I really liked Blush for its beauty and taste. In the greenhouse, it grew to 2 meters (6.5 ft). The fruits were juicy and sweet.
My Blush.
Blush. 😋 Seeds from Tatiana-Tomatanya. 🌺 The photo isn’t great, because these tomatoes rarely survived until a photo shoot—a very sweet cherry. The flesh is dense, almost like grapes. 👍 I will definitely repeat it this year. 📝
Girls, can you buy this variety in a regular store?
I haven’t seen it in stores. And I have practically none of my own seeds left, I gave them all away. Look for it in the Wishlist section on the forum.
Good day! Has anyone grown Blush outdoors in the North-West? According to my calculations, it won’t fit in the greenhouse, but I really want to try it. I sowed it for the first time this year.
Elena56 said:
Has anyone grown Blush outdoors in the North-West?
It didn’t show its potential here in the North at all: a huge bush, but barely any fruits. It’s beautiful, but that’s about it. 😞 The taste was like water. In canning—it was just skin. I didn’t even bother saving seeds. It grew outdoors and ripened fully on the vine.
Svetlana, thank you! That’s what I thought—outdoors with our weather, Blush will likely just produce foliage. Maybe I’ll plant it in a flowerbed; at least the bush is pretty and the leaves are lacy.
Good evening, Elena! I grew Blush outdoors last year. It is a very productive and unpretentious variety. Sweet, tasty, and beautiful fruits. I didn’t really prune the bush; it grew as it wanted. But you absolutely must tie the stems, otherwise they collapse under the weight of the clusters. It turned out to be a great keeper in storage. I liked it, and I will definitely repeat it in the future. And specifically outdoors—it’s a pity to take up space in the greenhouse if it grows perfectly well outside. And our climate is not much different. We also get hurricanes and prolonged heavy rains. It was my first experience growing tomatoes outdoors, and I loved the result.
Yulia, thank you! You reassured me, because I have 4 Blush seedlings, and the spots in the greenhouse are all allocated (haven’t planted them out yet, it’s still cold here). I’ll prepare a spot for the Blushes by the chain-link fence, it’ll be easy to tie them up. Beans grew there last year. And I suppose I should cover them with plastic or agrofleece at first? I’ve never grown tomatoes outdoors before.
I have 3 bushes outdoors. They’ve started to bloom. Sown on March 7. First time planting them. The beginning is impressive. Anna German is right next to it—the bush is also solid already, but doesn’t even have signs of flower clusters yet. I sowed them at the same time.
Fellow forum members, please help me identify which of these seedlings looks more like the Blush (Shameful Blush) variety? From the seeds I bought, seedlings with completely different leaves grew.
Blush is on the left. I have the same one growing. Graceful, wispy foliage.
Oksana! Thank you, I have no room for unplanned experiments!!!
Elena56 said:
Good day! Has anyone grown Blush outdoors in the North-West?
Elena, my dacha is in the Vsevolozhsk district. And the difference in crop ripening between us and the Gatchina district is 2-3 weeks (my friend’s parents are near Volosovo). Therefore, I do not plant tomatoes outdoors. But in the greenhouse, they were gorgeous. Tasty and sweet. In jars, they lost their dessert taste and burst, but they still disappeared instantly.
With our Leningrad weather, you might not see them ripen outdoors at all 😞
You really should try to squeeze at least one plant into the greenhouse for comparison 😉
Tatiiyasha said:
You really should try to squeeze at least one plant into the greenhouse for comparison 😉
Tatiana, thank you. I have already prepared a spot for one Blush plant in the corner of the greenhouse. I really want to try their dessert taste.
