Heirloom Tomato Varieties & Reviews | Tomat-Pomidor
Honest reviews of global tomato varieties from a 15-year-old growers community.
🍅 Quick take: Minusinskie Yablochnye (Minusinsk Apple) is a massive, indeterminate pink beefsteak hailing from the legendary Minusinsk region of Siberia. Mid-season. The fruits are oblate or slightly apple-shaped, frequently reaching 1-2.2 lbs (500-1000 g). The vine is stout with long, wispy, drooping foliage. Growers rave about its “classic pink” flavor profile, which is incredibly … Read more
🍅 Quick take: Minusinskie Bychki (Minusinsk Bulls) is a massive, indeterminate heirloom hailing from Siberia. It typically produces large pink or red blunt hearts weighing anywhere from 5.3 to 14 oz (150-400 g) and beyond. Growers report an exceptionally sweet, meaty, and buttery flavor profile with no hard cores or green shoulders. Some folks note … Read more
At a Glance Fruit: Massive pink hearts, frequently throwing 2+ lb megablooms. Very meaty with almost no seeds. Flavor Profile: Outstanding “old-school” true heirloom flavor—sweet, aromatic, and rich. Growth Habit: Indeterminate vines, relatively compact (around 5’3″), setting fruit continuously until frost. Season: Surprisingly early for such a massive fruiting variety. History: A rescued Russian family … Read more
🍅 Quick take: Lyana Rozovaya (Pink Lyana) is a very early, determinate pink tomato designed for outdoor growing. The compact bush stays around 2-3 feet (60-90 cm) tall and produces uniform, meaty, 3-3.5 oz (90-100 g) fruits that are perfect for whole-fruit canning. While the seed packet claims it needs zero pruning, most growers highly … Read more
🍅 Quick take: Lyubov Irana (Love of Iran) is a mid-late season, indeterminate pink beefsteak tomato. It is known for producing massive, uniform slicers weighing anywhere from 10.5 oz to over 2 lbs (300 g to 1 kg) with a rich, classic tomato flavor. While most growers report huge yields and beautiful fruit with no … Read more
🍅 Quick take: Layner (Liner) is a mid-season, indeterminate pink tomato from Russian breeder Petrov. It produces highly versatile, barrel-to-plum-shaped fruits, making it an excellent choice for paste and canning. The vine is notable for its compact, narrow footprint and shorter regular-leaf foliage, making it easy to manage. Growers praise its solid yields and reliability, … Read more
🍅 Quick take: Reckless Driver Vils is a mid-late season pink tomato of American origin. Plants seem to stay relatively compact at around 3.3 feet (1 m) tall but are best grown pruned to two stems. It produces 7-9 oz (200-250 g) meaty, juicy fruits with a sweet flavor that has a unique kick to … Read more
🍅 Quick take: Lyubimyi Malyshik (Favorite Baby) is a mid-season, indeterminate Russian family heirloom promoted heavily by seed vendor V. Kolyakov. The vendor claims it produces incredibly beautiful, sugary fruits up to 7 oz (200 g) with great late blight resistance and massive yields. However, real-world grower experience tells a different story: poor yields, constant … 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: 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: 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