🍅 Quick take: Mom’s is an indeterminate, mid-season heirloom bicolor tomato with a narrow, space-saving vine habit and medium-sized yellow fruits marbled with red in the center. Grown in a USDA Zone 4 greenhouse, it produced moderate yields with flesh that deepens to orange-red when fully ripe and a flavor that develops from mild and grassy early on into a well-balanced sweet-tart taste. Full summary ↓
Grower’s Notes and Photos (USDA Zone 4 Experience)
Mid-season indeterminate bicolor. The plant stays fairly narrow with regular leaf foliage. Medium-sized yellow fruit with red marbling right in the center. Flavor shifted quite a bit over the season – went from a little bland and grassy at first to really well-balanced with a nice sweet-tart kick. Grew it in the greenhouse and got an average yield. Once the fruit got dead ripe, the flesh turned orange with a bright red core.
Full Summary: Plant, Yield, Taste and Ripening
- 🌿 Plant: Indeterminate, mid-season vine with regular leaf foliage and a compact, narrow growth habit that doesn’t take up much horizontal space in the greenhouse.
- 🍅 Fruit: Medium-sized bicolor slicers. Yellow exterior and interior with red marbling in the center, deepening to rich orange flesh with a red core when fully ripe or slightly overripe.
- 📈 Yield: Average in a USDA Zone 4 greenhouse.
- 👅 Taste: Variable across the harvest window – early fruits tasted somewhat mild and grassy, while later fruits developed a very balanced sweet-tart flavor.
- 🌎 Who Reviewed It: Reviewed by ElenaN in Kostroma, Russia (USDA Zone 4).
