Quick Summary of Heart of Compassion (Serdtse Dobroty)
- 🌍 Origin: An Eastern European heirloom. The name translates beautifully to “Heart of Compassion” (Serdtse Dobroty). Distributed by well-known private seed collectors like Valentina Redko.
- 🌿 Plant Habit: Indeterminate (tall). It is a late-season variety, requiring a longer growing period to reach full maturity.
- 🍅 Fruit Characteristics: Classic, beautiful oxheart-shaped tomatoes. Unlike many traditional oxhearts that turn mushy very quickly, growers note that this variety has a surprisingly good shelf life and stores relatively well after picking.
- 👅 Performance: Yields can vary based on growing conditions. While outdoor growers report average yields, those growing it in a greenhouse (closed ground) report high productivity combined with excellent flavor.
Tall (indeterminate), late-season variety. Beautiful and very meaty fruits, weighing 250-350g (8.8-12.3 oz). The taste changed from the bottom truss to the top one — from sour to bland.
The variety Heart of Compassion is from V. Redko’s seeds. Indeterminate (tall), late-season ripening, the yield was average, the fruits are oxheart-shaped. Compared to other oxheart varieties, it stores and keeps quite well after picking.
An excellent variety, highly productive and very tasty, grew in a greenhouse.
