Solanacées • Solanum lycopersicum

Pink Bumblebee cocktail tomato - Organic

"Beneath its purple skin streaked with green, a tomato captures the sun and whispers the depths of summer."

$4.49

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The Pink Bumble Bee cocktail tomato is a variety that first catches the eye, then wins you over with its bounty. Its round fruits, delicately striped with pink, red, and sometimes gold, look hand-painted.

In the garden, it exudes a joyful vitality, as if each cluster held the promise of a bountiful harvest. Born from modern breeding work on patterned tomatoes, Bumble Bee produces sweet, balanced fruit with juicy, firm flesh throughout the season. Its flavor is mild, without excessive acidity, making it as enjoyable to eat fresh from the garden as it is to share around the table.

The plant has a vigorous growth habit, with sustained growth and regular production until the first frosts. In the local area, it is valued for its rare ability to combine aesthetics and utility without compromise.

  • Growing climate: Warm season
  • Sowing difficulty level: Medium
  • Care required: Regular
  • Growth: Summer growth

Note: Sensitive to cold like all tomatoes; requires warmth to get a good start and good air circulation around the foliage to limit foliar diseases.

In the kitchen, the Purple Bumble Bee cocktail tomato is prized for its firm flesh and balanced flavor. It excels in multicolored tomato salads, where its dark hue creates a striking contrast.

Cut in half, it pairs perfectly with fresh cheeses, aromatic herbs or a simple drizzle of oil.

It's also ideal for quick cooking methods: roasted in the oven, pan-fried, or added at the end of cooking to hot dishes. Its color intensifies with heat, adding a striking visual element to summer plates.

Pink Bumblebee cocktail tomato - Organic

$4.49

$4.49

écoumene seeding advice

Seeding type

Indoor seeding

Germination time

7-10 days

Germination temperature

26° to 30° Celsius

Sowing depth

Sowing at a depth of 5 mm

Transplantation

Easy transplantation

Technical

Seeding in clusters

Growing conditions

Hardiness zone

Zone-3b

Distance between plants

50 cm

Distance between rows

90 cm

Optimal brightness

Sun plant

Soil texture

Loose (silty) soil

Soil moisture

Cool, well-drained soil

Soil fertility

Plant very demanding in bacteria-dominant compost

optimal soil pH

Low acidic pH

Average plant height

180 cm

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