{"id":2581,"date":"2026-09-15T14:19:15","date_gmt":"2026-09-15T14:19:15","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.tomat-pomidor.com\/en\/?p=2581"},"modified":"2026-09-15T14:19:15","modified_gmt":"2026-09-15T14:19:15","slug":"pink-accordion","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.tomat-pomidor.com\/en\/pink-accordion\/","title":{"rendered":"Pink Accordion (Akkordeon Rozovy) Ribbed Tomato Review"},"content":{"rendered":"\n\n<div class=\"kk-star-ratings kksr-auto kksr-align-left kksr-valign-top\"\n    data-payload='{&quot;align&quot;:&quot;left&quot;,&quot;id&quot;:&quot;2581&quot;,&quot;slug&quot;:&quot;default&quot;,&quot;valign&quot;:&quot;top&quot;,&quot;ignore&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;reference&quot;:&quot;auto&quot;,&quot;class&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;count&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;legendonly&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;readonly&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;score&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;starsonly&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;best&quot;:&quot;5&quot;,&quot;gap&quot;:&quot;5&quot;,&quot;greet&quot;:&quot;Share your rating&quot;,&quot;legend&quot;:&quot;0\\\/5 - (0 votes)&quot;,&quot;size&quot;:&quot;24&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;Pink Accordion (Akkordeon Rozovy) Ribbed Tomato Review&quot;,&quot;width&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;_legend&quot;:&quot;{score}\\\/{best} - ({count} {votes})&quot;,&quot;font_factor&quot;:&quot;1.25&quot;}'>\n            \n<div class=\"kksr-stars\">\n    \n<div class=\"kksr-stars-inactive\">\n            <div class=\"kksr-star\" data-star=\"1\" style=\"padding-right: 5px\">\n            \n\n<div class=\"kksr-icon\" style=\"width: 24px; height: 24px;\"><\/div>\n        <\/div>\n            <div class=\"kksr-star\" data-star=\"2\" style=\"padding-right: 5px\">\n            \n\n<div class=\"kksr-icon\" style=\"width: 24px; height: 24px;\"><\/div>\n        <\/div>\n            <div class=\"kksr-star\" data-star=\"3\" style=\"padding-right: 5px\">\n            \n\n<div class=\"kksr-icon\" style=\"width: 24px; height: 24px;\"><\/div>\n        <\/div>\n            <div class=\"kksr-star\" data-star=\"4\" style=\"padding-right: 5px\">\n            \n\n<div class=\"kksr-icon\" style=\"width: 24px; height: 24px;\"><\/div>\n        <\/div>\n            <div class=\"kksr-star\" data-star=\"5\" style=\"padding-right: 5px\">\n            \n\n<div class=\"kksr-icon\" style=\"width: 24px; height: 24px;\"><\/div>\n        <\/div>\n    <\/div>\n    \n<div class=\"kksr-stars-active\" style=\"width: 0px;\">\n            <div class=\"kksr-star\" style=\"padding-right: 5px\">\n            \n\n<div class=\"kksr-icon\" style=\"width: 24px; height: 24px;\"><\/div>\n        <\/div>\n            <div class=\"kksr-star\" style=\"padding-right: 5px\">\n            \n\n<div class=\"kksr-icon\" style=\"width: 24px; height: 24px;\"><\/div>\n        <\/div>\n            <div class=\"kksr-star\" style=\"padding-right: 5px\">\n            \n\n<div class=\"kksr-icon\" style=\"width: 24px; height: 24px;\"><\/div>\n        <\/div>\n            <div class=\"kksr-star\" style=\"padding-right: 5px\">\n            \n\n<div class=\"kksr-icon\" style=\"width: 24px; height: 24px;\"><\/div>\n        <\/div>\n            <div class=\"kksr-star\" style=\"padding-right: 5px\">\n            \n\n<div class=\"kksr-icon\" style=\"width: 24px; height: 24px;\"><\/div>\n        <\/div>\n    <\/div>\n<\/div>\n                \n\n<div class=\"kksr-legend\" style=\"font-size: 19.2px;\">\n            <span class=\"kksr-muted\">Share your rating<\/span>\n    <\/div>\n    <\/div>\n<div class=\"tldr-box\" style=\"background: #f4f9f4; padding: 20px; border-left: 5px solid #4CAF50; margin-bottom: 30px; border-radius: 4px;\">\n<h3>\ud83d\udccc Quick Summary (TL;DR): Akkordeon Rozovy (Pink Accordion)<\/h3>\n<ul>\n<li>\ud83c\udf0d <strong>Origin:<\/strong> A visually striking Russian heirloom variety. The name translates exactly to &#8220;Pink Accordion,&#8221; referring to its heavily pleated shape.