Growers’ Notes and Photos (USDA Zones 2-5 Experience)
Heavy yielder, meaty fruits weighing up to 2.2 lbs (1 kg).
Awesome yield, very aromatic with a really rich, classic tomato flavor 😋😋😋😋
Here’s mine. 🙂
Edited October 10, 2014 by Danko
2015 Season
Mila, hey ladies, how tall does this gorgeous plant get? Need to know the height so I can figure out where to plant it.. 😳
Love of Iran and I just didn’t find any love. The vine stayed around 5 feet (1.5 m) in the greenhouse.
What went wrong, Inna? Why didn’t you like it?
Quote from Pani Tomat:
2015 Season
Looks absolutely gorgeous! 👏 A real ornament for the tomato vine! 😍
Edited February 21, 2016 by Drosera
Quote from Veronika:
Mila, hey ladies, how tall does this gorgeous plant get? Need to know the height so I can figure out where to plant it.. 😳
Veronika, it’s definitely not a wimpy plant, just your standard indet reaching about 6 to 6.2 feet (1.8-1.9 m) tall. 📝
Quote from Veronika:
What went wrong, Inna? Why didn’t you like it?
It just failed for me. Sat there forever thinking about it, threw one megabloom, and the final harvest was like a tomato and a half 😝 Probably just a dud seed. Veronika, lots of the folks here seem to love it. It just didn’t work out for ME. 🙂
Quote from Pani Tomat:
2015 Season
Just a heads up, this variety needs some SERIOUS attention when it comes to watering! 📝 Judging by that photo, it either got way too much water or the watering was super inconsistent. 🙌
Turned into a great, heavy-yielding vine for me. All the tomatoes were massive, but it definitely demanded extra potassium..
Mila, huge thanks for the seeds 😘
Turned out to be an absolute stunner – it’s officially on my permanent grow list. All the tomatoes were massive and uniform with zero green shoulders. Classic indeterminate vine, trained it to two leaders.
First tomatoes ripened on August 5th from a February 19th sowing. Acted more like a mid-late season variety, but that might be because it was in a west-facing bed and missed all the morning sun. Trusses had 2 to 4 fruits weighing 10.5-14 oz (300-400 g) each. Ran two stems.
Here’s a photo on the vine from August 10th.
Edited February 3, 2017 by Zolushka
Full Summary: Plant, Yield, Taste and Issues
- 🌿 Plant: Indeterminate, sturdy vine reaching 6-6.2 feet (1.8-1.9 m) tall. Usually grown trained to two leaders. Requires a heavy feeding of potassium to support the massive fruit size.
- 🍅 Fruit: Pink, extremely meaty beefsteaks. Standard sizes range from 10.5-14 oz (300-400 g), but with proper pruning, they can easily reach up to 2.2 lbs (1 kg). Notably ripens cleanly with zero green shoulders.
- 📈 Yield: Generally a very heavy producer. However, some growers report dud seeds or instances where the plant throws a megabloom (fasciated blossom) early on and then stalls out.
- 👅 Taste: Aromatic, rich, and highly praised classic tomato flavor.
- ⚠️ Issues: Highly susceptible to radial cracking if watering is inconsistent or if the plant receives heavy deluges of water after dry spells.
