Initially, in the wild, tomatoes were only red and had not very high characteristics. When this wonderful vegetable was discovered by breeders, a great variety of different varieties appeared, dissimilar to each other in taste, shape, size and color.
Although the overwhelming majority of fruits remain red, pink varieties are very popular among gardeners. They are mostly large and very tasty, without sourness, intended for eating raw.
Usually they are not very transportable, but the variety of tomato "Pink Tsar" can tolerate long journeys without losing the presentation, or for some time stored in a gardener's basket.
Tomato "Pink King": description of the variety
“Pink Tsar” is a versatile pink variety of tomatoes, the originator of which is the company Zedek. Such a tomato is good not only in its raw form, but also for various preparations for the winter; tomato juice will be especially tasty from it..
Tomatoes "Pink King" - a representative of mid-season varieties, gardener will have to wait for the harvest from 100 to 112 days. The counting should be started from the day of the first seedlings emergence, and not before the appearance of fruits, but before maturation and suitability for use.
- The fruits are bright, attractive pale pink color.
- The sizes are impressive, in good conditions the weight of one tomato can reach up to 300 grams.
- The flesh is thick, quite juicy.
- The taste is slightly sweet, well suited for a salad without sour additives.
- The shape of the fruit is round, slightly oblate.
- The skin is smooth.
A photo
Next you will see a photo of a tomato variety "Pink King":
Care instructions
The plant itself is indeterminate, large, the height of one bush can reach 1.8 meters when grown in greenhouses and 1.5 meters in open ground. Because of their size, bushes have to be tied up. If he has enough heat, light, water and fertilizer (it is desirable to feed a little), then the yield will be high and will please the gardener.
Buying seeds and growing seedlings is not difficult, since this variety is quite popular.
Diseases and pests
Of the pests can attack the Colorado potato beetle, but only on young plants, adults are affected by this reptile extremely rarely. It is easy to get rid of it, when it appears in large quantities - to pickle, and if there are few individuals - you can simply pick them up from the bushes and crush them.
Remembering the diseases, it is worth noting that the Pink Tsar has resistance to verticillus, but from other diseases, such as late blight, tomatoes will have to be processed for the prevention of diseases.
