Hay’s Tomato Review & Photos

Hay’s — Sourced my seeds for this variety from France. The vendor thinks it originally comes from Bulgaria.

Ran two plants, one in-ground and one under poly. Indet. Early, tough as nails (shrugged off the day/night temp swings like a champ). Has a super long harvest window. The maters are gorgeous raspberry-red oxhearts with an elongated, blunt tip, running about 7 to 10.5 oz (200-300 g). Even sitting in a massive pile of other oxhearts on the counter, this one stands out instantly because of that unique shape. Vendor specs said they could hit 14 to 17.5 oz (400-500 g), but mine didn’t size up quite that much. In my garden, this one checks all the boxes: excellent yield, resilience, and fantastic flavor. Became a huge favorite and my best find of the 2019 season.

Delicious, heavy-producing variety. Grew it under poly. As we got into fall, the late-season fruits actually sized up way bigger than the ones that set during the summer heat.

Been chasing this one for a while, and it definitely didn’t disappoint. Shoutout to Sofia (@Sofia 27) for the awesome seed mail!

And Lana is totally right — the lower trusses throw smaller fruit, but the ones higher up the vine get massive. Easily hitting 1 to 1.3 lbs (500-600 g). Kicking myself for not getting a picture of them on the scale. For an oxheart, the flavor profile is incredibly solid.

Fantastic pink mater. Heavy producer, tastes great.

Ran one plant under poly in 2021. Hay’s was super tasty and sweet, but yields were a bit on the low side for me – I’m blaming the extreme heat. The second the temps finally dropped down to a “reasonable” 95°F (+35°C), it suddenly started pumping out and sizing up fruit like crazy.