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: The Legend tomato discussed here is a determinate red slicer, but growers report highly inconsistent traits. While some get a tall potato leaf plant with large 10.5 oz (300 g) fruits, others get a rugged, dark-foliage plant with flat fruits. Despite the seed mix-ups, growers who harvested it absolutely praise its standout … Read more
🍅 Quick take: Labrador Improved (Labrador Uluchshenniy) is an early-season, no-prune determinate bush tomato. Growers praise it for being extremely reliable, heavily yielding, and having a great old-fashioned acidic tang that beats anything you can buy at the store. It thrives outdoors and produces early harvests. Full summary ↓ Growers’ Notes and Photos (USDA Zone … Read more
🍅 Quick take: Lev Minusinskiy (Minusinsk Lion) is a striking, heavily ribbed, indeterminate heirloom from the famous Minusinsk region of Siberia. Producing large, meaty beefsteaks often weighing well over 10.5 oz (300 g), growers praise its rich, sweet flavor and excellent shelf life. While the flesh is thick and dense, some slices may reveal hollow … Read more
🍅 Quick take: Longhorn is an indeterminate, early-to-mid-season oxheart originating from the US. It produces stunning elongated hearts in a deep purple-pink color with olive-green shoulders. Averaging up to 10.5 oz (300 g), the fruits are practically seedless, incredibly meaty, and boast a rich, sweet, and complex flavor. Growers rave about its massive yields and … Read more
🍅 Quick take: Lithuanian Crested Pink is a wispy-leafed, indeterminate heirloom that produces massive, meaty pink hearts weighing up to 14 oz (400 g). It is famous for throwing two different fruit shapes on the same vine: pointy hearts and flatter, ribbed “crested” hearts. While growers rave about its dense, sweet flesh and heavy yields, … Read more
🍅 Quick take: Lemon Slices (Limonnye Dolki) is a striking, elongated yellow-orange tomato marketed by the Russian seed company Aelita. Growers absolutely love its firm, sliceable texture and exceptionally sweet, fruit-like flavor profile. Interestingly, there is a strong consensus among gardeners that this might actually be a rebranded version of the popular variety Mango Django. … Read more
🍅 Quick take: Landshuter Riese is an indeterminate German heirloom that produces massive, incredibly tender pink oxhearts. Originally from Lower Bavaria and popularized by legendary seed collector Reinhard Kraft, this tall vine is praised for its long harvest window, excellent disease resistance, and nearly seedless, sweet flesh. While it can be a bit slow to … Read more
🍅 Quick take: Lopatinskie is a highly productive, large-fruited variety that is the subject of a massive seed-source split in the gardening community. Growers buying commercial packets (usually from Siberian Garden / SibSad) often get a short determinate bush producing red fruits. Meanwhile, seeds passed around by private collectors usually result in a tall indeterminate … Read more
🍅 Quick take: Lariska’s Heart (Lariskino Serdtse) is an indeterminate, early-producing pink oxheart that sets beautiful, firm fruits weighing up to 10.5 oz (300 g). Growers praise it for its dense, sweet, nearly seedless flesh and its impressive ability to set fruit consistently all the way up the vine. Full summary ↓ Growers’ Notes and … Read more
🍅 Quick take: Lyana is a very common determinate bush variety popular across Eastern Europe, heavily marketed as an early, reliable producer for outdoor growing. Available in Red, Pink, and Raspberry variants, it produces uniform, slightly faceted fruits perfect for canning. While some growers swear by it as their absolute earliest, most dependable workhorse, others … Read more
🍅 Quick take: Curious Chichiko is an indeterminate red paste variety known for its distinct elongated shape featuring a prominent, thick beak. Weighing in at 3.5-5 oz, these firm, crack-resistant plums have a surprisingly sweet, sparkling watermelon-like texture inside. With an excellent shelf life and the perfect shape for standing upright in mason jars, it … Read more
🍅 Quick take: Lentyayka (which translates to “Lazybones” or “Slacker”) is a highly popular determinate red heart variety bred by Siberian Garden. Marketed as a low-maintenance bush for outdoor growing that requires zero pruning, it produces surprisingly massive fruits weighing up to 1.5 lbs. While some growers praise it as an early, heavy-yielding workhorse, others … Read more