Elena, I am simply a fan of this variety. It’s almost embarrassing to recall how I would go into the greenhouse, looking around to make sure my husband wasn’t watching, and just indulge in these tomatoes 😂
I just read about my favorite variety, turns out I’m not the only one obsessed with it. Girls, last year ALL of my fruits cracked. I liked everything about it: the deliciousness, color, shape, the elegance of the foliage, and yet the bush isn’t just a weak weed, it’s quite robust. But the cracking… I understand it might be a flaw in my agricultural practices, but it really seems prone to it. And it is indeed very resistant to late blight.
remko said:
Girls, last year ALL of my fruits cracked…
Elena, did it grow outdoors? That’s from excess moisture, it rained often. I grew it outdoors, and since August was dry, there were absolutely no cracked ones.
Good afternoon, Elena! My Blush also grew outdoors. I saw it at Svetlana’s and was desperate to plant it. I wrote about all its wonderful qualities above. Not a single fruit cracked for me, and we certainly have plenty of moisture and rain here.
No, it was in the greenhouse, but right next to the door. So its “feet” were in the greenhouse, but almost all the foliage was basically outside. I was given the seeds with the words: “strictly for the greenhouse, and incredibly delicious.” This year I planted it everywhere: in the greenhouse, in the garden, and even on a raised warm bed. I even have one volunteer plant growing, and it already has a cluster. I liked it very much even with the cracking, so I will never give it up. But I had to mention this characteristic trait of it.
What else I liked about it: in August, when I had already removed many tomatoes from the greenhouse, Blush clearly got a second wind. It rapidly produced new shoots and bloomed profusely, managed to set fruit, and everything had time to ripen. Every single tomato ripened on the plant, I didn’t pick a single green one. And it was already cold in September, but its leaves looked as fresh as ever.
In terms of ripening time, it truly is mid-season. It grew its little “sausages” but was in no rush to ripen, and then somehow it was ripening, growing, and blooming all at once… I saved quite a few seeds from it, although honestly, making the choice between eating it or saving it for seeds was agonizing because the little rascal is shockingly tasty… It didn’t even cross my mind to can it; I could eat them non-stop like fruit. That’s why I saved seeds, just to have them. So if anyone needs some, just ask, I’ll share.
I am very interested in this variety; I want to try it next year. I’m looking at the photos, and for some, it’s almost red with stripes, for others it’s yellow. Does it grow like that on the same bush, are there different types, or does it depend on growing conditions and weather?
I don’t know what kind of willpower one must have to not devour them while they are still in the stage of a creamy-colored sausage with a scarlet blush. I couldn’t resist. Leaving tomatoes for seeds was pure torture, watching them sit there rosy, bright, and semi-transparent. They really develop their color with heat and time. When fully ripe, they become semi-transparent, brightly colored, and the stripes turn almost crimson. But even at the creamy stage with delicate little red stripes, these tomatoes are very sweet.
So yes, they look different for everyone, depending on your patience to wait for full ripeness.
Elena, +100 😂
It’s so nice that this particular variety was the first to set fruit among my “transplants” from the Moscow region. They are so tiny, but you can already see the stripes. I planted it for the first time, outdoors. Judging by the reviews, I should be regretting that I only planted one bush!
Mine is small and weak, and I accidentally snapped the top off the only one I had. But I will wait… and admire yours for now.
Planted it for the first time. It brought me joy with early flowers and fruit set, but… The bush withered, became somehow shriveled, and the fruits are small, though I think that’s just how it happened this time. I will definitely plant it next year. THEY WERE THE FIRST TO RIPEN OUTDOORS FOR ME. I can’t say anything about the taste yet, we are waiting!
Planted it for the first time.
A good, abundant, festive, and tasty little tomato.
I planted just one bush in a polycarbonate greenhouse on the edge of a side bed. It wasn’t aggressive. I started leading it in two stems, but they both split, so I left all 4 stems.
At the moment, 12 trusses have set, each with 11 to 17 tomatoes, and at least 6 more are blooming. I have already tasted it. In a word: deliiiiiicious 😋 😋 😋
Overall, an excellent cocktail-type tomato.
