Dwarf Uluru Ochre Tomato Review

So far, the tastiest of what I’ve tried this season: VERY SWEET, with a barely perceptible tartness. The flesh is dense and juicy, I just really, really liked it. In addition, the variety is incredibly beautiful, a true ochre color, plus there are faint stripes showing through from the inside. The yield is also decent, but I will make my final conclusion at the end of the season.

There is only one such large fruit on the bush, the rest are around 300-400 grams (10.5-14 oz), and there are a couple of smaller fruits.

Edited August 8, 2016 by Drosera

Hello! Is this variety from the “Dwarf” series? What kind of leaf does it have, and what is the height?

Irina, good night. Yep, it is exactly from that series.

The leaf is regular (rugose), but I can barely bring my tongue to call it a dwarf—in the greenhouse, the bush reached about 1.5 meters (5 ft) in height, and the wingspan of the leaves is like a pterodactyl. It’s narrower, of course, than full-fledged indeterminates, but it is not compact at all.

My Uluru Ochre grew outdoors in open ground. From mid-July, I had to cover it with plastic film due to endless rains. It was 80 cm (2.6 ft) tall, with dense, rugose (wrinkled) leaves on short, thick petioles. The main stems had short internodes and a massive amount of everything—flower trusses, fruit sets, suckers, and leaves. The fruits were no smaller than 200g (7 oz) and no larger than 350g (12 oz), but there were many of them. As you can clearly see in Masha’s photos, the seed locules are small and located right under the skin, while the rest is deliciously tender, melting flesh with a rich taste.

It is slightly later than Sleeping Lady and Rosella Purple (Pink Passion), but much larger-fruited. I liked it very much!

I grew 2 bushes, one in open ground, the second in the greenhouse. The outdoor one was much more productive. I really liked the taste—it’s not simple, just like its appearance! 🙂 The tomato is from the Dwarf Tomato Project. Rugose leaf. The color of the fruit when ripe is ochre, meaty, 200-350g (7-12 oz). The taste is very pleasant, sweet with a fruity note.

The variety grew outdoors, the bush is a typical stocky dwarf. The fruits are quite large, 200-300g (7-10.5 oz). It kept bearing fruit until the very end 👍. When other varieties outdoors were hit by late blight (phytophthora), this dwarf didn’t even get sick! The fruits have a great shelf life and store well!

Girls, how long do the seeds of this variety take to germinate? Mine were sown a week ago and there’s not a peep (no signs of life).

I’m starting to get nervous…

I really wanted to grow this tomato…

I will also be growing this variety this year. Mine germinated just like all the other varieties, on the 3rd-4th day.

Just as I complained on the forum about my Uluruchka, it went ahead and popped up! So far only one little sprout.

There is hope that I will still manage to grow this beautiful and delicious thing.

What an unappetizing look. I don’t want this one.

The dwarf Wild Fred has just a killer taste… I grew that one.

I hope this one is no worse.

Anyway, dwarfs rock! 👏

But I like the look of it—it’s exotic, after all. Too bad I didn’t buy the seeds—I messed up 😡. At least I’m growing other dwarfs 📝.

Out of 100 varieties, this was the tastiest—sweet, buttery, and the sweetness remains even when ripened indoors off the vine. Productive, spreading bush, it needs constant pruning (suckering) and leaf thinning, otherwise, it turns into a jungle inside, leading to fungal diseases. And the color is beautiful. But it is not a mid-season, rather a late-mid season; if you plant it earlier, the yield will be excellent because it keeps setting fruit until the bitter end. The only thing is, it wasn’t very disease-resistant for me.

A very worthy variety. Tasty, productive, buttery, and the color is very interesting. It has been added to my permanent grow list.

Cross section.
I couldn’t find a photo of just it alone. The 4 tomatoes on the right are Dwarf Uluru Ochre.

This was the only dwarf I have grown so far, and I haven’t regretted it one bit.
Thanks to Lidia for the seeds.
I sowed them in late February. They took a long time to germinate.
I grew four bushes, all in the greenhouse. The height was about 1.2 m (4 ft).
Weights varied: from 100g (3.5 oz) up to over 600g (21 oz).
I really liked the spicy-sweet taste.
Good harvest.
The fruits in the trusses are located very tightly against each other; it’s difficult to cut a tomato without injuring its unripe neighbors on the truss.

I adore this tomato, tasty, productive, and trouble-free. Though I didn’t have any weighing 600g (21 oz). It grew outdoors.

Lidusha, what an interesting tomato! Especially surprised by the cross-section—what color is the flesh, yellow or rather greenish?

Edited December 26, 2017 by Drosera

Galochka, it depends on the stage of ripeness. The flesh is an ochre color, lighter toward the edges than in the middle. Oh… I would gladly eat this tomato right now 😋😋.

The bush in the greenhouse was medium-tall, up to 1.3 meters (4.3 ft) in height. The variety is productive, mid-season ripening. The fruits are medium-sized, oblate, orange (ochre) in color. Very tasty, juicy, and sweet.

Uluru Ochre was sown on February 25, and we tasted the first ripe fruit on July 26. I think that’s normal. It grew in an 8-liter (2-gallon) pot. During the day it was outside in the sun, and during cold weather, we carried it into the greenhouse. By the way, it didn’t get sick with anything, unlike its sibling that grew directly in the greenhouse soil. On average, it produced about 10 large tomatoes with a truly vibrant flavor. The girls here were looking for something similar in taste among regular (non-Dwarf) varieties and couldn’t find anything. I liked it very much, will repeat.

Edited December 4, 2018 by Kirina

I also really liked this variety. Two bushes grew in large pots, height about 60 cm (24 inches), no pruning/suckering. Both the bushes themselves and the fruits (up to 250g / 9 oz) were very beautiful. And what a rich flavor! Mid-season, it fully ripened on the bush, quite productive. The pots were kept in the greenhouse at the beginning and end of the season and during heavy rains; the rest of the time they were outdoors.

Among non-Dwarf varieties with a similar taste, the variety Nizami (indeterminate) comes to mind. If you ate it with your eyes closed, you wouldn’t even realize it’s a tomato. Also very tasty, rich with various nuances.

The tastiest of all my dwarfs, very beautiful and productive. Grew in the greenhouse.

My most favorite dwarf of the 2018 season. Very tasty, will definitely repeat in 2019. Outdoors, the bushes were 0.8 m (2.6 ft) tall, sturdy. The yield was decent, there were no small fruits at all.

How on earth have I not shown my favorite of this season yet?! It grew in a polycarbonate greenhouse on the sunny side. I pruned it up to the first truss, and then it formed itself. It’s not arrogant (doesn’t take up too much space), it’s a dwarf, after all. Beautiful, large, tasty! I want to repeat it so much!

I found another photo.

And here we are just little babies (seedlings).

Repeating it from last year)