Pink fleshy tomato: description, photos, reviews

Content

1 Varieties of tomatoes
2 Characteristics of the variety
3 Fruit characteristics
4 Growing and care
5 Diseases and pests
6 Fruit collection
7 Reviews
8 Let's sum it up

If you have a summer cottage, most likely you have already grown tomatoes. This is one of the most common types of vegetables that almost everyone eats. The main thing in this matter is to choose the right variety that suits the taste and will bear fruit well.

Varieties of tomatoes

There are many varieties of tomatoes. All of them are divided into 3 types:

cherry tomatoes (mini tomatoes);
medium-sized;
beef tomatoes (steak or large-fruited).

Beef tomatoes include fleshy tomatoes that reach 150–250 grams. There are also larger fruits. If you remove the ovaries on the bush as much as possible, the weight of the tomato can exceed 0.5 kg. This type of tomato is ideal for fresh salads. They are moderately sweet and juicy. They have a high content of dry matter, sugars and beta-carotene. Inside there are not two segments, like regular tomatoes, but 4, so they are easier to cut.

This type includes the “Pink fleshy” tomato. Like all representatives of the beefsteak tomato species, it has its own characteristics that must be taken into account when growing. It is also worth considering the description of the “Pink Fleshy” variety of tomatoes (disease resistance, productivity, unpretentiousness to conditions) in order to understand whether it is worth planting it on your plot or not.

Characteristics of the variety

This tomato variety was bred by Altai breeders.It is classified as an early ripening variety, since only 90–110 days pass from the moment of germination to the full ripening of the first fruits. This factor sets it apart from other types of tomatoes, and attracts increasing attention from gardeners.

Attention! The “Pink Fleshy” tomato bush is a standard tomato. And as you know, this species does not require much care and effort.

Typically, such tomatoes ripen quickly and do not fall from heaviness, thanks to their low stem. They can be safely grown in open ground. The stepsons of standard tomato bushes ripen later and weaker than those of other species. Therefore, they do not need stepsoning.

The height of the "Pink Fleshy" bushes reaches about 50–53 cm. So they are compact and stop growing very quickly. Usually only a few inflorescences are formed on determinate bushes. But there is no need to worry that the harvest will be poor.

Advice! Thanks to the compact root system of shamba plants, tomatoes can be planted at a short distance.

This will not harm the tomatoes in any way, and the fruit yield, even in a small area, will increase significantly.

Such features of the “Pink Fleshy” variety provide high endurance.

Fruit characteristics

If you follow all the rules of care, as well as treat the plants to prevent possible diseases, after 90 days you can enjoy the first tomato fruits. From 1 m² You can harvest about 6 kg of tomatoes. The shape of the fruit is round, slightly flat. Tomatoes grow large and can weigh up to 350 grams. The cross section shows 4 segments, which is typical for beef tomatoes. This makes cutting tomatoes very easy. Due to the high content of dry matter, beta-carotene and sugars, the fruits are very fleshy and sweet.They have a pleasant taste and are beneficial for the body.

Most often, tomatoes of this variety are consumed raw and in salads. They can also be used for baking. Probably, the fruits are not canned very often due to the fact that they are very large and simply do not fit into the neck of the jar whole. However, tomatoes are well suited for canning, salads and sauces. For juice it is better to use juicier varieties.

Growing and care

The “Pink Fleshy” variety can be planted in open ground or under film cover.

Important! Growing tomatoes in a greenhouse, you need to pay attention to the disembarkation time. If it is carried out before mid-May, the greenhouse must be heated, but if later, then there is no need for this.

You need to start sowing in March-April. When the leaves appear, the seedlings must be transplanted into separate cups or a large box with a distance sufficient for development. After picking, the plants are fertilized with special mineral fertilizers. Water tomatoes carefully. If there is too much moisture, the sprouts may stretch out. One watering per day is enough, or simply spraying the soil to maintain moisture. Be sure to use warm, settled water. A week before planting in open ground, you can begin hardening off the seedlings. The purpose of hardening is to accustom tomatoes to changes in air temperature and ultraviolet rays. First, you need to take the seedlings out onto a glassed-in balcony, and after a few days, start opening the window for 15–20 minutes. Every day the ventilation time increases. 3-4 days before planting, you need to leave the plants on the open balcony for a day. Seedlings ready to move into open ground should have 7–9 leaves and single flowers.

Tomatoes should be planted in a sunny but sheltered place. They do not tolerate the scorching sun very well. The soil for planting must be well warmed up.

Important! The best place for tomatoes is next to strawberries. This proximity will increase the yield of both plants, and the fruits will become larger.

