Quick Summary of Superbomba (Superbomb)
- 🌍 Origin: A commercial Russian variety famous for its massive fruits. The name simply translates to “Superbomb”.
- 🌿 Plant Habit: The commercial seed packet claims it is a determinate, compact bush (0.8-1.5 m / 2.5-5 ft). However, experienced growers consistently report that it behaves more like an indeterminate or vigorous semi-determinate, easily reaching up to 2 meters (6.5 ft) in a greenhouse. The bush is powerful and strong.
- 🍅 Fruit Characteristics: Large to very large oblate (flattened-round) red beefsteaks, weighing 300-600 g (10.5-21 oz). The exterior is bright red, while the dense, meaty interior often develops a slightly darker, crimson-pink hue.
- 👅 Flavor & Usage: A classic, sweet, and meaty tomato. Excellent for fresh summer salads, and highly recommended for processing into rich juices and pastes.
- 🔥 Performance & Yield: This variety is a true workhorse! It ripens very early for such a large beefsteak. More importantly, it demonstrates outstanding heat tolerance—setting fruit reliably even during extreme heat when other varieties suffer from blossom drop.
- ⚠️ Grower’s Note: The massive fruits can occasionally be susceptible to Blossom End Rot (BER), so ensure consistent watering and proper calcium levels in the soil.
Description from the packaging:
“A new mid-season large-fruited variety for the open ground… Up to 7 kg (15 lbs) per plant… The bush is determinate, compact, 0.8-1.5 m (2.5-5 ft) tall, depending on growing conditions. The truss is simple, with 5-6 fruits. The tomatoes are red, oblate, smooth, weighing 300-600 grams (10.5-21 oz), meaty, very tasty and beautiful… Recommended for growing in open ground and film tunnels.”
I grew it outdoors in the open ground. Overall, it matched the description. Well, of course, I didn’t get 7 kg per plant 😲 But the fruits were the very first to ripen in the garden!
The taste is your standard, classic tomato flavor. The bush is powerful, sturdy, and grew significantly taller than a meter (3.3 ft). Unfortunately, I didn’t take pictures, but I ate these tomatoes and saved the seeds for the future! 😄
When you say “the very first,” what exact dates do you mean?
Quote from AleksandrS:
When you say “the very first,” what exact dates do you mean?
Seeds sown indoors on March 20, transplanted into the ground on May 22, and I ate the first ripe one on July 25.
Superbomb, grown by Sergey Prazdnichnov. Photos were taken on July 26.
For me, Superbomb was my most productive variety last year. The only issue was that it got sick with Blossom End Rot (BER), which was a surprise to me because I had never experienced it on large-fruited varieties before. I managed to fix it by applying calcium nitrate.
Tatyana-Berta, welcome to the forum! 🌺 Where are you from? Did you grow it in the greenhouse or outdoors?
Thank you! I am from Cheboksary. My tomatoes only grow in a greenhouse.
And the reason it was so highly productive was that it kept successfully setting fruit during periods of high heat, right when all the blossoms on my other varieties were just drying up and dropping off!
The variety really is super. Very productive, sweet-tasting, and meaty. Several fruits ripen simultaneously on the trusses.
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The yield on my Superbomba was average. The bush was incredibly powerful, reaching almost 2 meters (6.5 ft) tall. But apparently, it started growing too much foliage at the expense of fruit (it was over-fertilized), simply because it was the closest neighbor to my cucumber bed, which receives very heavy watering and abundant feeding.
It is tasty, meaty, the fruit skin is red, but the core inside is darker, I would even say it has a crimson-pink tint… the tomatoes are large, from 300 g (10.5 oz) and up.
Superbomba – indeterminate, mid-season. The bush is massive and strong. The fruits are large red beefsteaks. Easily 300+ grams (10.5+ oz), the flesh is juicy and tasty. An excellent variety for juices, pastes, and salads.
