Chernigovskiy Heirloom Tomato Reviews

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Quick Summary of Chernigovskiy

  • 🌍 Origin: A classic heirloom variety hailing from Eastern Europe (named after the historic city of Chernigov).
  • 🌿 Plant Habit: Indeterminate (tall), reaching around 2 meters (6.5 feet). Known for its excellent disease resistance and striking dark green foliage. Performs exceptionally well both in greenhouses and outdoors.
  • 🍅 Fruit Characteristics: Classic red beefsteaks. They grow absolutely massive—frequently reaching 1 kg (2.2 lbs) and beyond.
  • 👅 Flavor & Texture: The flesh is incredibly dense, thick, and very meaty with a low seed count. Superb, rich flavor that makes it a perfect slicer for summer salads.
  • Maturity: Mid-late to late season.
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Angelina ⭐ Pro Grower (11,078 posts)
📍 Unknown

This variety is simply a miracle! The fruits are huge, weighing up to one kg (2.2 lbs) and more, meaty, dense, delicious, and with very few seeds. The color is red. It is highly productive both in the greenhouse and out in the open garden, and it did not get sick at all. Mila, THANK YOU 😘 🌺🌺🌺🌺🌺

Massive red Chernigovskiy tomato on a scale
Large ribbed red beefsteak tomato

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Angelina ⭐ Pro Grower (11,078 posts)
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Meaty cross-section of Chernigovskiy tomato
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Tatunya (Tanya) ⭐ Pro Grower (13,818 posts)
📍 Istra district, Moscow Region (USDA Zone 4)

The color on the cut is so attractive! 👍

I used to grow a different Chernigovskiy strain before, and it had a pale pink color on the inside, which completely killed my appetite for it. The taste was average, although it was very early. I guess all early varieties are kind of like that?

Is this Red Chernigovskiy an early variety?

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Angelina ⭐ Pro Grower (11,078 posts)
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Hi Tanya 🌺 The color is red, and the ripening time is closer to late-season. The fruits are very meaty, dense, and delicious. The bush is tall, about two meters (6.5 ft). It’s a very good variety for salads, let me send you some seeds ✉️

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Tatunya (Tanya) ⭐ Pro Grower (13,818 posts)
📍 Istra district, Moscow Region (USDA Zone 4)

Oh boy. It’s already May! ))) Well, it’s good that it’s not an early one, now I understand. I try not to plant too many early varieties anyway, nor the heart-shaped ones.

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Marusha (Marina) 🌱 Member (393 posts)
📍 Unknown

Growing it outdoors in open ground, it gets sun until 2 PM. It’s a beautiful variety, you just can’t take your eyes off it. Huge scarlet fruits against the dark foliage… super!

Edited August 20, 2020 by Marusha


Tall Chernigovskiy tomato plant growing in open ground


Massive scarlet fruit of Chernigovskiy hanging on the vine


Dark green foliage and thick stems of the tomato plant

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Murka (Masha) ⭐ Pro Grower (9,357 posts)
📍 Nizhny Novgorod Region (USDA Zone 4)

The fruits are meaty, delicious, dense, and of my favorite bright red color. The flesh is very thick. The bush is tall, and the ripening time is closer to mid-late season.


Beautiful bright red Chernigovskiy tomato fruit


Sliced red tomato showing dense beefsteak flesh

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