Heirloom Tomato Varieties & Reviews | Tomat-Pomidor
Honest reviews of global tomato varieties from a 15-year-old growers community.
🍅 Quick take: Honey Giant is a sweet, meaty, bi-color (orange skin with pink flesh) indeterminate heirloom that can produce massive fruit. However, growers report rampant seed mix-ups from commercial vendors like Aelita, so trading seeds with trusted growers is highly recommended! Full summary ↓ Growers’ Notes and Photos (USDA Zones 4-6 Experience) S Sweet … Read more
🍅 Quick take: Mary Robinson’s German Bicolor is a tall, indeterminate heirloom that produces absolutely massive yellow-and-red marbled beefsteaks. Known for frequently throwing fruits in the 1 to 2 lb (450-900 g) range, it requires heavy staking and patience, as it tends to focus on pushing out thick foliage early in the season before setting … Read more
🍅 Quick take: Mom’s Love (Mamina Lyubov) is a vigorous, highly productive indeterminate red beefsteak from Russia. Treasured for its nostalgic, old-fashioned “real tomato” flavor, this variety produces beautiful, uniform red fruits generally weighing around 9-10.5 oz (250-300 g). The vines are powerful and require heavy-duty staking, as they often get weighed down by the … Read more
🍅 Quick take: Apple Malinovka (Malinovka Yablochnaya) is a stout, highly productive indeterminate Russian heirloom that produces beautiful, oblate, deep pink beefsteaks. Known for its thick stems and manageable height, it typically pumps out meaty 5.5-10.5 oz (150-300 g) fruits with a rich, buttery texture and sweet flavor. Because the name “Malinovka” is often used … Read more
🍅 Quick take: Mammoth German Gold is a stunning, large bicolor beefsteak known for its sweet, fruity flavor and heavy fruits that routinely hit the 1 to 1.5 lbs (450-700 g) mark. While it is an indeterminate vine, several growers report it stays surprisingly manageable in open ground, often naturally topping out around 3 to … Read more
🍅 Quick take: Tarasenko’s Dream (Mechta Tarasenko) is a vigorous, indeterminate mid-season variety known for producing large, sweet, raspberry-pink beefsteaks. Thriving best in greenhouses, this sturdy vine easily pushes 6.5 feet (2 meters) and throws heavy yields of meaty fruits weighing 10.5 oz (300 g) and up. While occasional off-phenotypes can produce gnarly shapes, the … Read more
🍅 Quick take: Mamont (Mammoth) is a mid-early indeterminate variety bred by L.A. Myazina (often distributed by Biotekhnika). Despite the name and commercial claims promising massive 14-17 oz fruits, almost all growers report surprisingly small tomatoes maxing out around 5-8 oz. Yield and flavor opinions are highly mixed—some find it completely unremarkable and prone to … Read more
🍅 Quick take: Malinovoe Vikante (Raspberry Viscount) is a determinate, sprawling bush variety known for extremely heavy yields of raspberry-colored tomatoes. Flavor reviews are highly polarized—some growers find them sweet and perfect for juicing, while others dismiss them as completely ordinary or overly acidic. Full summary ↓ Growers’ Notes and Photos (USDA Zones 4-6 Experience) … Read more
🍅 Quick take: Medvezhya Lapa (Bear’s Paw) is an indeterminate Russian commercial variety known for producing large, meaty, red oblate beefsteaks. While capable of excellent yields and solid, classic tomato flavor, growers report a very high rate of unstable genetics and off-types (rogues) coming directly from the primary commercial seed vendor, Sibirskiy Sad. Full summary … Read more
🍅 Quick take: Millioner (Millionaire) is a large, indeterminate beefsteak tomato traced back to Missouri in the 1950s. While some seed sellers have spun wild marketing tales about it, the true variety produces massive, smooth, pinkish-coral fruits weighing 10.5-28 oz (300-800 g). Growers praise its sweet, meaty-yet-juicy texture and excellent late-season keeping qualities. However, this … Read more
🍅 Quick take: Medovyy Salyut (Honey Salute) is a large, indeterminate bicolor beefsteak tomato. Growers rave about its fantastic sweet-and-tart flavor, juicy flesh, and gorgeous appearance. However, this thread highlights a major issue with unstable commercial seeds (particularly from the Poisk brand), leading to frequent off-types, stunted vines, and a debate over whether the true … Read more
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🍅 Quick take: Manhattan Bicolor is a large, mid-season, indeterminate bicolor tomato. While it may not be the heaviest producer for everyone, growers praise it for its absolute top-tier flavor, ranking it among the best-tasting bicolors. The meaty, sweet fruits range from flat-round to heart-shaped, and their skin color shifts beautifully between yellow-orange and red … Read more