Quick Summary of Siberian Miracle (Sibirskoe Chudo)
- 🌍 Origin: A commercial Russian variety. The name translates directly to “Siberian Miracle”.
- 🔍 The Shape Mystery (Seed Segregation): This variety is famous on Russian forums for its extreme genetic inconsistency depending on the seed vendor. Seeds from SibSad (Siberian Garden) typically produce round/oblate fruits. However, seeds from Aelita or Artikul often produce oval, barrel-shaped (plum) fruits. Sometimes, a single seed packet will produce round tomatoes one year and plum-shaped ones the next!
- 🌿 Plant Habit: Indeterminate (tall). Very vigorous once established, setting fruit reliably all the way up to the greenhouse roof.
- 🍅 Fruit Characteristics: Regardless of whether it grows round or barrel-shaped, the fruits are red on the outside and often pinkish inside. They average about 200g (7 oz).
- 👅 Flavor & Texture: Highly praised for being very meaty, firm, yet juicy. It delivers a classic, sweet, and robust tomato flavor.
- 🛡️ Disease Resilience: Growers report that even if it catches Late Blight (Phytophthora) early in the season, the plant has the vigor to recover and still produce a crop.
🍅 Have you grown this variety? Scroll down to add your review and photos in the comments below!
Real Grower Reviews & Photos
I liked this variety so much. Indeterminate, tall, very productive. It immediately set a lot of trusses, all the way to the very top of the greenhouse. The fruits are red, firm, meaty, about 200g (7 oz) each, juicy, and pink on the inside. Very tasty. Seeds were from SibSad (Siberian Garden).
My Siberian Miracle tomato was from Brizhan (a private collector).
The seeds were over-dried or old 😞, so I waited a long time for them to germinate. For the same reason, the variety was weak in the seedling stage, and it acted fussy at the beginning of the summer in open ground. But by the end of the summer, it set a lot of fruit. The taste is good, a highly pronounced classic tomato flavor.
The Aelita seed company describes Siberian Miracle as having oval fruits weighing 150-200g (5.3-7 oz). Has anyone grown that version?
Zulfiya said:
The Aelita seed company describes Siberian Miracle as having oval fruits weighing 150-200g. Has anyone grown that version?
Zulya, I grew it in 2015. I bought the seedlings at the local market from an old grandma. The yield was good. The fruits were quite large plum-barrels. Meaty, good taste. I didn’t post pictures of it at the time because I assumed it was a crossed off-type (пересорт). But later I saw online that Siberian Miracle can indeed come in this shape. I couldn’t find a photo of the fully red ones in my archive.
I had those last year. It caught Late Blight (Phytophthora), but recovered. It wasn’t very productive for me, but the taste was very good—meaty and sweet. I will plant it again this year.
Valichka said:
The fruits are red, firm, meaty, about 200g… Seeds were from SibSad.
Aelita’s packets say they are supposed to be barrels (plums). 😳 😳 😳
Galina said:
Aelita’s packets say they are supposed to be barrels. 😳
The “Artikul” brand also lists them as barrels.
My Siberian Miracle is from the company “Vashe Khozyaystvo” (Your Household). Indeterminate, weight is as stated around 200 grams (7 oz). Red, firm, and pinkish on the cut. This fruit in the photo is not fully ripe yet.
The spots on the skin are not a disease… it’s just my “careful” watering 😃 – marks from our very hard water 🙄.
This year, from the exact same (last year’s) packet from Artikul, Siberian Miracle produced round tomatoes. It really is a “miracle.” They are still green for now.