📌 Quick Summary (TL;DR)
- 🌍 Origin: A well-known heirloom variety. It is documented in Tatiana’s TOMATObase.
- 🌿 Plant Habit: Indeterminate, mid-season. It features Potato Leaf (PL) foliage. Growers note that the seedlings are sturdy and don’t get leggy. It produces a manageable amount of suckers and shows good disease resistance.
- 🍅 Fruit Characteristics: Beautiful, shimmering delicate pink beefsteaks. The interior is extremely meaty and juicy (not mushy/mealy) with very few seeds.
- 👅 Flavor: Known for an outstanding, intense sweetness that holds up even during periods of heavy rain or overwatering. However, growing it in deep shade or with a potassium deficiency may result in a more tart flavor.
- ⏳ Yield & Climate: Generally produces an average yield. It does not perform at its best in extreme heat waves (+40°C / 104°F).
🗣️ Forum Discussion: Big Cheef Pink Potato Leaf
An indeterminate mid-season slicer variety. The leaf is potato-type (PL). The fruits are delicate pink sparkling beefsteaks, meaty, with few seeds, and beautiful on the cut.
I expected an outstanding sweet taste, but my fruits turned out just having a good taste with a slight tartness. However, the bush grew in a very shaded spot in the greenhouse, so maybe that affected the taste, or it lacked potassium. I will definitely grow it again. The yield was average, but I will try to make up for it and improve next time))
And this variety thrilled me with its amazing taste and sweetness. And this was even with excessive overwatering!!! At a time when, out of nearly a hundred varieties, only about a dozen had any sweetness. So I really fell in love with this variety.
I ordered the seeds from Alexey Kulik. In the seedling stage, it didn’t stretch (get leggy). There were very few suckers. The yield was average, but it definitely has potential. Not prone to diseases. It grew next to Big Brandy. They were like twins right up until I cut them open and tasted them.
There are disastrously few seeds. The flesh is juicy, not mushy or mealy. If it repeats its sweetness next year, I will put it on my permanent grow list.
Edited November 29, 2018 by Tatiana
I liked it for the taste; the yield was average. It clearly didn’t like the +40°C (104°F) heat wave.
