Growers’ Notes and Photos (USDA Zones 3-4 Experience)
Seeds from Lena Danko. Description: Indeterminate, fruits are large pink elongated hearts, flattened on the sides, weight 8.8-12.3 oz (250-350 g). A stunner! Red, slightly flattened hearts. Absolutely delicious! Sweet. Productive. Early. Sets fruit all the way to the roof. Barely dropped any blossoms in the heat. Meaty, but juicy.
Bear’s Heart. One of the most successful and beautiful strains 👍 of a difficult 2020 season. Grew 2 vines pruned to 2 stems in the greenhouses, productive, they set amazingly beautiful pink ribbed hearts, weighing about 7-10.5 oz (200-300 g), meaty, tasty 😋 Seeds from Masha- @Murka 🙏
Sveta, yours look so beautiful!!!! I didn’t take pictures of the ripe ones last season, so I repeated it this year and planted it right against the greenhouse wall. Well, the slugs absolutely devoured it. Didn’t get a single good tomato.
On 9/29/2020 at 7:25 AM, Svetikk said:
meaty, tasty 😋
On 9/29/2020 at 8:25 AM, Murka said:
repeated it this year
Ladies, please describe the taste in more detail.
Sveta, is this strain tastier than Bear Creek (Medvezhiy Ruchey)?
Edited October 4, 2020 by T@tk@
On 10/3/2020 at 10:59 PM, T@tk@ said:
Sveta, is this strain tastier than Bear Creek?
I can’t really say, I don’t remember, I grew Bear Creek a different year and it’s a dark tomato, but also tasty.
The taste of any tomato on your own soil can change depending on many factors, you just have to try it. I remember Bear’s Heart was tasty, but I’ve forgotten the exact nuances 😅
On 10/3/2020 at 10:59 PM, T@tk@ said:
Ladies, please describe the taste in more detail.
Sveta, is this strain tastier than Bear Creek?
Tanya, Bear Creek is a black tomato, and Bear’s Heart is pink. The flavor is rich and sweet, but not cloyingly sweet, and the flesh is firm and meaty.
Edited October 4, 2020 by Murka
On 10/4/2020 at 8:33 AM, Murka said:
Tanya, Bear Creek is a black tomato, and Bear’s Heart is red, the flavor is rich and sweet, but not cloyingly sweet, and the flesh is firm and meaty.
Masha, it’s pink 😅
On 10/4/2020 at 8:33 AM, Murka said:
Tanya, Bear Creek is a black tomato, and Bear’s Heart is pink. The flavor is rich and sweet, but not cloyingly sweet, and the flesh is firm and meaty.
On 10/4/2020 at 11:27 AM, Svetikk said:
Masha, it’s pink 😅
Sveta, I fixed it, of course it’s pink 🙄
On 10/4/2020 at 4:31 AM, Svetikk said:
The taste of any tomato on your own soil can change depending on many factors, you just have to try it. I remember Bear’s Heart was tasty, but I’ve forgotten the exact nuances.
I grew Bear Creek a different year and it’s a dark tomato, but also tasty.
Thanks, Svetik! Guess I’ll leave both of them on my order list. I’ll test them out at my place.
Edited October 4, 2020 by T@tk@
Full Summary: Plant, Yield, Taste, and Comparisons
- 🌿 Plant: A vigorous, early indeterminate vine. Known for exhibiting excellent heat tolerance—growers note it rarely drops blossoms even during hot summer stretches.
- 📈 Yield: Very high. Produces heavy clusters that routinely set fruit all the way to the greenhouse roof. Responds well to being pruned to 2 stems.
- 👅 Taste: Flavor profile is rich, balanced, and sweet without being cloying. The texture is firm, meaty, and juicy.
- 🧬 Fruit Shape & Color: Elongated, slightly ribbed heart shapes that are flattened on the sides. Despite a brief moment of forum confusion, the fruits ripen to a beautiful, true pink color, averaging 7-12.3 oz (200-350 g).
- 🌎 Who Reviewed It: Grown and reviewed by experienced gardeners in USDA Zone 4 (Alexandrov, Moscow, Nizhny Novgorod, and Kazan). Pest warning: Slugs absolutely love the fruits if planted too close to greenhouse walls.
