📌 Quick Summary (TL;DR): Babushkin Med (Grandma’s Honey)
- 🌍 Origin: A Russian collector variety bred by Angelina (Domashniy Pomidor). The name translates to “Grandma’s Honey”.
- 🌿 Plant Habit: Indeterminate and vigorous. There is some minor variation in leaf type among growers (some report standard Regular Leaf, others mention oversized foliage or even Potato Leaf segregations), but the true strain is typically Regular Leaf (RL). Does well when pruned to two stems in a greenhouse.
- 🍅 Fruit Characteristics: Large, plump, pinkish-raspberry oxhearts. They are very dense, with small seed cavities and few seeds.
- 👅 Flavor: Intensely sweet with practically zero acidity, yet retains a rich, authentic tomato flavor without being bland.
- ⏳ Maturity: Mid-late season. A reliable plant that sets trusses through both cold snaps and extreme heat waves.
Babushkin Med. A variety bred by Angelina (Domashniy Pomidor). Indeterminate, grew it in the greenhouse pruned to two stems. Heavy yielder! The fruits are large pink hearts 😍, very tasty 😋, juicy but still very meaty with few seeds. I really liked it! 👍
A very tasty variety. It is extremely sweet, practically no acid, but at the same time, it’s not bland or cloying. An all-meat tomato. During our wild summer heat in the greenhouse, it wasn’t my highest yielder, but based on how heavily it flowered, the potential is definitely there. The bush is vigorous.
I really liked this variety.
Greenhouse real estate is at a premium for me, but I will definitely be repeating this tasty, large-fruited variety next year.
What kind of foliage does it have?
On 3/12/2022 at 16:31, Elizara said:
What kind of foliage does it have?
Regular (RL).
On 3/14/2022 at 08:51, Oksana Evgenievna said:
Regular (RL).
Interesting, I wonder what’s growing for me then? I just sowed seeds today from a different source.
What kind of leaf does it have? Out of 5 seeds for me, 2 came up with regular leaves (RL), and 3 came up with potato leaves (PL). I planted both out.
My seeds are from Angelina. The leaf isn’t exactly a true potato leaf, but it’s definitely noticeably broader than a standard regular leaf.
Babushkin Med.
Grew it in the greenhouse. For me, it turned out to be a mid-late season variety. The fruits are plump, pinkish-raspberry hearts. Very tasty!
The discovery of the year for me. Large, tasty, and productive. Grew it in the greenhouse. Will absolutely grow it again. Thanks, Svetikk!
An absolutely gorgeous tomato! Exceptionally meaty, very heavy yielder, and incredibly tasty.
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Excellent variety. It set fruit all the way up the vine, both during our cold June and in the blazing heat of July and August. The flavor is rich, true tomato taste. Perfect for fresh salads and any kind of processing. 💯
