Artisan Pink Tiger

Season Overview

Description

'Artisan Pink Tiger' is the name of this beautiful multicolored bottle tomato from 'Artisan Seeds' in the USA. It is part of Fred Hempel's wonderful 'Artisan series', in which the elongated varieties are called 'Tiger' and the round ones 'Bumblebee'. All these tomatoes are spectacularly flamed, marbled or striped. 'Pink Tiger' is a further development of the popular 'Blush Tiger'. It was bred by Fred Hempel at his Baia Nicchia Farm in Sunol (CA) and introduced in 2012. The vigorous plants have dark green, normal-leaved, relatively serrated foliage and grow up to 2m tall. 'Pink Tiger' takes around 60-70 days from fertilization to harvest maturity. 6-8 fruits grow per panicle. If the fruit clusters branch out, up to 15 tomatoes can be harvested from one vine. The elongated oval tomatoes have 2 fruit chambers and end in a point. When ripe, they are pink-red in color and orange-yellow marbled. The fruits are 2-3 cm in diameter, 4-6 cm long and weigh up to 30g. A largely burst-resistant, crisp but not hard skin surrounds the juicy, soft flesh. The taste is fruit-like and fruity sweet.

Growing tips

Can easily be grown on 2-3 shoots. The Artisan Pink Tiger is suitable for growing in greenhouses or protected outdoor areas, but can also be grown on a covered balcony/patio without any problems. Further growing tips for the Art Cocktail pole tomato.

Details

Light requirement

Sunny

Water requirement

Wet

Soil

Light (sandy)

Nutrient requirement

High

Seeding distance

60 cm

Row spacing

60 cm

Seeding depth

1 cm