Heirloom Tomato Varieties & Reviews | Tomat-Pomidor
Honest reviews of global tomato varieties from a 15-year-old growers community.
Welcome to one of the most unique and comprehensive tomato databases on the English-speaking web. This catalog isn’t based on generic seed packet descriptions—it is built entirely on the real, hands-on experience of everyday gardeners.
For over a decade, thousands of growers have shared their successes, failures, and harvest photos on one of the oldest and largest Russian-speaking gardening forums. We have taken this massive, multi-year knowledge base and carefully translated and summarized the very best of it for you.
What you will find in our catalog:
Whether you are looking for a bulletproof hybrid for a short season, an exotic anthocyanin variety, or the sweetest beefsteak you’ve ever tasted, the collective experience of our gardening community will help you find the perfect seed for your next harvest. Browse our subcategories below to explore!
🍅 Quick take: Lithium Sunset is a stunning mid-season, indeterminate bicolor tomato bred by Fred Hempel. It produces gorgeous 7-14 oz (200-400 g) yellow-orange fruits with red striping and a pearlescent sheen. Growers praise its sturdy vines, meaty texture, and good shelf life, which is a rarity for bicolors. While most find it sweet and … Read more
🍅 Quick take: Largo de Jauja is a mid-season, indeterminate heirloom (noted here as originating from Spain) that produces long, meaty red plum tomatoes. Growers love it for its fantastic keeping qualities and versatile culinary use. It sets heavy yields of 3.5-7 oz (100-200 g) fruits with very few seeds and almost no gel, making … Read more
🍅 Quick take: Livingston’s Yellow Oxheart is an indeterminate, mid-season heirloom with a rich history dating back to 1929. It produces gorgeous golden-yellow, heart-shaped fruits with classic wispy foliage. Growers praise its meaty, buttery texture and complex, sweet flavor. While yields tend to be average, the outstanding taste and nearly seedless flesh make it a … Read more
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Quick Take: Lucille Tillson is an indeterminate, mid-season pink oxheart/elongated plum that can produce massive, meaty fruits up to 17.6 oz (500 g). Most growers praise it as a sweet, old-fashioned tasting workhorse that yields heavily. However, it can be a bit fickle depending on the weather and is noticeably prone to blossom end rot … Read more
Quick Take: Lucid Gem is a visually stunning Brad Gates indeterminate antho-bicolor (orange with purple shoulders and red marbling inside). Reviews show its flavor is highly weather-dependent: it can pack an incredibly sweet, intense punch of tropical/lemonade flavor when temps are balanced, but hot days coupled with very cold nights can make it taste like … Read more
🍅 Quick take: K 55-62 (also circulated as Mexican Green) is a mid-season, indeterminate green-when-ripe beefsteak. It produces sturdy, relatively slim vines and yields large, oblate fruits. Growers note that it has a classic GWR flavor profile: mild, very sweet, and lacking strong acidity, drawing comparisons to the famous Malakhitovaya Shkatulka. Full summary ↓ Growers’ … Read more
🍅 Quick take: KBX is the famous potato-leaf version of Kellogg’s Breakfast. It is a vigorous, indeterminate vine producing massive, bright orange beefsteaks. In this thread, growers debate its ripening time—some find it significantly earlier than regular Kellogg’s Breakfast, while others consider it a late-season variety. Taste reviews are split: many call it their absolute … Read more
🍅 Quick take: K 565-08 (and its long alphanumeric string) is a working title for a mid-late, compact tree-type (rugose) breeding line by Ukrainian breeder Maxim Gurin. Growing to only 1.5 ft (45 cm) tall, it produces beautiful, bright red tomatoes with a smudgy purple anthocyanin blush weighing up to 7 oz (200 g). Growers … Read more
🍅 Quick take: Kozula 126 Czarny Lagodny is a mid-late Polish dark tomato from Anna Kozula’s breeding lines. The plants stay relatively short, around 3 ft (1 m). The original strain produces heavy trusses of very firm, meaty, and sweet dark fruits weighing up to 8.8 oz (250 g). Growers note that it produces very … Read more
🍅 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: K 25-56 is a highly productive, compact determinate bush variety. The plant stays very short, around 16 inches (40 cm), making it great for tight spaces or containers. The fruits are small, dark burgundy-purple tomatoes weighing about 2.5-3.2 oz (70-90 g). Growers report excellent, rich flavor and a very long shelf life, … Read more