Quick Summary of Zikino srce
📌 Quick Summary (TL;DR): Zikino srce
- 🌍 Origin: A fantastic heirloom oxheart variety from Serbia. It was developed/popularized by the well-known Serbian tomato breeder, Živojin Antić. The name translates to “Ziki’s Heart”.
- 🌿 Plant Habit: Indeterminate. A vigorous grower that reaches about 6.5 ft (2 m) in a greenhouse and around 5.2 ft (160 cm) in the open ground. Performs excellently even during seasons with challenging weather.
- 🍅 Fruit Characteristics: Large, beautiful red/dark pink hearts. They are heavy and consistently uniform in size, frequently reaching up to 1.1 lbs (500 g). Features a great shelf life compared to many other large heirlooms.
- 👅 Flavor: Highly rated! The flesh is incredibly dense, meaty, and has a smooth, almost “buttery” texture with very few seeds. It delivers a rich, sweet, and aromatic flavor.
Zikino srce (Serbia)
This is a variety from Živojin Antić, a famous Serbian breeder. Indeterminate, grew in the greenhouse pruned to 2 stems (leaders). Large red hearts up to 1.1 lbs (500 g). Delicious 😋, meaty, beautiful, and highly productive! 👋
Thanks to Galina @axleto for the seeds 🙏
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An extremely delicious variety with dense, meaty, and almost buttery flesh. The yield was excellent.
Zikino srce (Serbia)
A wonderful variety. Even during a really tough year weather-wise, it performed magnificently once again. Everything about it is great – from the taste 😋 to the yield, beauty, keeping quality, meatiness, and the consistent uniform size of the fruits 👍.
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I grew it both outdoors and in the greenhouse. The yield is high. In the greenhouse, it reached nearly 6.5 ft (2 m) tall, while out in the open ground it stopped around 5.2 ft (160 cm). The flesh is very meaty with a small amount of seeds. It is tasty, sweet, and aromatic.
