Heirloom Tomato Varieties & Reviews | Tomat-Pomidor
Honest reviews of global tomato varieties from a 15-year-old growers community.
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📌 Quick Summary: Homegrown Onion Storage 🧅 The 10-Month Shelf Life: Even if you harvest onions in the pouring rain and have to peel them down to their bare white scales due to thrips damage, they can still store indoors from July all the way until May. 🌡️ Warm Room Storage: You don’t always need … Read more
📌 Quick Summary: Wood Shavings & Nitrogen Tie-Up 🍓 Why Mulch Strawberries? Mulching suppresses weeds and keeps the berries clean by lifting them off the dirt, preventing rot in wet weather. 🌲 The Nitrogen Myth: Fresh wood shavings or sawdust will pull nitrogen out of the soil as they break down—unless you pre-soak them using … Read more
📌 Quick Summary: Starting Direct-Sow Crops Indoors 🌿 Dill Transplants: People might laugh at starting dill indoors, but transplanting whole “plugs” (bunches) of dill into the garden gives you a massive head start over direct-seeded dill (which takes forever to germinate in cold spring soil). 🥬 Lettuce Colors: Indoor-grown lettuce (under grow lights) will often … Read more
📌 Quick Summary: Planting Fresh Pumpkin Seeds 🎃 Straight to the Soil: Unlike tomatoes, pumpkin and squash seeds do not need to be fermented to remove a gel coat. You can plant them immediately after scooping them out of the fruit. 💧 The Float Test: Fresh seeds from a grocery store or storage pumpkin can … Read more
📌 Quick Summary: The Mylar Greenhouse Hack 🌑 The Shade Problem: If your greenhouse is built too close to a fence, house, or tree line, the shaded side will stay cold, and the plants will become leggy trying to reach for the sun. 🪞 The Mylar Solution: Hang highly reflective Mylar film (commonly used in … Read more
📌 Quick Summary: Troubleshooting Stalled Eggplants 🍆 The Root of the Problem: If your eggplant or pepper seedlings stall and stop growing, it is almost always an issue below the soil line (poor root development). 🪴 Potting Up: Don’t leave seedlings in tiny 6-cell plug trays for too long. They need to be moved into … Read more
📌 Quick Summary (TL;DR): Giant of Siebenburgen 🌍 Origin: A historic European heirloom originating from the Siebenbürgen region (modern-day Transylvania, Romania). In Russia, it circulates as Gigant Zibenburgena. 🌿 Plant Habit: Indeterminate (tall), reaching over 6.5 ft (2 m) inside a greenhouse. 🍅 Fruit Characteristics: Large, red, classic oxheart-shaped tomatoes. They are very meaty and … Read more
📌 Quick Summary (TL;DR): Graffiti Pink 🌍 Origin: A commercial European variety. 🌿 Plant Habit: Indeterminate (tall), but tends to be moderately sprawling and stays relatively manageable outdoors, reaching about 3.6 ft (1.1 m) in open ground. Regular leaf. 🍅 Fruit Characteristics: Small, apple-sized round/oblate fruits. Visually stunning: they have a pink/rose base with distinct … Read more
📌 Quick Summary (TL;DR): Gusinoe Yaytso (Goose Egg) 🌍 Origin: A very popular commercial heirloom released by the Russian seed company Siberian Garden (SibSad). 🌿 Plant Habit: Indeterminate (tall), highly vigorous. It frequently exceeds 6.5 ft (2 m) in a greenhouse. Standout feature: It exhibits “wispy” or drooping foliage, which is common for large paste … Read more
📌 Quick Summary (TL;DR): Geisha (Гейша) 🌍 Origin: A commercial heirloom variety popular in Ukraine and Russia. 🌿 Plant Habit: Determinate / Semi-determinate. It grows to about 2.3 ft (70 cm) outdoors, and just over 3.3 ft (1 m) in a greenhouse. Standout feature: It has a very slender, compact footprint, meaning you can plant … Read more
📌 Quick Summary (TL;DR): Gostinets 🌍 Origin: A Russian variety released as part of the “Vkusnoteka” (Tasty Collection) line. The name roughly translates to “A Little Gift” or “Treat”. 🌿 Plant Habit: Indeterminate (tall), but growers report it being fairly manageable, reaching about 5 ft (1.5 m) in a greenhouse. Requires staking and pruning. 🍅 … Read more
📌 Quick Summary (TL;DR): Gigantskaya Roza (Giant Rose) 🌍 Origin: A commercial variety from the Russian seed market. The name translates to “Giant Rose”. 🌿 Plant Habit: Determinate, stout “tree-type” bush. It has thick, strong main stems and grows to about 3-3.3 ft (90-100 cm) tall. Highly vigorous and disease-resistant. 🍅 Fruit Characteristics: Stunningly beautiful! … Read more