Heirloom Tomato Varieties & Reviews | Tomat-Pomidor
Honest reviews of global tomato varieties from a 15-year-old growers community.
🍅 Quick take: New Königsberg Pink is a highly productive, 6-foot tall indeterminate variety that produces elongated, cylindrical pink tomatoes. Prized for its incredibly dense, meaty flesh and delicious flavor, it is an excellent dual-purpose tomato that works beautifully for both fresh slicing and thick sauces. Full summary ↓ Growers’ Notes and Photos (USDA Zone … Read more
🍅 Quick take: Meksikanets Rozovyi (Mexican Pink) is a highly productive, mid-season indeterminate pink heirloom. It produces large, oval-shaped fruits weighing 10.5-14 oz (300-400 g) with firm, sweet, and aromatic flesh. While it stays relatively compact for an indet (around 5 ft / 1.5 m), it performs exceptionally well both in northern greenhouses and outdoors … Read more
🍅 Quick take: A mid-early indeterminate hybrid that produces sweet, meaty, deep-pink slicers. While widely praised for its exceptional flavor and early ripening, greenhouse growers report it is highly susceptible to leaf mold. Full summary ↓ Growers’ Notes and Photos (USDA Zones 4-5) N Nataly (Natalya) Pro | 7,110 posts 📍 Istra district, Moscow region … Read more
🍅 Quick take: A tall, mid-late indeterminate that produces sweet, meaty, deep-pink slicers on large trusses. While the flavor is universally praised, some growers report it can be a bit finicky and refuse to yield under certain conditions. Full summary ↓ Growers’ Notes and Photos (USDA Zones 4) A Angelina Pro | 11,365 posts Very … Read more
🍅 Quick take: A large, sweet, deep pink beefsteak slicer. There is significant confusion in the seed market between a commercial determinate hybrid version and a soaring indeterminate heirloom strain traded among gardeners, but both produce massive, meaty fruits. Full summary ↓ Growers’ Notes and Photos (USDA Zones 4-6) S Sweet (Svetlana) Pro | 8,792 … Read more
🍅 Quick take: Pink Monisto is a cocktail-sized pink tomato that seed companies claim will produce massive trusses, but in reality, it often delivers much smaller clusters. While visually attractive and great for canning, growers report average flavor and a somewhat mealy texture. Full summary ↓ Growers’ Notes and Photos (USDA Zones 8 Experience) R … Read more
🍅 Quick take: The name Malinovka causes massive confusion in the tomato world because there are two completely different, unrelated varieties sharing the name. Strain 1 (Commercial “Russian Garden” brand): A short, 24-28 inch (60-70 cm) determinate bush that produces small 2.5 oz (70 g) crack-resistant, dark pink plum/paste tomatoes. Perfect for canning. Strain 2 … 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: 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: Minusinskie Rozovye (Minusinsk Pink) is a highly productive, indeterminate Siberian heirloom from the famous Minusinsk region. It yields heavy clusters of sweet, sugary pink hearts weighing 7-17.6 oz (200-500 g). Interestingly, the fruits often shift shapes on the same vine, throwing large flat hearts on the bottom and elongated pepper shapes up … Read more
🍅 Quick take: Plant habit: Indeterminate vine (up to 5.5 ft / 1.7m), characterized by a wispy, “dainty” foliage structure that doesn’t shade out neighboring plants. Fruit & Yield: Produces large (10-33 oz / 300-950g), pinkish-crimson, meaty heart-shaped tomatoes. Extremely early for an indeterminate, often beating other large heirlooms to the table. Full summary ↓ … Read more
The TL;DR: Medovyi (Honey) is a vigorous, indeterminate variety producing massive, raspberry-pink beefsteaks that can weigh over 2 lbs (1 kg). Most growers report a mid-to-late harvest of sweet, juicy, and meaty tomatoes with excellent flavor. Commercial seed lines (like those from Aelita and Poisk) show some instability, with both Regular Leaf (RL) and Potato … Read more