Quick Summary of Pudovik
- 🌍 Origin & Registry: The officially registered name of the famous commercial variety from Siberian Garden (often sold with “Sevryuga” written in parentheses). Unlike “Sevryuga“, the name Pudovik is officially listed in the Russian State Register of Breeding Achievements.
- 🌿 Plant Habit: Indeterminate (tall), typically reaching 1.7-1.8 m (5.5-6 ft). Growers note it has the classic “wispy foliage” (frail/drooping structure) typical of many oxheart varieties. Don’t be alarmed—the plant isn’t dying, it’s just its natural genetic trait!
- 🍅 Fruit Characteristics: Massive, raspberry-pink, heart-shaped (oxheart) tomatoes. They are slightly ribbed and very meaty. The official average weight is 290g (10 oz), but growers frequently harvest much larger fruits.
- 👅 Flavor: Universally praised as excellent. They are very sweet, meaty, and have a classic rich tomato flavor. Any internal core is soft and completely edible, not tough.
- ⏳ Maturity: Mid-season.
Description in the State Register:
Salad type. Mid-season. The plant is indeterminate. The leaf is large, green. Simple inflorescence. The pedicel has no joint. The fruit is heart-shaped, ribbed, of medium density. The color of the unripe fruit is green, the ripe one is raspberry-pink. Number of locules: 4 and more. Fruit weight 290 g (10 oz). The taste is excellent.
(Note: “Sevryuga” is not in the registry).
Photo authors: Drozd, Pula20/Yulia, AleksandrS, forzicia
I liked the variety very much 😘 Sweet, huge, meaty, pink hearts.
The bush had a frail/wispy structure. By ripening time — mid-season.
I liked it. Planting it this season for the first time. Seeds from Siberian Garden. Bush 170-180 cm (5.5-6 ft) tall.
The taste is classic tomatoey, the fruit is “meaty”, there is a small internal core/vein, but it is completely edible and NOT tough.
Edited August 21, 2022 by CWERT
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