<\/li>\n<li>\ud83c\udf3f <strong>Plant Habit:<\/strong> Indeterminate (tall), reaching 1.8\u20132 meters (6\u20136.5 ft) in height. A very vigorous and powerful plant that can be grown both in greenhouses and outdoors.<\/li>\n<li>\ud83c\udf45 <strong>Fruit Characteristics:<\/strong> Deep pink to crimson beefsteaks with deep ribbing (pleats). Weight varies significantly based on growing conditions\u2014from 150\u2013300g (5\u201310 oz) up to massive fruits weighing well over 600g (1.3 lbs).<\/li>\n<li>\ud83e\udd69 <strong>Texture:<\/strong> Heavily ribbed tomatoes are notorious for having empty hollow cavities inside, but well-fed Pink Accordions can grow completely solid and meaty with zero voids.<\/li>\n<li>\ud83d\udc45 <strong>Flavor:<\/strong> Highly rated! Very sweet, juicy, and rich.<\/li>\n<li>\u26a0\ufe0f <strong>Pro Tip:<\/strong> This variety is a heavy feeder. If it lacks nutrients, it can be prone to &#8220;blossom drop&#8221; (aborting its flowers after setting the first truss).<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"add-review-cta\" style=\"margin: 20px 0; padding: 15px; background: #f9f9f9; border-left: 4px solid #4CAF50; border-radius: 4px;\"><strong>\ud83c\udf45 Grown this variety?<\/strong> <a href=\"#wpdcom\">Click here to add your own photos and review below!<\/a><\/div>\n<div class=\"forum-post\">\n<div class=\"author-header\">\n<div class=\"forum-avatar\">C<\/div>\n<div class=\"author-meta\">\n<div class=\"author-name\">cat2008 (Oksana) <span class=\"author-stats\">\u2b50 Pro Grower (5,827 posts)<\/span><\/div>\n<div class=\"author-geo\">\ud83d\udccd Orsha, Belarus (USDA Zone 5)<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"post-content\">\n<p>Mine grew into a fairly powerful indeterminate, about 1.8 m (6 ft) tall. The yield turned out to be weak\u2014it set the first truss, and then suffered from blossom drop and aborted the subsequent trusses. Maybe it just lacked enough &#8220;food&#8221; (nutrients)&#8230; But on the bright side, it grew three massive fruits\u2014the combined weight of those three was almost 2 kg (4.4 lbs)!<\/p>\n<p>The fruits are a dark crimson color, with absolutely no empty cavities inside, very juicy and sweet.<\/p>\n<p>A huge thank you to Zhanna for the seeds! \ud83c\udf3a<\/p>\n<p style=\"font-size: 0.85em; color: #777;\"><em>Edited November 26, 2015 by Drosera<\/em><\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.tomat-pomidor.com\/uploads\/newforum\/galleries\/99\/12397-241115173821.jpeg\" alt=\"Pink Accordion massive ribbed tomatoes on scale\" width=\"1000\" height=\"600\" \/><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"forum-post\">\n<div class=\"author-header\">\n<div class=\"forum-avatar\">N<\/div>\n<div class=\"author-meta\">\n<div class=\"author-name\">Nadine (Nadezhda) <span class=\"author-stats\">\u2b50 Pro Grower (11,454 posts)<\/span><\/div>\n<div class=\"author-geo\">\ud83d\udccd Volgograd (USDA Zone 6)<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"post-content\">\n<p>The bush was vigorous, grown outdoors in open ground, but my fruits were not extremely large, around 150-300 grams (5.3-10.5 oz). The ones in the photo are even smaller because I only took pictures at the end of the season when I realized I didn&#8217;t have any good shots. The taste is very good, juicy, and sweet. As you can see in the cross-section slice, mine did have some small empty cavities inside.<\/p>\n<div style=\"display: flex; gap: 10px; flex-wrap: wrap; margin-top: 15px;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.tomat-pomidor.com\/uploads\/newforum\/galleries\/92\/14-260915143936.jpeg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.tomat-pomidor.com\/uploads\/newforum\/galleries\/92\/thumb_14-260915143936.jpeg\" alt=\"Pink Accordion tomato harvested\" width=\"160\" height=\"160\" \/><\/a><br \/>\n<a href=\"https:\/\/www.tomat-pomidor.com\/uploads\/newforum\/galleries\/92\/14-260915144524.jpeg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.tomat-pomidor.com\/uploads\/newforum\/galleries\/92\/thumb_14-260915144524.jpeg\" alt=\"Slicing