Growers’ Notes and Photos (USDA Zones 3-5 Experience)
Super tasty beefsteak tomato. Since it’s a big beefsteak, you don’t get a ton of fruit on the vine, but the ones it sets are massive. Definitely earned a permanent spot in my garden 👍 Reaches about 5 ft (1.5 m) tall, mid-season. Sets the first truss after the 9th leaf, then every 3 leaves after that, with 3 blossoms per truss.
Marina said:
Super tasty beefsteak tomato. Since it’s a big beefsteak, you don’t get a ton of fruit on the vine, but the ones it sets are massive…
Marina, you grew an absolute stunner there, looks so mouthwatering 👍👍👍
Really delicious and meaty.
2015 season, grown outdoors:
Grew Mexico in my greenhouse. Fruits got up to 1.5 lbs (700 g) – delicious, meaty, and sweet. Solid yield too.
Grew Mexico again for the 2016 season and it knocked it out of the park once more. Easily one of my all-time favorites now. Great yield and fantastic flavor. Vines topped out around 5 ft (1.5 m) in the greenhouse, and the fruit were nice and sweet.
Really worthy tomato from my 2016 season. Grew 2 vines in the greenhouse, both trained to a single leader. Each plant gave me 10 huge slicers around 1.5 lbs (700 g) before early September. Ran a bit on the late side for me. The trusses kink under all that weight, so you definitely have to tie them up for support. Flavor gets an A+. Gorgeous and meaty 😋 Definitely want to grow it again.
Really liked this variety. Set fruit great even in the heat. Big, meaty slicers.
Full Summary: Plant, Yield, Taste and Growing Tips
- 🌿 Plant: Indeterminate vine reaching about 5 ft (1.5 m) in a greenhouse, also grown successfully outdoors. Sets its first flower truss after the 9th true leaf and subsequent trusses every 3 leaves, with about 3 blossoms per cluster.
- 🍅 Fruit & Maturity: Mid-season to mid-late (ran slightly late in USDA Zone 3). Produces massive, meaty pink beefsteaks routinely reaching 1.5 lbs (700 g).
- 📈 Yield & Heat Tolerance: While Marina notes that individual vines set fewer fruits due to their sheer size, Tatyana Kemerovo harvested 10 huge 1.5 lb (700 g) slicers per single-leader plant by early September, and Katrinka reports strong fruit set even during hot Volgograd summers.
- 👅 Taste: Universally praised across the thread as sweet, rich, meaty, and delicious – earning repeat spots in several growers’ gardens.
- 🧵 Growing Tip: Because the fruits are so heavy, the peduncles (truss stems) easily kink or buckle under the load; tying up individual trusses or using truss clips is strongly recommended.
- 🌎 Who Reviewed It: Seven growers, including gardeners in USDA Zone 3 (Kemerovo), USDA Zone 4 (Moscow Region), and USDA Zone 5 (Volgograd).
