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: Jackass Green Dwarf is a sturdy, knee-high plant with dark, rugose potato leaves that produces green-when-ripe fruits weighing around 5 oz. The flesh looks like a sliced kiwi and has a pleasantly tangy bite. Yields are generally average. Full summary ↓ Growers’ Notes and Photos M Melisssa (Natalia) ⭐ Novice (87 posts) … Read more
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🍅 Quick take: Jaune du lac de Bret is an indeterminate golden-yellow oxheart originally bred by a farmer near Lake Bret in Switzerland. It produces densely ribbed, conical hearts weighing 5.3-7 oz (150-200 g) and up. Growers rave about its structural beauty, sweet flavor, and lack of seeds. It’s also noted for having a remarkably … Read more
🍅 Quick take: IPK LYC 859 El Salvador is an indeterminate, mid-season, multi-purpose red plum tomato with a distinctive pointed tip. While the flavor is described as mild or slightly bland (making it better suited for processing or canning rather than fresh eating), its main standout feature is its massive yield. Growers report that this … Read more
🍅 Quick take: Irish Stripes is a mid-season, indeterminate regular-leaf variety that produces flashy red and green striped fruits weighing 6.3-10.5 oz (180-300 g). The dense, meaty flesh features a striking contrast between deep crimson meat and bright green gel in the seed locules. It delivers a classic, old-fashioned tomato flavor. While it produces average … Read more
🍅 Quick take: Indigo Rose is a famous anthocyanin-rich, indeterminate/semi-determinate cocktail tomato bred by Dr. Jim Myers at Oregon State University. It produces stunning dark purple-to-black fruits that weigh 1.2-2.5 oz (35-70 g). In this massive thread, growers debate its merits. While everyone agrees the plants are gorgeous and highly resistant to late blight, opinions … Read more
🍅 Quick take: Ilka is a rare, indeterminate, mid-season yellow oxheart with classic wispy foliage. It produces large, barrel-shaped hearts weighing 8.8-10.5 oz (250-300 g) and often much more. Growers praise it for its dense, meaty, almost seedless flesh, sweet old-fashioned flavor, and reliable fruit set in both heat and cold. Full summary ↓ Growers’ … Read more
🍅 Quick take: Ivory Tears is an indeterminate, wispy regular-leaf cherry tomato bred in Belgium by Philippe Vermeulen and Gerd Freyman. It produces stunning translucent ivory-white, teardrop-shaped fruits with an incredibly sweet, fruity flavor. Growers highlight its heavy yields right up until frost, total resistance to BER, and amazing taste that makes them disappear straight … Read more
🍅 Quick take: A super compact, low-maintenance determinate that maxes out around 16–20 inches tall. It pumps out 2 oz red cocktail tomatoes and shrugs off bad weather, but the flavor is strictly average. Great for containers! Full summary ↓ Growers’ Notes and Photos (USDA Zones 4 & 8 Experience) R Rodebielesumer (Elena) ⭐ Pro … Read more
🍅 Quick take: Homer’s German Oxheart is an indeterminate, late-season red oxheart. It produces large, slightly ribbed hearts with very few seeds and dense, buttery flesh. Growers note that while it isn’t an extremely heavy producer (averaging around 8 fruits per plant), the sheer size—most weighing around 14 oz (400 g)—and excellent, aromatic flavor make … Read more
🍅 Quick take: Hartsack Yellow is an indeterminate, mid-season bicolor beefsteak originating from the US. It is highly praised for being one of the earliest bicolors to ripen, producing gorgeous gold, orange, and pink fruits that rarely crack. Growers love its juicy texture and complex, balanced sweet flavor. An excellent, heavy-yielding slicer, though fruits picked … Read more
🍅 Quick take: Hartsack Purple is an indeterminate, mid-season regular leaf slicer. It produces large, dark pink oblate beefsteaks known for their unique shimmering skin and meaty, juicy flesh with tiny seed cavities. Growers report very good, balanced flavor and solid yields, especially in a greenhouse where the vigorous vines will easily reach the roof … Read more
🍅 Quick take: Hunk Purple is an indeterminate, mid-season potato leaf variety bred by Brad Gates of Wild Boar Farms (USA). It produces meaty, purple-black tomatoes weighing up to 5.3 oz (150 g). Despite slow germination and some early cold damage when grown outdoors, growers report that it reliably sets fruit all season long. It … Read more