Quick Summary of Ramzay F1
- 🌍 Origin: A commercial Russian F1 hybrid originally bred by the “Ilyinichna” seed company.
- 🌿 Plant Habit: Indeterminate, generative type designed specifically for greenhouses. It has an “open” growth habit with genetically upright leaves, which provides excellent airflow.
- 🛡️ Disease & Stress Resistance: Highly adaptable (plastic). It tolerates extreme temperatures and low light conditions perfectly. It boasts an impressive resistance package against Leaf Mold (Cladosporium), Verticillium Wilt, Fusarium Wilt, Tobacco Mosaic Virus (TMV), and Blossom End Rot (BER).
- 🍅 Fruit Characteristics: Smooth, perfectly round to slightly oval red fruits. They are very uniform, acting like “twin brothers” on the vine, and weigh around 140 g (5 oz). The flesh is very firm, making them great for transportation.
- 📈 Yield: Phenomenal! Growers report that it sets fruit on absolutely every single blossom it produces, with zero dropped flowers.
- 👅 Flavor & Usage: Rated a solid 4+ out of 5 for taste. While some find them a bit too large for whole-fruit pickling/canning, their uniform size and meaty texture make them excellent for slicing and processing into rich tomato juice.
This is from the “Ilyinichna” breeding company.
Description from the seed packet:
“An indeterminate hybrid of generative type for greenhouses. It begins fruiting at 95-100 days from full germination. The fruits are smooth, round to slightly oval, weighing 140 g (5 oz). They are tasty, very firm, and transportable. The hybrid is highly adaptable (plastic), perfectly tolerating low light and extreme temperatures. It is resistant to a complex of diseases: Cladosporium (Leaf Mold), Verticillium, Fusarium, Blossom End Rot of fruits, and TMV. The plants have an open habit, and some leaves are genetically predisposed to stand upright.”
(Author of the photo: AlexanderS)
I will be planting this for the second year. I liked it very much. It sets fruit perfectly on absolutely every single blossom it produces.
The taste is a solid 4+ (out of 5). The fruits are beautiful. All in all, this is going on my permanent grow list for as long as I have the seeds.
Mikhail, is Ramzay suitable for whole-fruit canning?
I’ll add my experience about Ramzay. Mine were originally bred by Ilyinichna, but packed under the “Aelita” seed brand.
They grew like perfect twin brothers—so uniform! The whole plant didn’t even fit in the picture, but there are more tomatoes growing higher up on the vine. For my personal canning preferences, they are a bit too large (I prefer to pickle/marinade much smaller tomatoes). So, all of these went into making tomato juice.
