Heirloom Tomato Varieties & Reviews | Tomat-Pomidor
Honest reviews of global tomato varieties from a 15-year-old growers community.
🍅 Quick take: Little Lucky is an indeterminate, potato-leaf bicolor bred by American heirloom pioneer Craig LeHoullier from an accidental cross of Brandywine. Unlike typical massive bicolor beefsteaks, it produces round, tennis-ball sized saladette fruit weighing 2-5 oz (60-140 g) that ripen golden-yellow with a vibrant ruby-pink blossom-end blush. Growers love its extended production right … Read more
🍅 Quick take: Dwarf Loxton Lass is a 2016 release from the Dwarf Tomato Project (a cross between Rosella Purple and Orange Heirloom). It produces beautiful apricot-orange oblate tomatoes on stout, compact tree-type plants. Reviewers highly praise its buttery flesh and perfectly balanced flavor, making it a fantastic container or small-space variety for fresh eating. … Read more
🍅 Quick take: Orlik is a highly compact, ultra-early determinate variety that thrives outdoors with minimal protection. The bushes stay incredibly short (around 1.5 ft / 0.5 m) but pump out heavy, continuous yields of small, red, round tomatoes weighing between 1.5 to 2.5 oz (40-67 g). With a firm texture and classic, balanced tomato … Read more
📌 Quick Summary (TL;DR): Eggplant Care & Container Tricks 🍆 Eggplant Spacing & Pruning: Avoid heavy pruning—just snip out weak inner shoots to improve airflow. Space them about 16 inches (40 cm) apart, or try the “two per hole” trick (planted 4 inches apart sharing a single stake). Make sure tall indeterminate tomatoes don’t shade … Read more
J Julia62 (Julia) 🌱 Beginner (93 posts) 📍 Korolyov, Moscow Region USDA 4 Mariya Suvorova wrote: Nadya, after grafting I gradually pot them up into larger containers—1, 2, then 3-liter (1 to 3-quart) pots, then transplant them into a 5-gallon bucket. The buckets go into the greenhouse, and later when it gets really warm, I … Read more
Quick Summary of Early Love (Rannyaya Lyubov) 🌍 Origin: A well-known Russian variety. The name translates to “Early Love”. The most highly regarded strain of this variety traces its roots back to Syzran (a Russian city famous for its historical, exceptionally tasty heirloom tomatoes). 🌿 Plant Habit & Leaf Type: Indeterminate (tall), reaching about 1.7 … Read more