Heirloom Tomato Varieties & Reviews | Tomat-Pomidor
Honest reviews of global tomato varieties from a 15-year-old growers community.
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🍅 Quick take: Moravich is a mid-early, indeterminate pink oxheart hailing from Serbia. Growers are calling it a “flawless” hidden gem. Unlike many wispy pink oxhearts, the vine grows exceptionally sturdy and tall, allowing it to pump out massive yields of dense, meaty hearts weighing up to 14 oz (400 g). It is highly praised … Read more
🍅 Quick take: Love and Doves F1 (Lyubov da Golubi F1) is a vigorous indeterminate hybrid from Premium Seeds that produces pink plum tomatoes. While it boasts fantastic disease resistance and heavy fruit set outdoors, growers in this thread are largely disappointed by its highly inconsistent genetics and bland, tough, “supermarket-style” flavor. Full summary ↓ … Read more
🍅 Quick take: Favorite Holiday (Lyubimyi Prazdnik) is a heavy-yielding Russian pink oxheart originally released by Siberian Garden. While the commercial seed packet claims it is a short 30-inch plant, growers consistently report it behaving like a tall, wispy-leafed vine reaching 5 feet (1.5 m) or more in a greenhouse. It produces massive, meaty, heart-shaped … Read more
🍅 Quick take: Lavender Lake is a massive, highly productive indeterminate beefsteak. It produces stunning terracotta/red-brown fruits with subtle green striping and deep crimson flesh, weighing a hefty 17.5-28 oz (500-800 g). Growers report it as an exceptional and very early producer, though the seeds can sometimes be notoriously finicky to germinate. Full summary ↓ … Read more
🍅 Quick take: Loving Heart (Lyubyaschee Serdtse) is a semi-determinate oxheart variety that produces highly uniform, blunt-tipped pink and red hearts weighing between 7 and 17.5 oz (200-500 g). Growers praise it for its vigorous growth, heavy yields, and classic sugary heirloom flesh. It performs exceptionally well outdoors and boasts a long, extended harvest window. … Read more
🍅 Quick take: Longhorn is an indeterminate, early-to-mid-season oxheart originating from the US. It produces stunning elongated hearts in a deep purple-pink color with olive-green shoulders. Averaging up to 10.5 oz (300 g), the fruits are practically seedless, incredibly meaty, and boast a rich, sweet, and complex flavor. Growers rave about its massive yields and … Read more
🍅 Quick take: Lithuanian Crested Pink is a wispy-leafed, indeterminate heirloom that produces massive, meaty pink hearts weighing up to 14 oz (400 g). It is famous for throwing two different fruit shapes on the same vine: pointy hearts and flatter, ribbed “crested” hearts. While growers rave about its dense, sweet flesh and heavy yields, … Read more
🍅 Quick take: Landshuter Riese is an indeterminate German heirloom that produces massive, incredibly tender pink oxhearts. Originally from Lower Bavaria and popularized by legendary seed collector Reinhard Kraft, this tall vine is praised for its long harvest window, excellent disease resistance, and nearly seedless, sweet flesh. While it can be a bit slow to … Read more
🍅 Quick take: Lariska’s Heart (Lariskino Serdtse) is an indeterminate, early-producing pink oxheart that sets beautiful, firm fruits weighing up to 10.5 oz (300 g). Growers praise it for its dense, sweet, nearly seedless flesh and its impressive ability to set fruit consistently all the way up the vine. Full summary ↓ Growers’ Notes and … Read more
🍅 Quick take: Linnie’s Oxheart (also known as Linnaeus Heart) is a highly praised indeterminate USA oxheart variety that produces gorgeous, brick-red to brownish fruits weighing 7 to 14 oz. Known for its meaty texture, almost seedless flesh, and exceptionally sweet, rich flavor, it has become a permanent staple for many growers. The thread below … Read more
🍅 Quick take: Konus (meaning “Cone”) is a vigorous indeterminate variety rescued by a dedicated seed saver over 20 years ago. It produces large, red, cone-shaped (oxheart-type) fruits that are meaty, juicy, and packed with old-school tomato flavor. The vine has a unique habit of naturally forking at the main stem. While it occasionally drops … Read more
🍅 Quick take: Kemerovets is a tough, cold-tolerant determinate tomato from Western Siberia. It produces firm, small red oxhearts weighing around 3.5-5.3 oz (100-150 g). Growers report excellent disease resistance and great performance both for fresh eating and canning. While the seed packet boasts up to 100 fruits per plant, forum members note that real-world … Read more