Growers’ Notes and Photos (USDA Zones 3-4 Experience)
Description from the packet: Super low-maintenance, early-season variety. The plant is determinate, upright, with sparse branching, reaching about 2 ft (50-60 cm) tall. Fruits are flat-round, slightly ribbed, scarlet red, weighing 2-2.8 oz (60-80 g). Recommended for outdoor growing. Excellent for fresh eating, home cooking, and canning.
I grew it out in the dirt. I actually pinched the suckers anyway, and it really was super early. Absolutely loved the fruits, they’re like mini beefsteaks with tiny seed cavities, very juicy, and surprisingly sweet. Definitely keeping this one in my permanent collection :-*
I highly doubt there’s actually such a thing as a truly “no-prune” tomato, I’ve never seen that in nature. I’d love some more details on this. Do they really not need any suckering at all, and under what conditions…
Non-Pruning Scarlet. Bought the seeds from “Uralskyi Dachnik” for practically pennies at the store.
According to the breeder: Super low-maintenance, early-season. Tree-type plant, determinate, sparse foliage, 2 ft (50-60 cm) tall, requires no staking. Fruits are flat-round, slightly ribbed, scarlet color, weighing 2-2.8 oz (60-80 g). Valuable traits: cold tolerance, heavy and uniform fruiting, disease resistance.
I sowed my Scarlets on April 7, grew them right in the dirt without any cover. I ran them on 6 stems, and they definitely needed staking because the branches were literally snapping off from the weight of all the tomatoes. They ripened up all at once outdoors, averaging around 2 oz (60 g) each. Just a standard, classic tomato flavor.
Edited December 4, 2022 by Khrizantema57
In 2024 I grew Scarlet in the greenhouse and was totally blown away by how massive it got. Assumed it would stay a compact bush like it does outdoors, but this thing turned into a monster. Started running it on 7 stems, but realized it was gonna choke out its neighbors, so I cut it back to 5.
Edited January 15, 2025 by Khrizantema57
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In 2024 I grew Scarlet in the greenhouse and was totally blown away by how massive it got. Assumed it would stay a compact bush like it does outdoors, but this thing turned into a monster. Started running it on 7 stems, but realized it was gonna choke out its neighbors, so I cut it back to 5.
Lyudochka, I’ve been growing this one for years now! This season I grew it both in the dirt and in the greenhouse. Inside the greenhouse, it acted just like an indet and was completely covered in red orbs!
It threw out so many stems, and I just couldn’t bring myself to pinch them off because every single sucker had a blossom truss on it! Since it was in the corner, I just let it run wild. Incredibly generous variety, and if you give it a little attention, it really pays off! Thanks for the seeds!
Edited January 15, 2025 by Lyudasik
Quote from Khrizantema57:
In 2024 I grew Scarlet in the greenhouse and was totally blown away by how massive it got.
Grew this back in ’23. Couldn’t dig up any photos, but it got pretty tall and was absolutely loaded with tomatoes. A friend of mine grew it out in the dirt and it was just gorgeous :06yes:
Edited January 16, 2025 by Lyudmila D.
Quote from Lyudasik:
Inside the greenhouse, it acted just like an indet and was completely covered in red orbs!
Hey y’all, does this one have regular or potato leaves? The ones I started from your seeds, Lyudasik, threw out potato leaves.
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Hey y’all, does this one have regular or potato leaves? The ones I started from your seeds, Lyudasik, threw out potato leaves.
Potato leaf! In the greenhouse, it got pretty tall (up to 3 ft / 90 cm) and was super productive!
Full Summary: Plant, Yield, Taste and Storage
- 🌿 Plant: A potato leaf (PL) determinate. Its growth habit heavily depends on its environment. Outdoors, it stays a manageable 2 ft (50-60 cm) bush. However, when placed in a greenhouse, it explodes in size, acting almost like an indeterminate and reaching 3 ft (90 cm) or more. Despite its commercial name, growers highly recommend staking and at least partial pruning (suckering), as the sheer weight of the fruit will snap the branches.
- 📈 Yield: Phenomenal. Every single sucker seems to produce a blossom truss, resulting in bushes that are absolutely loaded with fruit. Produces heavily and uniformly early in the season.
- 👅 Taste: A solid, classic old-school tomato flavor with a nice level of sweetness.
- 📦 Texture/Usage: The fruits are red, slightly ribbed “mini beefsteaks” weighing 2-2.8 oz (60-80 g). They have small seed cavities and are very juicy. Excellent for fresh eating, salads, and whole-fruit canning.
The name Nepasynkuyuschiysya literally translates to “Does Not Require Suckering/Pruning”. Russian seed companies love slapping this label on determinate and semi-determinate varieties to appeal to lazy weekend gardeners. However, as the veteran growers in this thread quickly figured out, leaving a heavy-yielding tomato entirely unpruned usually results in a sprawling, tangled mess where the branches literally snap under the weight of the fruit. Even “no-prune” varieties benefit from basic staking and thinning out the lower foliage!
