Growers’ Notes and Photos (USDA Zone 4 Experience)
Green-when-ripe variety from the Dwarf Tomato Project. Turned out productive for me, height up to 2.6 ft (80 cm). Sowed the seeds late, so it only started fruiting in August. Fruits are large and sweet.
Edited February 5, 2017 by Drosera
Very tasty tomato. Large-fruited, yet puts out a solid yield. Outdoors in the dirt it gets to about 3.3 ft (1 m). Really love it!
Edited January 31, 2019 by irysska
The discovery of the season! Got the seeds from Belka.
Grew one bush in the greenhouse and one outdoors. The greenhouse one started ripening a bit earlier, the bush was a little over 3.3 ft (1 m). Outdoors it was about 3.3 ft (1 m), BUT! even with the kind of summer we had, the outdoor yield was actually higher. Taste-wise: tender, sweet but not cloying. Appearance-wise: ugly, lumpy beefsteaks. So it’s basically ugly on the outside, delicious on the inside. Only one downside, probably typical for all greens, they don’t keep well.
Edited August 20, 2019 by Podmoskvichka
I wouldn’t say it’s particularly ugly. Except maybe to people who aren’t familiar with green-when-ripe tomatoes.
Grew it for the first time this year. The variety turned out to be fairly early (I’d had bad luck with dwarfs before because they were so late), just like it said on the Batatovye Kuschi site where I bought the seeds.
My yield was average, but the fruits are incredibly tasty. Turned out to be relatively resistant to the leaf mold that’s raging in my greenhouse right now. Overall, really liked the variety.
Unfortunately, my country house internet won’t let me upload photos.
Full Summary: Plant, Yield, Taste and Storage
- 🌿 Plant: A dwarf variety reaching about 2.6-3.3 ft (80-100 cm) in height. It performs well both in greenhouses and outdoors, with some growers reporting even better yields out in the open dirt despite poor summer weather.
- 📈 Yield & Season: Generally productive. Ariya found it to be a fairly early ripener compared to other dwarfs, though overall yields can vary from average to high.
- 👅 Taste: The large green beefsteaks are tender and sweet without being cloying. While some find their lumpy shape unattractive, the flavor consistently gets high marks.
- 📦 Storage: Poor shelf life. Like many green-when-ripe varieties, the fruits turn soft quickly after ripening and do not store well.
- 🛡️ Disease Resistance: Good resistance to leaf mold (Cladosporium) when grown in a greenhouse environment.
- 🌎 Who Reviewed It: Four growers contributed to this thread, located in USDA Zone 4.
