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The Tomato (Solanum lycopersicum) 'Herodes' is an impressive, pink, beefsteak-type tomato known for its heart-shaped, fleshy, aromatic fruits. This mid-season tomato combines excellent flavor, a firm texture, and versatile culinary uses, making it a favorite of both home gardeners and professional chefs. Herod is particularly well-suited for grilling, sandwiches, and salads, but can also be eaten fresh or made into sauces and stews.
Herodes produces large, heart-shaped tomatoes weighing approximately 250 grams per fruit. The pink color varies slightly depending on location, giving each harvest a unique appearance. The fleshy flesh of this oxheart tomato is firm and juicy, making it ideal for culinary preparations requiring a firm texture, such as grilling or topping bread and sandwiches.
The heart-shaped and large fruits make Herod not only attractive on the plate but also a visual highlight in the vegetable garden or on the patio. Their firm texture makes them crack-resistant and easy to handle, even during hot summers or longer transport times.
Key Features:
Oxheart-type beefsteak tomato
Pink, heart-shaped fruits of approximately 250 grams
Medium-late ripening, harvest from mid-summer
Meaty, juicy texture, ideal for grilling and sandwiches
Suitable for open ground, greenhouse or sheltered warm locations
Robust, healthy plant
Herod is a moderate grower that prefers warm and sunny locations. While it thrives best in a sheltered environment, such as a greenhouse or against a warm wall, it also thrives in warm, well-drained open ground. The plant is robust and healthy, making it less susceptible to common tomato diseases, and it produces a reliable yield of large, tasty fruits.
Cultivation advice:
Sowing: February – March indoors
Planting out: May-June, depending on frost sensitivity
Location: Sunny, warm and sheltered
Soil: Well-drained, nutritious, humus-rich
Support: Recommended for large oxheart fruits
Planting distance: 50–60 cm between plants, 80–100 cm between rows
Herod offers a mid-late harvest, with the large, pink oxheart tomatoes available from mid-summer. The fruits are versatile in the kitchen:
Grilling: Firm flesh retains structure on the barbecue
Sandwiches and spreads: juicy and aromatic tomatoes
Fresh consumption: ideal salad tomato with a soft, rich flavour
Culinary preparations: suitable for stews, pasta sauces and tomato spreads
The combination of its large size, heart shape and meaty-aromatic flavour makes Herodes a real visual and culinary highlight for home gardeners and chefs.
✔ Pink oxheart tomato with fleshy, aromatic fruits
✔ Mid-late ripening with reliable yield
✔ Suitable for open ground, greenhouse or warm, sheltered location
✔ Ideal for grilling, sandwiches or salads
✔ Firm, juicy flesh and crack-resistant
✔ Robust, healthy plant that can withstand changing weather conditions
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