{"id":5103,"date":"2026-10-11T15:43:55","date_gmt":"2026-10-11T15:43:55","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.tomat-pomidor.com\/en\/?p=5103"},"modified":"2026-10-11T15:43:55","modified_gmt":"2026-10-11T15:43:55","slug":"korolevskiy-pingvin","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.tomat-pomidor.com\/en\/korolevskiy-pingvin\/","title":{"rendered":"King Penguin (Korolevskiy Pingvin) Tomato Review & Photos"},"content":{"rendered":"\n\n
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\ud83c\udf45 Quick take:<\/strong> King Penguin (Korolevskiy Pingvin) is a meaty, dark pink, elongated indeterminate<\/strong> tomato. While there is some debate over different seed lines (including a tree-type variant), the strain grown by these forum members is a well-behaved vine reaching about 5 feet (1.5 m). Growers rave about its sweet, low-acid flavor and dense flesh, though it can be prone to dropping blossoms during intense summer heat. Full summary \u2193<\/a><\/div>\n

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My absolute favorite this year! Huge shoutout to Tanya (@Tanika). I’m not great at describing things, but this variety definitely deserves a spot in the catalog. Vigorous indet vine, the fruits are elongated, dark pink, super meaty, with almost no acidity. Everything was extreme for me this year, but it’s clearly not a late variety, highly productive even with barely any care, and it didn’t catch a single disease. Taken in October.<\/p>\n

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I got my King Penguin seeds from Kolyakov, he lists it as a tree-type plant with complex trusses of up to 12 tomatoes. But I read on some other site that it’s a hybrid. Marina, did yours have simple trusses with about 5 fruits?<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n

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It wasn’t very productive for me this year, but definitely tasty. I grew it from super old seeds from 1992. It dropped a lot of blossoms because of the heat, but you can tell it has good potential.<\/p>\n

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Kirina (Irina) \u2b50 Veteran Grower (1,432 posts)<\/span><\/div>\n
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Really liked it, glad I hunted it down. Mid-season, the taste is totally worthy, exactly like Marinichka wrote. Grew it in the greenhouse. No diseases, didn’t crack. Yield was average for my conditions (which is already a win for me :D), I’ll keep working on dialing it in.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n

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Interesting variety. I stuck it in a really terrible spot, the flavor was decent, yield was basically zero, but I only have myself to blame for that. Dropped its blossoms in the heat. Grown in the greenhouse.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n

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Absolutely loved this variety, unusually beautiful and delicious. Simply the best. Thanks for the seeds @Valentina 54.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n

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Grew this variety this year, extremely meaty, sweet, very few seeds. Definitely one of my favorites.<\/p>\n

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Hey folks, is it a tall grower? I’ve had these seeds sitting around forever, but I only grow outdoors in the dirt. Super tall vines are a hassle for me. 5-6 feet (1.5-1.8 m) is totally fine though.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n

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\nHey folks, is it a tall grower? I’ve had these seeds sitting around forever, but I only grow outdoors in the dirt. Super tall vines are a hassle for me. 5-6 feet (1.5-1.8 m) is totally fine though.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

In the greenhouse, it hit about 5 feet (1.5 m). It should stay shorter than that outdoors.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n

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Full Summary: Plant, Yield, Taste and Storage<\/h2>\n