🍅 Quick take: Red General (Krasnyi General) is a heavy-yielding indeterminate variety that produces large, glossy red tomatoes weighing up to 14 oz (400 g). Known among growers as an absolute workhorse, it boasts a classic, rich tomato flavor. While some seed lines produce oblate (flat-round) beefsteaks, other strains throw large, blunt oxhearts on taller, more vigorous vines. Full summary ↓
Growers’ Notes and Photos (USDA Zones 4-6 Experience)
A really great workhorse variety, very productive. It’s a fairly short indet, grew it in the greenhouse pruned to two leaders. The fruits are glossy red oblate slicers with a good classic flavor, getting up to 14 oz (400 g). Seeds from V. Redko. I planted it right next to Brave General (the pink one).
And my Red General came from Marina (Gatchina). The vine is also very vigorous, hit about 6.5 ft (2 m). The variety is productive, but my fruits are round, or honestly more like blunt hearts.
Full Summary: Plant, Yield, Taste and Storage
- 🌿 Plant: Indeterminate vine. There seem to be two distinct strains in circulation: one is a relatively short, manageable vine, while the other is highly vigorous and easily reaches 6.5 ft (2 m) inside a greenhouse. Both respond well to being pruned to two main leaders.
- 🍅 Fruit: Large, glossy red tomatoes weighing up to 14 oz (400 g). The shape varies depending on the seed source: some growers report classic oblate (flat-round) beefsteaks, while others get deep, rounded, blunt oxhearts. Both types are meaty and solid.
- 📈 Yield: Extremely high. Growers universally agree that this variety is an absolute workhorse, reliably pumping out heavy harvests.
- 👅 Taste: A great, classic, old-fashioned tomato flavor that is perfect for slicing and fresh eating.
🍅 Grown Red General (Krasnyi General)? Share your zone and how it did for you in the comments below, and add your photos!
