Heirloom Tomato Varieties & Reviews | Tomat-Pomidor
Honest reviews of global tomato varieties from a 15-year-old growers community.
🍅 Quick take: Kentucky Beefsteak is a vigorous, indeterminate US heirloom producing large, flat-round orange-apricot beefsteaks. Growers rave about its melting, sweet, buttery flesh and its extremely low seed count. Reports on shelf life vary depending on the growing conditions, ranging from highly perishable to surprisingly good keepers. Full summary ↓ Growers’ Notes and Photos … Read more
🍅 Quick take: Kentucky Plate is a mid-late, indeterminate potato-leaf heirloom from the US. It produces large, smooth pink beefsteaks that are very meaty with few seeds. While the flavor is highly rated, growers note that it can struggle with blossom drop and sun-scorched trusses during extreme heatwaves. Full summary ↓ Growers’ Notes and Photos … Read more
🍅 Quick take: Kozula 132 Zielone is a striking green-when-ripe bicolor plum tomato from Polish breeder Anna Kozula. It produces mid-sized plants about 3 ft (1 m) tall. Reviews on taste are mixed. While one grower found the flavor lacking after picking early due to splitting, another reported overwhelmingly sweet, candy-like fruits with an incredible … Read more
🍅 Quick take: Kaleidoscopic Jewel is a strikingly beautiful, indeterminate, mid-season anthocyanin variety bred by Brad Gates (Wild Boar Farms). Growers praise its heavy yields, slim plant profile, and sweet, meaty pink-raspberry flesh. However, some note that the strain seems unstable, throwing fruits of wildly varying shapes and sizes on the same plant, contrary to … Read more
🍅 Quick take: Kozula 127 Rudy is a mid-season, dark Polish breeding line known for its bold, punchy flavor and extreme juiciness. While listed as “practically stable” at F7, growers report that this variety still throws massive genetic curveballs, producing everything from striped beefsteaks to solid black plums, and popping up in both regular and … Read more
🍅 Quick take: Kim’s Civil War Oxheart is a historic, mid-season indeterminate heirloom originally dating back to the American Civil War. It produces gorgeous, meaty, and extremely sweet dusky pink hearts weighing 7–14 oz (200–400 g). Known for its robust, vigorous vines and crack-resistant fruit, it delivers a classic, old-fashioned pink tomato flavor with very … Read more
🍅 Quick take: Klara is a highly dependable, mid-season indeterminate red beefsteak. Known for producing massive 1 lb (500 g) slicers even in short, cold outdoor growing seasons, it offers a bright, balanced flavor with a satisfying acidic bite and surprising shelf life. Full summary ↓ Growers’ Notes and Photos E ElenaN (Elena) ⭐ Honored … Read more
🍅 Quick take: Kentucky Cabin is a mid-season, heavy-yielding indeterminate regular-leaf variety. Normally a pale yellow beefsteak with a pink blush, extreme summer heat can cause it to ripen to a deep pink-red. It produces meaty 12–18 oz (350–500 g) slicers with a remarkably sweet, juicy, and fruity flavor profile. Full summary ↓ Growers’ Notes … Read more
🍅 Quick take: Kozula 228 (formerly known under the working number KX 83) is a mid-season indeterminate variety from Poland. It produces stunning 7–10.5 oz (200–300 g) slicers with an ochre base and olive-green stripes. It is highly praised for its rich, bright aroma, reliable fruit set in tough weather, and excellent counter-ripening abilities. Full … Read more
🍅 Quick take: Kozula 24 is a stunning, mid-season indeterminate beefsteak that produces gorgeous purple, red, and green-striped tomatoes. Known for its strong, robust vines and reliable fruit set, it delivers juicy, meaty 10.5 oz (300 g) slicers with a balanced, sweet-and-tart complex flavor. Full summary ↓ 📑 Table of Contents Elena’s outdoor results Ilya’s … Read more
🍅 Quick take: Kazakh Schalavije is a mid-late, highly productive indeterminate bicolor beefsteak known for its disease resistance and ability to thrive in both cool and hot climates. The 12–18 oz (350–500 g) fruits are sweet, meaty, and uniquely long-lasting on the counter for a bicolor. Full summary ↓ 📑 Table of Contents Tiffany on … Read more
🍅 Quick take: King Pineapple is a massive, incredibly sweet indeterminate bicolor heirloom originally from Indiana. While it can be a bit late to set fruit and finicky depending on the season, when it’s happy, it produces huge 1–3 lb (450–1500 g) slicers with a rich, fruity flavor and thick, sturdy trusses. Full summary ↓ … Read more