a ribbed tomato\" width=\"160\" height=\"128\" \/><\/a><br \/>\n<a href=\"https:\/\/www.tomat-pomidor.com\/uploads\/newforum\/galleries\/92\/14-260915144818.jpeg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.tomat-pomidor.com\/uploads\/newforum\/galleries\/92\/thumb_14-260915144818.jpeg\" alt=\"Akkordeon Rozovy cross section showing small cavities\" width=\"160\" height=\"160\" \/><\/a><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"forum-post\">\n<div class=\"author-header\">\n<div class=\"forum-avatar\">I<\/div>\n<div class=\"author-meta\">\n<div class=\"author-name\">ilja (Ilya) <span class=\"author-stats\">\u2b50 Pro Grower (758 posts)<\/span><\/div>\n<div class=\"author-geo\">\ud83d\udccd Klin, Moscow Region (USDA Zone 4)<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"post-content\">\n<p>I really loved this variety. Grown in the greenhouse. It reached a height of up to 2 meters (6.5 ft), mid-season maturity. The fruits are incredibly beautiful and heavily ribbed. Sweet flavor, very meaty.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.tomat-pomidor.com\/uploads\/newforum\/attachments01\/67170_78c789153a7ecf256099863665cb5474b93fde10.jpg\" alt=\"Beautiful heavily ribbed Pink Accordion tomato\" width=\"499\" height=\"499\" \/><br \/>\n<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.tomat-pomidor.com\/uploads\/newforum\/attachments01\/67172_77dda2df5d3ee4225aa8caa16e62fbda67d7356f.jpg\" alt=\"Pink Accordion cross section solid and meaty\" width=\"499\" height=\"499\" \/><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>\ud83d\udccc Quick Summary (TL;DR): Akkordeon Rozovy (Pink Accordion) \ud83c\udf0d Origin: A visually striking Russian heirloom variety. The name translates exactly to &#8220;Pink Accordion,&#8221; referring to its heavily pleated shape. \ud83c\udf3f Plant Habit: Indeterminate (tall), reaching 1.8\u20132 meters (6\u20136.5 ft) in height. A very vigorous and powerful plant that can be grown both in greenhouses and &#8230; <a title=\"Pink Accordion (Akkordeon Rozovy) Ribbed Tomato Review\" class=\"read-more\" href=\"https:\/\/www.tomat-pomidor.com\/en\/pink-accordion\/\" aria-label=\"Read more about Pink Accordion (Akkordeon Rozovy) Ribbed Tomato Review\">Read more<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":2581,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1,65,211,5],"tags":[131,72,11,33,82,23,49,142,15],"class_list":["post-2581","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-beefsteak-large-slicers","category-pink-tomatoes","category-ribbed-tomatoes","category-russian-eastern-european-heirlooms","tag-blossom-drop","tag-greenhouse-tomato","tag-huge-tomato","tag-indeterminate","tag-meaty-tomato","tag-mid-season","tag-open-ground","tag-pink-tomato","tag-sweet-flavor"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.tomat-pomidor.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2581","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.tomat-pomidor.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.tomat-pomidor.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.tomat-pomidor.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.tomat-pomidor.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2581"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/www.tomat-pomidor.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2581\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2583,"href":"https:\/\/www.tomat-pomidor.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2581\/revisions\/2583"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.tomat-pomidor.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2581"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.tomat-pomidor.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2581"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.tomat-pomidor.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2581"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.tomat-pomidor.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2581"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}