Heirloom Tomato Varieties & Reviews | Tomat-Pomidor
Honest reviews of global tomato varieties from a 15-year-old growers community.
Quick Summary of Serzhant Marli 2020 (Sergeant Marley 2020) 🌍 Origin: A highly sought-after, highly productive anthocyanin variety, extremely popular among Russian and Eastern European collectors. 🌿 Plant Habit: Indeterminate (tall), mostly grown in greenhouses. It is a “heavy feeder” but puts its energy directly into fruit production rather than suffering from excessive vegetative growth … Read more
Quick Summary of Ukrainian Pink Giant 🌍 Origin: An old, treasured heirloom from Ukraine. It has been passed down in local families since the 1980s. Historically, it is also known locally as Rozovyi Velikan or Rozhevyi Veleten (Pink Giant). 🌿 Plant Habit: Indeterminate (vining). A very vigorous and massive plant that requires strong staking. 🍅 … Read more
Quick Summary of Rabiga 🌍 Origin: A rare Russian collector’s heirloom (originally sourced from the private collection of V. Monakhova). 🌿 Plant Habit: Indeterminate (vining). Outdoors in cooler climates, it can stay relatively compact around 1.2 m (4 feet) tall, but it thrives and grows much larger when planted in a greenhouse. 🍅 Fruit Characteristics: … Read more
Quick Summary of Rome (Rim) 🌍 Origin: A very popular, colossal red heirloom variety named after the city of Rome (in Russian: Рим / Rim). Widely circulated among Russian and Ukrainian collectors (originally sourced from A. Kulik). 🌿 Plant Habit: Indeterminate, late-season, and extremely vigorous. The bushes easily exceed 2 meters (6.5 ft) in a … Read more
Quick Summary of Rozovyi Blyuser (Pink Bluser) 🌍 Origin: A commercial Russian/Eastern European variety known for producing exceptionally large, brightly colored fruits. 🌿 Plant Habit: Mid-early indeterminate. It grows to about 1.5 meters (5 ft) tall. Growers note that it is highly productive and has excellent disease resistance. Notably, it maintains its massive fruit size … Read more
Quick Summary of Rozovye Krupnye (Large Pink) 🌍 Origin: A legendary Russian family heirloom. It was popularized by a famous forum member, Ninulia, who has been saving and distributing its seeds since 2002. It often circulates as “Rozovye Krupnye from Ninulia”. 🌿 Plant Habit: Indeterminate (tall), reaching the ceiling in greenhouses. The plant habit is … Read more
Quick Summary of Podarok Muzha (Husband’s Gift) 🌍 Origin: An old, highly productive collectible heirloom variety from Siberia. The name translates to “Husband’s Gift”. 🌿 Plant Habit: Indeterminate (tall) and very vigorous. It produces such heavy loads of fruit that it requires extra-strong staking and support, even when grown outdoors in partial shade. 🍅 Fruit … Read more