📌 Quick Summary (TL;DR): Hungarian Oval
- 🌍 Origin: A well-known international heirloom variety. In this thread, seeds were sourced from the famous Russian collector V. Redko.
- 🌿 Plant Habit: Indeterminate. Unlike many wispy oxheart varieties, this one has strong, vigorous vines. It produces heavily and responds well to being pruned to 2 main stems in a greenhouse.
- 🍅 Fruit Characteristics: Large, pink, heart-shaped (oval/oxheart) tomatoes. They grow in clusters of 4 to 7 fruits, weighing anywhere from 5.3 oz to 1.3 lbs (150-600 g). Highly crack-resistant.
- 👅 Flavor: Generally sweet and balanced, though it can lean toward the mild/bland side depending on your soil and weather.
- 💡 Growing Tip: Growers note that this variety is particularly potassium hungry. If you notice yellowing leaf margins or uneven ripening, be sure to hit it with a high-potassium fertilizer (like kelp meal, wood ash, or a dedicated tomato bloom feed).
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Seeds from V. Redko, growing it for the first time. I have one bush growing in each of my greenhouses. Indet (indeterminate), mid-season maturity. The plants aren’t wimpy at all, they are actually quite vigorous. The yield is excellent, 4-7 fruits per truss, heart-shaped, pink, pretty large. Fruit weight ranges from 5.3 to 21 oz (150 up to 600 g).
The fruits are tasty, even the very first ones had good flavor, not bland at all. The taste is balanced, you can really taste the sweetness. I liked the variety, will definitely try growing it again next year.
Early season. Grew it in the greenhouse. Pruned it to two stems. The yield is very good. Taste is sweet but a bit mild/bland. It didn’t crack. It is sensitive to a lack of potassium.
