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: Mikado Shtambovyi (Mikado Dwarf) is an incredibly rugged, early-season tree-type dwarf with thick potato-leaf foliage. A legend since the Soviet era for its ability to produce early crops in cold northern regions, this variety thrives completely unprotected outdoors. It produces heavy yields of uniform, 4-5 oz (120-140 g) red fruits that fully … Read more
🍅 Quick take: Margarita F1 is a highly reliable, early-mid season indeterminate commercial hybrid. It produces 5 oz (150 g) red salad tomatoes with thin skins and good flavor. Its standout feature is absolute bulletproof resistance to leaf mold (Cladosporium), which keeps the foliage green and healthy long after other greenhouse varieties have died off. … Read more
🍅 Quick take: Markhotskaya Kist (Markhotsk Cluster) is a tall, mid-late season indeterminate variety known for producing stunning, pearlescent raspberry-pink plum tomatoes weighing 2-3.5 oz (60-100 g). It is highly regarded for its excellent disease resistance and ability to resist splitting even during prolonged, heavy rains. While commercial descriptions boast of a “gourmet” flavor, forum … Read more
🍅 Quick take: M16 (Saraev) is a highly rugged, cold-tolerant indeterminate vine that produces impressive 10.5-17.5 oz (300-500 g) red beefsteaks. Bred specifically to handle temperature swings, it doesn’t drop blossoms during cold snaps or heatwaves. Growers praise it for its perfectly balanced, old-school tomato flavor, long harvest window, and ability to keep producing heavy … Read more
🍅 Quick take: Mickey Mouse Red is an ultra-compact, early-season micro-dwarf cherry tomato that is absolutely perfect for indoor container gardening. Topping out at just 1.5 ft (0.5 m) tall, it produces heavy yields of firm, glossy 1 oz (30 g) red cherries. Growers love it for winter windowsill projects, noting its classic tangy tomato … Read more
🍅 Quick take: Mashenka is a highly confusing variety name because multiple Russian seed companies sell entirely different tomatoes under this exact same label. Depending on the vendor, it might be a 7 oz (200 g) red slicer or a massive 1.3 lb (600 g) pink beefsteak. Unfortunately, grower feedback on the forum is largely … Read more
🍅 Quick take: Mechta-2 (Dream-2) is a very rugged, early-season determinate variety that thrives outdoors. It produces 7-9 oz (200-250 g) lemon-yellow beefsteaks that develop a distinct red “star” or blush on the blossom end when fully ripe. Growers highly praise it for being extremely low-maintenance, setting fruit reliably even in partial shade or bad … Read more
🍅 Quick take: Miss Kennedy is a tall, indeterminate variety that produces dark, chocolate-colored oval/plum tomatoes. It has a very long fruiting season and sets reliable clusters of firm, meaty fruits. While fruit size can vary from a jumbo chicken egg up to 7 oz (200 g), growers agree that the dense, dark flesh and … Read more
🍅 Quick take: Medovo-Sakharnyi (Honey Sugar) is a yellow/orange determinate tomato known for its exceptionally sweet, sugary flavor. Results are highly mixed: some growers found it to be their sweetest, absolute favorite variety of the season, while others struggled with wimpy vines, dismal yields, and extreme susceptibility to sunscald and BER. Fruit sizes also varied … Read more
🍅 Quick take: Missouri is a mid-late season determinate paste tomato highly praised for its firm, thick-walled fruits that don’t get rubbery or “rock-hard” like some commercial canning types. The bushes grow up to 3-4 ft (1-1.2 m) tall and produce heavy yields of mildly sweet, low-acid red tomatoes perfect for processing, juicing, or eating … Read more
🍅 Quick take: Meksikanets Rozovyi (Mexican Pink) is a highly productive, mid-season indeterminate pink heirloom. It produces large, oval-shaped fruits weighing 10.5-14 oz (300-400 g) with firm, sweet, and aromatic flesh. While it stays relatively compact for an indet (around 5 ft / 1.5 m), it performs exceptionally well both in northern greenhouses and outdoors … Read more
🍅 Quick take: Minusinskie Shary (Minusinsk Globes) is a red, indeterminate heirloom from the famous Minusinsk region in Siberia. It produces large, blunt heart-shaped tomatoes on vines with classic wispy foliage. While one grower praised its meaty, sweet flesh, another noted that the fruits were very juicy but had disappointingly thin walls. Full summary ↓ … Read more