Beefsteak tomato 'Kosovo'
- Product number: 295458
- Origin: South America
- Latin: Lycopersicon lycopersicum, also known as L. esculentum
Beautiful, rosy red, heart-shaped fruits, often with attractive ribs. This variety was probably cultivated in Kosovo for decades and was brought over by a UN worker around 1990. The taste is remarkably interesting: complex and rich aromas, intense and sweet. Many rave about it! The fruits weigh 300-500 g.
If you often grow your tomatoes in the same place, for example in a greenhouse, diseases can develop in the soil. Rootstocks are resistant to these diseases, making grafting advisable:
For grafting tomatoes, use this variety: 291110 Tomato 'Landon'. As an aid, we recommend these grafting clips: 847520 Grafting clip 1.5 mm.
The largest tomatoes in our assortment are called beefsteak tomatoes. This name comes from the larger amount of flesh (instead of juice). This applies to most varieties in this group, with a few exceptions such as the so-called stuffing tomatoes.
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Latin: Lycopersicon lycopersicum, or also L. esculentum
Dutch: Vleestomaat
English: Tomato, Beefsteak Type
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- Flower colour: Small yellow flowers
- Origin: South America
- Average growth height: More than 120 cm
- Annual or perennial: Annual
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- Winter hardy: Not frost hardy
- Ease of cultivation: Moderate
- Latin: Lycopersicon lycopersicum, also known as L. esculentum
- Dutch: Beefsteak tomato
- Also known as: Not applicable / Unknown
- English: Tomato, Beefsteaks Type
