Pink (‘Rozovyi’) tomato is another wonderful Pavel Saraev variety. It produces beautiful, pink, globe-shaped tomatoes on compact plants (2ft/ 60 cm). The soft-pink to dark-pink colour of the tomatoes is beautiful – you can see the progression of ripeness in the pictures.
The tomatoes are early and the production is good. Pink’s tomatoes range in size from 60 g to 120g and have a good, mild sweetness. Pink would do well in a container.
The Saraev tomatoes are famous for their cold tolerance and disease resistance, but also being able to handle rain and high temperatures. These are the kinds of tomatoes we like to grow to hedge our bets with. We have 4 Saraev varieties available: Pink, Forest, Abundant and Spiridon.
Our seed source for Pink is Seed Savers Exchange member Debbie Premus (Ohio) who stewarded a collection of rare Saraev varieties. We were fortunate to get 7 Saraev tomato varieties from Debbie and will be growing them out over the next few years.
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How to Grow Tomatoes? Start seeds indoors 6 weeks before the last frost. Plant seed 5mm (¼ inch) deep. Transplant after the danger of frost has passed/later spring.