It is better not to plant tomatoes in places where potatoes, peppers or eggplants grew.

The “Pink Fleshy” variety is planted at a distance of 40 cm from each other. The distance between rows should be 50 cm. Tomatoes should be planted in the evening, when the sun is already setting. It is better to fertilize the soil in the fall. And before planting, you can additionally put fertilizer in the holes. This variety requires moderate watering and regular loosening of the soil. The peculiarity of the variety is that it does not need to be planted. Tomato branches are well spreading and have a large number of leaves. In addition, stepsons can also form ovaries and bear additional fruits.

Important! During the period of the appearance of ovaries, it is necessary to especially monitor the moisture supply of the soil. If there is not enough moisture, the ovaries may fall off, and the fruits will subsequently be small in size.

Diseases and pests

The most common disease in the Pink Fleshy tomato variety is late blight. The risk of fruit infection is highest during rains, since late blight fungus spores are transported along with moisture. In hot weather they die quickly. When a tomato is infected, the leaves are the first to suffer; they become covered with brown spots. The fungus then spreads to the tomato stems and fruits. After 2 weeks the fruits begin to rot. To protect your harvest, you need to carry out prevention in advance.Advice! Typically, Bordeaux mixture or copper sulfate is used to treat infected tomatoes.

In order not to resort to poisons, you can treat tomato bushes from time to time with garlic tincture or a solution of potassium permanganate with various trace elements. Regular iodine and whey are good for these purposes (an acidic environment will prevent the fungus from multiplying).

Treatment of plants against late blight should begin immediately after planting and repeat every week. If the plants could not be protected and infection occurs, it is necessary to immediately remove the darkened leaves and treat the bushes with special antifungal drugs. You can also use a 10% solution of regular kitchen salt.

There are a large number of tomato diseases, however, with proper care and regular prevention, they will not affect your harvest. You should be wary of viral and fungal diseases that can appear out of nowhere, infecting tomato bushes.

Important! Many diseases can be caused by contaminated seeds. To be on the safe side, it is better to treat the seeds before sowing.

Fruit collection

Tomato fruits need to be collected every 3-5 days.

Advice! The more often you pick ripe fruits, the more strength the plant will have to develop new ones.

If during harvesting you notice defective fruits, pick them immediately. They will no longer become the best, but will only take away the strength of the bush.

According to maturity levels, tomatoes are divided into:

Green.
Dairy.
Brown.
Pink.

Depending on how you consume them, you can pick the fruit at each of these levels. For further ripening, it is better to pick milky-brown tomatoes, and for fresh consumption, of course, pink ones.Remember that in order to ripen, the fruits must be picked together with the stalk, since when torn off, a wound is formed on the tomato, into which bacteria can then easily penetrate.

Important! Green tomatoes should not be eaten raw. They contain large amounts of solanine, a toxic substance that is harmful to our health.

But after heat treatment, solanine is neutralized.

Reviews

Margarita, 42 years old, Yekaterinburg city

The “Pink Fleshy” variety appeared on store shelves not long ago. I really love pink large-fruited tomatoes, so I decided to try it. The fruits are really big, but only the first ones. The latter were quite small, but this is normal for tomatoes. Caring for them turned out to be very easy. Watered only on hot days. She didn’t tie her stepson or tie her up. They practically grew up on their own. The fruits are tasty, fleshy and sugary.

Olga, 48 years old, Novosibirsk city

I really liked this variety. There are, of course, both advantages and disadvantages, but overall the tomatoes are good. Firstly, the color of the fruit is pale, pink, but not as rich as on the package. Secondly, many of my tomatoes were cracked. Perhaps it was my mistake, I kept the fruits for a long time or something else. But on the other hand, they are very tasty, and this covers all the shortcomings. The family really liked it. We will plant more.

Evgenia, 52 years old, Samara

Last year I planted only 20 bushes of the “Pink Fleshy” variety. The seller praised them very much. I don’t argue, these tomatoes are very tasty and meaty. It's perfect for summer salads. But for some reason there were very few fruits. They ripened quickly, but just as quickly they stopped bearing fruit. I don't know what I did wrong. Maybe the soil is not suitable, or it may not have been watered enough.

Let's sum it up

The Pink Fleshy tomato variety is gaining more and more popularity among gardeners. Thanks to their unpretentiousness and disease resistance, growing these tomatoes will not be difficult. They do not need gartering or pinching. The fruits are large and have excellent taste. And thanks to its early ripening, by the end of summer you can enjoy an abundance of harvest.