Growers’ Notes and Photos (USDA Zone 4 Experience)
I got the seeds for this one from Popenko’s collection. His description lists it as an indeterminate, but in my greenhouse, it only reached a little over 3.3 feet (1 m) and self-topped.
The internodes are short, and it puts out a ton of blossom clusters, but the plant grows very slowly and takes its sweet time sizing up the fruit. I’d definitely call it a mid-season variety in my conditions.
But the yield is great, the fruits are large, and the flavor is your standard, classic tomato taste. It has complex trusses, holding 6-8 fruits per cluster. One of the trusses only had two tomatoes on it, but they were absolutely massive. It doesn’t push out a lot of suckers at all. I pruned it to 2 stems.
Edited January 12, 2013 by Tomatanya
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Full Summary: Plant, Yield, Taste and Vigor
- 🌿 Plant: Originally listed as indeterminate, but growers often find it acts like a semi-determinate, naturally self-topping around 3.3 ft (1 m). It features short internodes and sparse suckering, making it very easy to manage when pruned to 2 stems.
- 📈 Yield: Excellent. Despite growing slowly, it pushes out complex trusses that hold 6-8 large red tomatoes each.
- 👅 Taste: A solid, traditional tomato flavor. Meaty and dependable, great for slicing or processing.
- 🛡️ Vigor & Resilience: While it is not a fast grower and takes its time to bulk up the fruit, its compact stature and heavy fruit set make it an efficient use of greenhouse space.