A wonderful sweet tomato 😋 I have it outdoors on 3 stems. A sea of fruits, a favorite of both adults and kids. Beautiful at any stage. I got the seeds from some online store, not from the forum members.
Exactly 😃: wonderful, a sea of fruits, everyone’s favorite, and a beauty 👍 But regarding the sweetness, it seemed a bit sour to me. We identified other varieties as sweet with a honey taste. I will definitely plant it again though 👍
Mine is sweet; you can pop them like candy 😋
Sour? Blush has absolutely no acidity in its taste, at least mine don’t.
I just snacked on a couple right now. Against the background of sweetness, I can clearly feel the acidity (even if there isn’t much, it’s there). And there’s a long sour aftertaste in the mouth. Maybe my soil gives this tomato such a taste.
Acidity is only felt in Blush if there is still some greenish color in its skin. Once it turns completely yellow, it develops an absolutely fruity taste, and if you scoop out all the flesh with the seeds, Blush doesn’t even have a tomato taste anymore.
I’m not arguing with anyone about taste; I’m only describing my sensations. Besides, the amount of red blush strongly depends on the region, soil, or growing methods (I don’t know exactly what). My blush never reaches bright scarlet even when overripe. This year I have a lot of Blush, so some tomatoes had the chance to fully ripen to softness, but alas, they remain creamy with a very light pinkish blush. But for some people, it turns bright red. Well, this year I tried a bright scarlet Blush, and it had a note of fruity acidity in its taste—specifically fruity, like slightly sour grapes.
Mine don’t have this acidity; the unripe ones have tomato acidity, and the fully ripe ones have a sweet, fruity taste.
I genuinely have never eaten a sweeter tomato, specifically sweeter. Tastier? Undoubtedly, yes. But that delicious tomatoey, savory, sugary taste—that’s not Blush. Blush is purely sweet, fruity, very tender, productive, and ripens quite quickly. A definite plus for me is that the tomatoes in a cluster ripen gradually. I am currently picking ripe ones from 3-4 clusters on the same plant: 2-3 are ripe per cluster, the rest are green, even though they are full size.
It’s a tomato that definitely does not fear cool weather and being outdoors; it will be one of the first to ripen outside, and in a greenhouse, it can produce until the deep cold hits. However, if picked green, it ripens poorly indoors—it shrivels faster than it ripens.
And everyone I’ve treated to Blush acknowledges its supreme sweetness. No one has been able to name a sweeter tomato in comparison. Again, not tastier, but sweeter.
This is my very, very subjective IMHO.
I only pick them fully ripe 👍
For me, the varieties Slastena and Cherokee Green Gold were sweeter 😋 😋 😋
remko said:
It’s a tomato that definitely does not fear cool weather and being outdoors; it will be one of the first to ripen outside…
My Blush planted outdoors in a bucket absolutely refused to grow. It withered, withered, and finally died completely, even though other cherries and dwarfs are growing perfectly fine, setting fruit, and turning red/yellow. So I didn’t get to try this Blush. I’ll plant it in the greenhouse next year.
remko said:
No one has been able to name a sweeter tomato in comparison. Again, not tastier, but sweeter.
I’ll name one 😂 – Summer Sun is significantly sweeter than Blush.
Last year, Blush was the most cloyingly sweet tomato, even the last ones that I picked green and ripened indoors. But this year I don’t recognize it—it tastes like an ordinary tomato. However, it’s growing in the shade this year, maybe that’s the reason 🤷
By the way, that’s an interesting observation. My 3 bushes are also growing on the shaded side of the greenhouse. Next year I need to plant them closer to the sun. 📝
I had 2 bushes growing in the greenhouse. For me, it didn’t turn out very productive or sweet. Not many ripened on the bush; I picked them at the mature green stage. In terms of sweetness, there are sweeter ones out there. But these yellow-pink grape tomatoes are extraordinarily beautiful!
