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Culinary tip: Slovenian tomato LUŠT from integrated production

Fresh, juicy, tasty, healthy LUŠT tomatoes from Prekmurje - who doesn't love juicy and refreshing red tomatoes, which we enjoy biting into during the warmer months or preparing them in some special way? If they have grown on our soil, they "give up" to us all the more.

It's now the third year since they've been in Prekmurje, in a natural mixture of peat and coconut fiber, planted tiny seeds from which now grow fresh, juicy, tasty and healthy tomatoes PEELED. The peculiarity of the story is the way integrated production, which tomatoes PEELED enables growth and harvesting even in winter, as they cooperate with nature in heating. There is a large one next to the greenhouse heating potential – geothermal well.

Because the "LUŠTni" tomato ripens on the plant and not during transport, it has an excellent taste.
Because the "LUŠTni" tomato ripens on the plant and not during transport, it has an excellent taste.

The story of tomato SHELL it is almost like what you would read in an elementary school picture book. Peel tomatoes they pollinate just right bumblebees, with which the tomatoes share space in the greenhouse and are living proof that they do not use toxic sprays during cultivation, because otherwise the bumblebees would die. If the plants or fruits were nevertheless attacked pests, would naturally be dealt with by predators who live under the same roof under which the lagoon also gathers rainwater, with which they then regularly water tomatoes.

Growing good tomatoes also requires a lot of care and love.
Growing good tomatoes also requires a lot of care and love.

Once these have grown into paradise fruits, it's time to hand-harvest, ensuring that only those that have ripened on the plant are picked, giving them a high content of lycopene, a natural antioxidant. Fragrant and healthy Slovenian tomato LUŠT we will recognize it by its full red color and by its juicy and full taste. For a moment we will dare to think that we collected it in our home garden, although in fact we took it from a recognizable black box LUŠT.

LUŠT tomatoes from integrated production in recognizable black boxes.
LUŠT tomatoes from integrated production in recognizable black boxes.

And another interesting thing: Plant-ripened red tomatoes are high in lycopene. Lycopene is a natural antioxidant that can reduce the risk of some types of cancer and prevent heart disease.

This year, they also raised some special varieties, including the very popular plum and oxheart.
This year, they also raised some special varieties, including the very popular plum and oxheart.

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