Quick Summary of Sakharnaya Golova (Sugar Head)
- 🌍 Origin: A popular commercial variety from the famous Russian seed company “Siberian Garden” (SibSad). The name translates to “Sugar Head” or “Sugar Loaf”.
- 🌿 Plant Habit: Determinate (bush). The plant is sturdy and relatively compact, growing up to 80 cm (about 32 inches) tall.
- 🍅 Fruit Characteristics: Massive, beautiful pink hearts (oxhearts). Fruits typically weigh between 400-600g (14-21 oz). The flesh is deeply meaty with a highly desirable “watermelon-like” granular texture.
- 👅 Flavor: Very aromatic and exceptionally sweet (“sugary”), exactly as the name implies.
- ☔ Reliability: Known for its hardiness. It shows unpretentiousness to poor weather conditions and has increased resistance to many fungal diseases.
- ⏳ Maturity: Mid-early (approximately 115 days from germination to first ripe fruit), offering a concentrated harvest.
Sakharnaya Golova (seeds from Sib. Sad / Siberian Garden).
Description from the packet:
A large-fruited variety for open ground and film greenhouses with impressive pink fruits and a concentrated harvest. A mid-early variety — the time from full emergence of seedlings to the ripening of the first fruits is 115 days. A distinctive feature of the variety is its unpretentiousness to weather conditions and increased resistance to many fungal diseases.
The plant is up to 80 cm (32 inches) tall, sturdy, and heavily loaded with heart-shaped fruits weighing 400-600 g (14-21 oz). The tomatoes are aromatic, very tasty, the flesh is granular and sugary. Ripe fruits should be harvested every 1-2 days. The yield is about 10 kg per square meter (approx. 2 lbs per sq. ft).
I liked this variety very much. It fully matches the description, except that the yield for me was a bit lower. The fruits have an excellent taste.
