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: Guker’s Special is an indeterminate, mid-season Potato Leaf variety that produces medium to large pink beefsteaks. Growers praise its incredibly well-balanced, meaty flavor that combines a nice sweetness with a pleasant tang. It performs well outdoors, consistently setting fruit, though extreme summer heat can temporarily slow down production. Full summary ↓ Growers’ … Read more
🍅 Quick take: Great White is a mid-season, indeterminate heirloom that produces massive, oblate white fruits with a delicate pale yellow hue and sometimes a pinkish blush. Growers highlight its extremely mild, low-acid flavor, which some find incredibly sweet and delicious, while others find a bit bland compared to stronger-tasting varieties. It is a vigorous, … Read more
🍅 Quick take: Goldie is a classic, large indeterminate heirloom that produces massive, sweet, golden-orange beefsteaks with a fruity aroma. While the true variety is known to be Regular Leaf (RL), this thread highlights an interesting discussion where one grower raised a Potato Leaf (PL) version from older seeds that still produced perfectly authentic-looking fruits. … Read more
🍅 Quick take: Grosse Serge is an indeterminate, mid-season red beefsteak known for producing incredibly massive, hefty fruits. Growers rave about its perfectly balanced, sweet flavor and very meaty, deep-oblate fruits that contain almost no seeds. While yields are generally solid despite the sheer size of the tomatoes, the exceptional taste and long harvest window … Read more
🍅 Quick take: Great White x P20 F5 is an indeterminate anthocyanin cross that produces stunning butter-colored fruits with dark shoulders. Growers praise its incredibly sweet, acid-free flavor, crack resistance, and long shelf life. While it performs exceptionally well and sets fruit consistently for most, some note that it can be quite late to ripen, … Read more
🍅 Quick take: George Detsikas’ Italian Red is an indeterminate heirloom that originated in Italy and was preserved by George Detsikas for 25 years. Growers rave about its outstanding, intense old-fashioned flavor and sweet, meaty, tender flesh. Despite its large size, it ripens surprisingly early, even in cold climates like Siberia. The only noted drawback … Read more
🍅 Quick take: Green Sky Reacher is a mid-season, indeterminate green-when-ripe tomato bred by Tom Wagner. Growers highlight its outstanding reliability, as it sets fruit in every truss without dropping blossoms. The medium-sized, crack-resistant fruits feature a thin skin and deep green flesh that is prized for being incredibly creamy, tender, and sweet. Full summary … Read more
🍅 Quick take: Grandma Oliver’s Chocolate is an indeterminate, mid-season dark tomato originally introduced by Marianna’s Heirloom Seeds in 2009. It’s a cross between Grandma Oliver Green and an unknown black variety. Growers praise its stunning chocolate-brick color with green shoulders, and its incredibly sweet, acid-free flavor. While it is highly disease-resistant and produces well … Read more
🍅 Quick take: Giganta Zenta Semi (Giant Seedless) is an indeterminate, mid-season Italian heirloom that produces large, heavy red beefsteaks. The name is likely a variation of the Italian Gigante Senza Semi, which perfectly describes its incredibly meaty, low-seed flesh. Growers here praise its solid yields and well-balanced, old-fashioned tomato flavor completely free of fruity … Read more
🍅 Quick take: Green Copia is a stunning, indeterminate green-and-red bicolor tomato. Growers rave about its incredibly sweet, fruity flavor that tastes almost exotic. However, it requires patience as it is notably late to ripen, and a few growers reported low yields, susceptibility to sunscald in the greenhouse, and severe vulnerability to late blight if … Read more
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🍅 Quick take: Green Brandy is a relatively rare, mid-season indeterminate green tomato from the USA. It produces highly vigorous, sturdy vines that set clusters of small, 2.5-3.5 oz (70-100 g) yellowish-green striped fruits. Growers praise it for its sweet, fruity flavor and excellent crack resistance, making it a fantastic choice for whole-fruit canning. Full … Read more
🍅 Quick take: Graf Batthyany is a mid-season, indeterminate heirloom from the USA. It produces highly vigorous, thick-stemmed plants that easily pump out over 11 lbs of meaty slicers per vine. However, growers caution that it is a heavy feeder that can easily suffer from nitrogen toxicity if over-fertilized. While the yield and texture are … Read more