Quick Summary of Severnoe Siyanie (Northern Lights)
- 🌍 Origin: This is the Russian-grown lineage of the famous American heirloom “Northern Lights” (translated directly into Russian as Severnoe Siyanie). It has been widely circulated and adapted by Russian seed savers.
- 🌿 Plant Habit: Indeterminate (tall). In a greenhouse, it easily reaches up to 2 meters (6.5 ft). Growers report success when training the plant to 2 or 3 stems.
- 🍅 Fruit Characteristics: Beautiful oblate (flat-round) bicolor beefsteaks (yellow/orange with red/pink marbling). They are large, averaging 200-300g (7-10.5 oz), with some fruits reaching up to 500g (1.1 lbs).
- 👅 Flavor & Texture: Highly praised for its outstanding sweet, fruity flavor profile that is classic to the best bicolor varieties. The flesh is very juicy and meaty, making it perfect for fresh salads.
- ⏳ Maturity & Yield: Mid-season. A standout feature is its earliness compared to other bicolors; growers note it is often the very first bicolor variety to ripen in the greenhouse (by late July). Productive and reliable.
Indet (indeterminate) up to 2 m (6.5 ft) in closed ground (greenhouse), mid-season, bicolor. The fruits are oblate (flat-round) shaped, sweet, fruity flavor, juicy, meaty, average weight 200-300 g (7-10.5 oz), individual fruits up to 500 g (1.1 lbs), for salad use, productive. It ripened the very first among the bicolors, at the end of July.
Edited September 16, 2016 by Drosera
Seeds from Redko, grew in the greenhouse, tasty 😋
A very tasty little bicolor. And this year, grown from my own saved seeds, it is productive. Grew in the greenhouse in 3 stems. I like it very much, I will plant it again.
Liked the variety very much. Tasty, quite a productive little bicolor.
Adding some more beautiful photos of the Northern Lights variety shared by our forum members from their albums:
Photo author: Nadine
Photo author: larina
