{"id":4521,"date":"2026-10-06T12:34:16","date_gmt":"2026-10-06T12:34:16","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.tomat-pomidor.com\/en\/?p=4521"},"modified":"2026-10-06T12:37:05","modified_gmt":"2026-10-06T12:37:05","slug":"german-pink-strawberry","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.tomat-pomidor.com\/en\/german-pink-strawberry\/","title":{"rendered":"German Pink Strawberry 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;4521&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;Rate this&quot;,&quot;legend&quot;:&quot;0\\\/5 - (0 votes)&quot;,&quot;size&quot;:&quot;24&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;German Pink Strawberry 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\">Rate this<\/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): German Pink Strawberry<\/h3>\n<ul>\n<li>\ud83c\udf0d <strong>Origin:<\/strong> A classic German heirloom that became highly popular among Eastern European collectors under the translated name &#8220;Zemlyanika Nemetskaya Rozovaya&#8221;. It is often confused or cross-listed with the famous heart-shaped &#8220;German Red Strawberry,&#8221; but this pink variant is distinct for its rounder shape and Potato Leaf genetics.<\/li>\n<li>\ud83c\udf3f <strong>Plant Habit:<\/strong> Indeterminate (tall). An extremely vigorous but physically narrow plant with wispy foliage. Because it doesn&#8217;t take up much lateral space, it can easily get shaded out by more aggressive neighboring plants.<\/li>\n<li>\ud83c\udf45 <strong>Fruit Characteristics:<\/strong> Round, beautiful strawberry-pink tomatoes. While catalog descriptions claim they can reach up to 14 oz (400 g), growers often see smaller late-season fruits around 4.6 oz (130 g).<\/li>\n<li>\ud83d\udc45 <strong>Flavor:<\/strong> Very tasty and sweet when ripened fully on the vine. However, the flavor drops off significantly if picked green and counter-ripened indoors.<\/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\">E<\/div>\n<div class=\"author-meta\">\n<div class=\"author-name\">ElenaN (Elena) <span class=\"author-stats\">\u2b50 Pro Grower (28,513 posts)<\/span><\/div>\n<div class=\"author-geo\">\ud83d\udccd Kostroma (USDA Zone 3\/4)<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"post-content\">\n<p>This is an indeterminate, mid-season, tall variety. In my greenhouse, it reached a height of 7.2 feet (2.2 m). The plant habit is quite narrow and wispy. Not knowing this, I planted it right next to a massive, aggressive variety, so I didn&#8217;t get a single tomato on the first two lower trusses because it got shaded out.<\/p>\n<p>But once I finally pulled that aggressive neighbor out of the greenhouse, the Strawberry exploded and started setting fruit on every single stem and sucker I left on it. It ended up being one of the very last plants I pulled from the greenhouse at the end of the season.<\/p>\n<p>The foliage type is Potato Leaf . BUT. Several other forum members grew this exact variety, and just like me, they saw a 1:4 ratio of potato leaf plants in their seedlings (one PL plant for every three Regular Leaf plants). I specifically kept and planted the seedling with the potato leaf. Now it&#8217;s a mystery: either this variety is genetically unstable and throws different leaf types, or the seed vendor messed up and gave us mixed seed.<\/p>\n<p>The fruits are round and a beautiful pinkish-strawberry color. Mine, coming from the late-season trusses, weren&#8217;t huge, maxing out around 4.6 oz (130 g) (though the commercial description claims they can hit 14 oz \/ 400 g). They are very tasty. However, the flavor drops off noticeably if you pick them early and counter-ripen them indoors. Overall, they are high-quality tomatoes with a decent shelf life. I will definitely be growing this one again next year.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.tomat-pomidor.com\/uploads\/newforum\/galleries\/41\/111-171114130048.jpeg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.tomat-pomidor.com\/uploads\/newforum\/galleries\/41\/111-171114130048.jpeg\" alt=\"German Pink Strawberry sliced tomato on a plate showing meaty flesh\" width=\"550\" height=\"374\" \/><\/a><br \/>\n<a href=\"https:\/\/www.tomat-pomidor.com\/uploads\/newforum\/galleries\/41\/111-171114125920.jpeg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.tomat-pomidor.com\/uploads\/newforum\/galleries\/41\/111-171114125920.jpeg\" alt=\"Round pink heirloom tomatoes resting on a table\" width=\"543\" height=\"384\" \/><\/a><br \/>\n<a href=\"https:\/\/www.tomat-pomidor.com\/uploads\/newforum\/galleries\/41\/111-171114130016.jpeg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.tomat-pomidor.com\/uploads\/newforum\/galleries\/41\/111-171114130016.jpeg\" alt=\"Harvested German Pink Strawberry tomatoes weighed on a digital scale\" width=\"552\" height=\"371\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"editor-note\" style=\"background: #eef7ff; padding: 15px; border-left: 4px solid #2196F3; margin-top: 15px; font-size: 1.2em;\"><strong>\ud83d\udc68\u200d\ud83c\udf3e Editor&#8217;s Note: Potato Leaf vs. Regular Leaf Genetics<\/strong><br \/>\nIn this post, Elena notes a bizarre 1:4 ratio of Potato Leaf (PL) to Regular Leaf (RL) seedlings from her seed packet. This is actually a textbook example of heirloom tomato genetics at work! The Potato Leaf trait is <em>recessive<\/em>, while the Regular Leaf trait is <em>dominant<\/em>.If a bee accidentally crossed a PL mother plant with pollen from an RL plant in the vendor&#8217;s field, the resulting F1 seeds would all grow up to be Regular Leaf (since RL dominates). If those seeds were then saved, the F2 generation would segregate exactly along Mendelian lines: typically 3 RL plants for every 1 PL plant (a 75%\/25% split). Elena&#8217;s observation perfectly confirms that the seed vendor had a cross-pollination issue in their field! By intentionally saving the one PL seedling, she isolated and preserved the original genetics of the variety.<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>\ud83d\udccc Quick Summary (TL;DR): German Pink Strawberry \ud83c\udf0d Origin: A classic German heirloom that became highly popular among Eastern European collectors under the translated name &#8220;Zemlyanika Nemetskaya Rozovaya&#8221;. It is often confused or cross-listed with the famous heart-shaped &#8220;German Red Strawberry,&#8221; but this pink variant is distinct for its rounder shape and Potato Leaf genetics. &#8230; <a title=\"German Pink Strawberry Tomato Review\" class=\"read-more\" href=\"https:\/\/www.tomat-pomidor.com\/en\/german-pink-strawberry\/\" aria-label=\"Read more about German Pink Strawberry Tomato Review\">Read more<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":4521,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[94,4,65],"tags":[97,72,33,1144,142,28,14],"class_list":["post-4521","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-heirloom-other","category-paste-canning","category-pink-tomatoes","tag-german-heirloom","tag-greenhouse-tomato","tag-indeterminate","tag-late-season-yield","tag-pink-tomato","tag-potato-leaf","tag-wispy-foliage"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.tomat-pomidor.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4521","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=4521"}],"version-history":[{"count":4,"href":"https:\/\/www.tomat-pomidor.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4521\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":4525,"href":"https:\/\/www.tomat-pomidor.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4521\/revisions\/4525"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.tomat-pomidor.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4521"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.tomat-pomidor.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=4521"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.tomat-pomidor.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=4521"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.tomat-pomidor.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=4521"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}