Companion High
Classic kitchen-garden pairing: marigolds add season-long flowers near tomatoes and help draw beneficial insects into the bed.
Companion Medium
Basil fits the same sunny, warm, regularly watered bed as tomatoes and keeps harvest tasks clustered together.
Companion Medium
Warm-season vegetables benefit from nearby flower strips that keep bloom and insect activity close to the crop bed.