Iceberg (Aisberg) Ribbed Tomato Review

I bought the seeds for this tomato from V.F. Syrai. Here is what he writes about it: “Bush: 1.5 – 1.8 m (5-6 ft). Fruit – red, very large pear-shaped plum/pouch, weighing 200 – 400 g (7-14 oz). Among similar shapes, it stands out like the ‘Tsar Bell’, possessing an amazing taste, melon-like flesh, and very high yield.”

I liked this tomato in every aspect: appearance, yield, and a taste with pronounced sweetness. The fruit is firm and meaty, although there are plenty of seeds in the locules. The bush itself grew very tall in my greenhouse, but it set fruit all the way to the very top. Syrai grows his in the south outdoors and claims 1.8m, so in our northern region, you should expect that height in a greenhouse.

I compared the fruits with famous pouch-shaped varieties like Puzata Khata and 100 Pudov: they look similar at first, but as they swell, you can see the difference—Aisberg is somewhat wider/stretched horizontally, which is clearly visible in the first photo and the photos from Syrai.

Judging by the ripening time, it is not an early variety. I sowed seeds on March 10th, and it started ripening by mid-July. The trusses had 2-3 fruits if they were huge (up to 350g/12 oz), or up to 7 fruits if they were smaller.

And here are the photos from V.F. Syrai:

Sorry, for some reason I couldn’t get the photos from the breeder to upload properly 😳

??? The one with that name from the SeDeK seed company is completely different… 🤦‍♀️

Galochka, could you please show us a slice/cross-section?

I was just eating it for lunch right now: there are a lot of seeds, but enough “meat” too. I got so carried away eating it that I completely forgot to save seeds for my seed fund 😂 In short, it’s great for lovers of pouch-shaped tomatoes 👍

Galochka 🌸🌸🌸👍, very beautiful shape, but how does the taste compare to similar ribbed varieties?

Marisha, my favorite 100 Pudov is less sweet, but firmer. For some reason, it didn’t do very well for me this year, whereas last year it was solid meat.

I’ll try to do a proper tasting of Puzata Khata today 😂

I love the color 👍

It will be great for juice – so bright.

This year, the Aisberg variety from the SeDeK company absolutely blew me away 😳. Super high yielding 🙌. It’s early, but despite that, it is very tasty, juicy, and sweet 😋 (but not cloyingly so). This is a variety for a guaranteed harvest 👍. Absolutely unfussy and disease-resistant. It doesn’t need pruning and stays short. I just really, really liked it 👍👍👍. I am definitely keeping it forever 😘.

Galya-64 said:
I was just eating it for lunch right now: there are a lot of seeds, but enough “meat” too… In short, it’s great for lovers of pouch-shaped tomatoes 👍

Galochka, that is an unrealistically beautiful tomato! 👍

And I have Aisberg from V. Redko. I wonder how it will turn out in 2015?

There are clearly two types of Aisbergs circulating here: one is ribbed, and the other is just a regular round tomato.

Mine had the pouch shape too. Tasty and beautiful. But the yield was quite poor for me. My seeds were from someone on the forum.

I planted Aisberg from V. Redko—just ordinary, small, round tomatoes with an average taste, early.

It really reminds me of Pink Accordion (Akkordeon Rozovyi). 😳

Galya-64 said:
I bought the seeds for this tomato from V.F. Syrai…

Galya, thank you for the seeds! 🌸
The variety is super, I loved its beauty, taste 😋, and yield! 👍 It grew in the greenhouse pruned to 2 stems. It set fruit so heavily at the top that it eventually collapsed under its own weight, snapping all the support ties 😝 Average weight was 200-300g (7-10.5 oz).

Svetlana, could you please tell me… what is the ripening time for your Aisberg?

I also want to thank Galyushka for this wonderful variety 🌸🌸🌸😘😘😘 I sowed it on March 27-28 and transplanted it into my poly greenhouse on May 20.

So I understand it is mid-season? I’m just picking out late varieties right now and I need the info. 🌸

VALENTINA/Abakan said:
Svetlana, could you please tell me… what is the ripening time?

Mid-season. In the greenhouse, the entire crop managed to ripen on the vine; I sowed it sometime in early March.

It shot up right to the ceiling. Didn’t get sick at all. Beautiful and large. But this summer, it didn’t show itself in all its glory. I need to repeat it. It was growing in a less-than-ideal spot.

I loved this variety!
Grew it both in the greenhouse and outdoors—excellent results in both places 👍

In the greenhouse, I pruned it to two leaders—it set everything… I honestly could have let it run to 3-4 stems. Furthermore, the fruits didn’t get smaller at the top of the plant; the weight stayed around 200-300g (7-10.5 oz). Outdoors they were even larger, but there I pruned it to a single stem. As for maturity, it acted as an early variety for me…

How tall does it get in a greenhouse?

gortenziya said:
How tall does it get in a greenhouse?

Unlimited growth. When it reached the roof, I started bending the vines horizontally, and it kept setting fruit up there too. I topped the vines (cut off the growing tips) at the end of the season so the last fruits could bulk up. By then, the vines were probably well over 2 meters (6.5 ft) long.

I repeated this wonderful variety—beautiful, productive, and tasty!

Aisberg is going on my permanent grow list. At first, it seemed like it hadn’t set much fruit. But when I trimmed the leaves—wow, I found so many hidden in there! Unfortunately, no photos. Weighed around 300-350 grams (10.5-12 oz), and I counted only 7 seeds inside! There are almost no seed cavities. It’s solid meat… but it just drips with juice!!! The flesh is so juicy. The taste seemed like a classic, old-fashioned tomato flavor. We happily ate every ripe one we got.

A very good variety! I grew it for the first time in 2014 from Galya-64’s seeds. I liked it, and everyone I shared seeds with liked it too.

I repeated it in 2020.

I grew 2 plants: one in the greenhouse, one outdoors. In the greenhouse, it went on strike a bit and dropped the first blossoms, but then it started setting fruit. It grew to the ceiling, found a gap, and crawled outside. Now it is towering over the roof of the greenhouse with a bunch of tiny tomatoes on it… I left it just for fun, in case October turns out warm.

Outdoors, it showed very good yields, with no skipped trusses.

The fruits are meaty, deep red, and tasty.

Katrinka said:
Outdoors, it showed very good yields, with no skipped trusses.

How tall did it get for you outdoors?

Ketrin007 said:
How tall did it get for you outdoors?

I didn’t measure it, but quite tall. At least 160 cm (5.2 ft).

Katrinka said:
I didn’t measure it, but quite tall. At least 160 cm (5.2 ft).

Ah, so it’s a bit too tall for low tunnels (hoops). Thanks!

This is my second year growing Aisberg, a very good variety!

The flavor is wonderful, sweet with a bit of tang, perfectly balanced.

The skin is a little thick and sturdy, but I just peel it off!

What I love most is that the flesh inside has absolutely no tough white cores (veins) or green shoulders—it’s uniform, tender, and juicy!

Definitely one of my favorites!

This is how mine turned out this year. Planted it for the first time, and it’s definitely going on the permanent grow list.