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Giant Pink Belgium Tomato

Solanum lycopersicum 'Giant Pink Belgium'

 

 
Giant Pink Belgium Tomato (Solanum lycopersicum 'Giant Pink Belgium') at Sabellico Greenhouses

Giant Pink Belgium Tomato fruit and flesh

Giant Pink Belgium Tomato fruit and flesh

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Height:  7 feet

Spacing:  24 inches

Sunlight:  full sun 

Hardiness Zone:  (annual)

Other Names:  Giant Belgium

Group/Class:  Heirloom-Indeterminate

Description:

A fantastic heirloom beefsteak variety, perfect for sunny gardens; produces enormous, dark pink beefsteak tomatoes that easily reach 2lbs each; sweet, meaty and flavorful, this selection is ideal for sandwiches, salads, and slicing; staking is recommended

Edible Qualities

Giant Pink Belgium Tomato is an annual vegetable plant that is typically grown for its edible qualities. It produces gigantic rose oblong tomatoes (which are technically 'berries') with rose flesh which are usually ready for picking from mid summer to early fall. This is an indeterminate variety, which means it produces fruit throughout the growing season. The tomatoes have a sweet taste and a fleshy texture.

The tomatoes are most often used in the following ways:

  • Fresh Eating
  • Eating When Cooked/Prepared
  • Cooking
  • Baking
  • Sauces

Planting & Growing

Giant Pink Belgium Tomato will grow to be about 7 feet tall at maturity, with a spread of 3 feet. When planted in rows, individual plants should be spaced approximately 24 inches apart. Because of its vigorous growth habit, it may require staking or supplemental support. This fast-growing vegetable plant is an annual, which means that it will grow for one season in your garden and then die after producing a crop.

This plant can be difficult to integrate into a landscape or flower garden, and is best grown in a designated vegetable garden. It should only be grown in full sunlight. It does best in average to evenly moist conditions, but will not tolerate standing water. It is not particular as to soil pH, but grows best in rich soils. It is somewhat tolerant of urban pollution. Consider applying a thick mulch around the root zone over the growing season to conserve soil moisture. This is a selected variety of a species not originally from North America, and it is considered by many to be an heirloom variety.

Giant Pink Belgium Tomato is a good choice for the vegetable garden, but it is also well-suited for use in outdoor pots and containers. With its upright habit of growth, it is best suited for use as a 'thriller' in the 'spiller-thriller-filler' container combination; plant it near the center of the pot, surrounded by smaller plants and those that spill over the edges. It is even sizeable enough that it can be grown alone in a suitable container. Note that when growing plants in outdoor containers and baskets, they may require more frequent waterings than they would in the yard or garden.

 
 
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