Heirloom Tomato Varieties & Reviews | Tomat-Pomidor
Honest reviews of global tomato varieties from a 15-year-old growers community.
📌 Quick Summary (TL;DR): Zelenushka F1 🌍 Origin: A commercial F1 hybrid from the Russian seed company Ilyinichna. The name roughly translates to “Little Green One” or “Greenfinch”. 🌿 Plant Habit: Billed as determinate (bush), but forum members report it behaves more like an aggressive indeterminate in a greenhouse, easily shooting past 6.5 feet (2 … Read more
📌 Quick Summary (TL;DR): Green Pear 🌍 Origin: An heirloom variety that frequently suffers from a translation/naming error in Eastern European seed catalogs, where it is often mistakenly sold as “Green Pearl”. 🌿 Plant Habit: Generally described as indeterminate, though growers report it acts more like a compact semi-determinate, rarely exceeding 3.3 feet (1 m) … Read more
Quick Summary of Green Grape 📌 Quick Summary (TL;DR): Green Grape 🌍 Origin: A highly famous Green-When-Ripe (GWR) cherry variety developed by legendary American breeder Tom Wagner. It was bred from several varieties, including Evergreen. 🌿 Plant Habit: Originally released as a determinate (bush) variety, but years of seed saving and minor genetic drifts have … Read more