Heirloom Tomato Varieties & Reviews | Tomat-Pomidor
Honest reviews of global tomato varieties from a 15-year-old growers community.
🍅 Quick take: Honey Drop (Medovaya Kaplya) is a fiercely vigorous Indeterminate , ultra-sweet yellow pear/cherry tomato. Growers praise its candy-like flavor and late-season blight resistance, but warn that it throws suckers aggressively and takes up massive space. Full summary ↓ Growers’ Notes and Photos (USDA Zones 3-8 Experience) V Vestochka (Elena) 🍅 Member (247 … Read more
🍅 Quick take: Mary Robinson’s German is a superb mid-season, indeterminate bicolor heirloom beefsteak. Known for producing massive yellow fruits heavily marbled with red and pink, they easily average 14 oz (400g) and can be pushed to nearly 2 lbs (900g) under good conditions. The flavor profile is exceptionally sweet and fruity, with a dense, … Read more
The TL;DR: Peppermint is a stunning mid-season bicolor heirloom (yellow/orange with red marbling and stripes). Vines are generally Indeterminate to semi-determinate; well-behaved and sparse on suckers, reaching 5-7.5 ft (1.5-2.3m) depending on greenhouse or outdoor conditions. Yields are typically average, but the fruits are massive (14-24 oz) and visually gorgeous. The flavor profile is deeply … Read more
🍅 Quick take: Medovyi Spas (Honey Salvation) is a famous Russian commercial heirloom developed by Siberian breeders. It is an indeterminate, wispy-leafed variety that produces beautiful honey-orange, blunt heart or kidney-shaped beefsteaks. Growers across the board agree that it is one of the absolute best-tasting yellow/orange tomatoes available—boasting a dense, buttery, “pure meat” texture with … Read more
🍅 Quick take: Mango Django is a highly productive, indeterminate orange paste/plum variety featuring elongated fruits with a distinct point (often called “icicle” types by growers). The fruits typically weigh between 2 and 5 oz (60-150 g). The vine has wispy, downward-pointing foliage but is surprisingly vigorous, easily reaching the top of a greenhouse by … Read more
🍅 Quick take: Mandalay is a highly unique indeterminate variety known for its fuzzy (pubescent) foliage and upright branches that resemble a date palm. It produces dense, meaty, orange fruits (often with a reddish interior) weighing 7-17.5 oz (200-500 g). Most growers praise its sweet, rich flavor and excellent disease resistance. However, it is extremely … Read more
🍅 Quick take: Minusinskoe Mango (Minusinsk Mango) is a mid-season, indeterminate heirloom from the famous Minusinsk region in Siberia. It produces large, oblate, pale yellow fruits with beautiful pink blushing at the blossom end, usually weighing between 7 and 16 oz (200-450 g). Growers rave about its sweet, honey-like, exotic fruit flavor and its buttery … Read more
🍅 Quick take: Martha Logan is a mid-early, potato leaf (PL) indeterminate beefsteak. Though often sold as a yellow tomato, it typically ripens into a stunning yellow-and-pink bicolor. Growers praise its vigorous, disease-resistant vines and consistently large, sweet fruits ranging from 7 oz to 1.3 lbs (200-600 g). Full summary ↓ Growers’ Notes and Photos … Read more
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🍅 Quick take: Medovukha (Mead) is a mid-season, indeterminate red-and-orange bicolor beefsteak bred by Valdis Pulniņš. It produces massive, meaty, flat-round fruits that frequently reach over 2 lbs (1 kg), known for their incredibly sweet and juicy flavor profile. Full summary ↓ Growers’ Notes and Photos I Irina Volga (Irina Rubleva) 🍅 Member (902 posts) … Read more
At a Glance: Meat Breakfast Tomato (Myasnoy Zavtrak) 🍅 Quick take: Myasnoy Zavtrak (Meat Breakfast) is a mid-season, indeterminate orange beefsteak variety. It produces massive, oblate, meaty fruits that can reach over 2 lbs (1 kg). Growers praise its phenomenal sweet flavor and vigorous vines, though experiences with yield and storage shelf life are somewhat … Read more
🍅 Quick take: Liqueur F1 is an early-season, indeterminate orange cocktail tomato from Russian breeder Lyubov Myazina. While the packet says the fruits average 1 oz (25 g), greenhouse growers report them easily doubling in size to 1.5-1.8 oz (45-50 g). The vine is well-behaved with sparse foliage and responds great to being pruned to … Read more
🍅 Quick take: Moonlight Delight (Lunnyi Vostorg) is a heavy-yielding yellow oxheart tomato. While plant heights seem to vary (some report compact determinate bushes, others indeterminate vines), it consistently produces massive, meaty slicers weighing up to 19 oz (550 g) with a sweet, mild, low-acid flavor. The main drawback reported by growers is its incredibly … Read more