I liked the variety. Grew outdoors, the bush is stocky and completely hung with fairly large plums. Weight 100-150g (3.5-5.3 oz). The skin is thick, so the variety stores well. The taste is balanced, with both sweetness and tartness 🙂
I also like the taste of Petrusha. Its drawback for me is that the fruits crack (even though other varieties didn’t show this) and it suffers from Blossom End Rot (BER). If I don’t like it in canned jars, I won’t plant it next year.
It is phenomenally resistant to Late Blight! All other bushes have been removed. Only Petrusha and Slavyanka are still growing outdoors in mid-September, continuing to set fruit. Zero chemical treatments. It has very mild signs of blight. Slavyanka has a bit more.
What’s more, it’s half lying in the wet grass—and nothing happens to it. For this trait alone, it is worthy of being replanted!
My Petrusha! It’s been a leader for two years now. Doesn’t stretch as a seedling, I didn’t prune it, barely took care of it at all. And it just grew and brought joy.
Can someone tell me, is it better outdoors, or does it grow well in a greenhouse too? I don’t plant tomatoes outdoors, but I read that Petrusha grows poorly in a greenhouse, now I’m thinking about what to do…
Lena, Petrusha has been a favorite of mine for 5 years. I usually plant 2 bushes of everything else, but 6 of him! It only grows in my greenhouse, sets fruit perfectly, and as written above, it doesn’t get sick with anything. In our region, nothing has time to ripen outdoors.
My Petrusha turned out to be moderately productive, but SO incredibly tasty! Taste-wise, it rivals large beefsteak tomatoes, and even surpasses some of them. Grew in the greenhouse. It’s surprising that when cut open, it has many seed cavities, just like large beefsteak tomatoes.
Grew in the greenhouse on the edge of the bed on the south side. Baking in the heat all day long, but despite that, it delighted me with a great harvest. Tasty, firm fruits. They cracked just a tiny bit due to temperature fluctuations.
My Petrusha from Siberian Garden. Grew in a greenhouse. Normal yield. Didn’t get sick. But the taste wasn’t for me… a bit too acidic.
Seeds were from Siberian Garden.
In principle, I got exactly what the seed producer described. Grew outdoors with no cover. A very good little tomato. Universal. Very tasty both fresh and canned.
A friend gave me the seedlings. Grew outdoors. The bush is short and compact. Classic tomato flavor. It is prone to cracking at the point of detachment from the stem. Since I also grow tomatoes for market sales, I don’t see the point of keeping it in my collection.
