Heirloom Tomato Varieties & Reviews | Tomat-Pomidor
Honest reviews of global tomato varieties from a 15-year-old growers community.
🍅 Quick take: Grosse Serge is an indeterminate, mid-season red beefsteak known for producing incredibly massive, hefty fruits. Growers rave about its perfectly balanced, sweet flavor and very meaty, deep-oblate fruits that contain almost no seeds. While yields are generally solid despite the sheer size of the tomatoes, the exceptional taste and long harvest window … Read more
🍅 Quick take: 1884 is an indeterminate, historic American heirloom that produces massive, juicy pink beefsteaks, often exceeding 12 oz (350 g). The vines are vigorous and strong enough to support the heavy fruit. Growers praise its outstanding yields and reliability, noting that it produces beautifully even in poor summers or partially shaded spots. The … Read more
🍅 Quick take: Enormous Plum is a vigorous indeterminate variety that produces genuinely massive, red, plum-shaped tomatoes, with some reaching up to 21 oz (600 g). The mid-season vines are tall and robust, easily topping 6.5 ft (2 m) in a greenhouse. Growers praise the fruits for being incredibly meaty with no green shoulders or … Read more
🍅 Quick take: Eva Yellow Heart is an indeterminate variety that produces huge, pale yellow heart-shaped tomatoes. The vines are tall but slender, with sparse, wispy foliage. Growers note that it is an exceptionally heavy yielder—so much so that the plants require serious support to prevent the stems from snapping under the weight of the … Read more
🍅 Quick take: Delicious is a classic indeterminate, mid-season heirloom known for producing massive, meaty red beefsteaks. In this thread, growers also discuss “Deliciosus”—often just the Eastern European phonetic spelling of the same variety, though seed lines vary significantly. Growers praise its outstanding, sweet flavor and high yields. The tall vines produce huge fruits that … Read more
🍅 Quick take: Oaxacan Jewel (Oaksakanskaya Dragotsennost) is an indeterminate bicolor heirloom originating from Mexico, circulating here in a distinct potato leaf (PL) mutation alongside the standard regular leaf strain. Known for its golden-yellow skin marbled with raspberry streaks and marble-patterned orange interior, it offers a sweet, fruity flavor. Gardeners praise it as one of … Read more
🍅 Quick take: Oaxacan Jewel (Joya de Oaxaca) is a gorgeous indeterminate, mid-to-late season heirloom beefsteak from Oaxaca, Mexico. It pumps out massive, striking yellow-orange slicers with ruby-red marbling, routinely tipping the scales between 20 oz and 2.2 lbs (600 g to 1 kg). Forum growers love its super juicy, sweet, low-acid flavor, but warn … Read more
🍅 Quick take: Mary Robinson’s German Bicolor is a tall, indeterminate heirloom that produces absolutely massive yellow-and-red marbled beefsteaks. Known for frequently throwing fruits in the 1 to 2 lb (450-900 g) range, it requires heavy staking and patience, as it tends to focus on pushing out thick foliage early in the season before setting … Read more
🍅 Quick take: Mammoth German Gold is a stunning, large bicolor beefsteak known for its sweet, fruity flavor and heavy fruits that routinely hit the 1 to 1.5 lbs (450-700 g) mark. While it is an indeterminate vine, several growers report it stays surprisingly manageable in open ground, often naturally topping out around 3 to … Read more
🍅 Quick take: Tarasenko’s Dream (Mechta Tarasenko) is a vigorous, indeterminate mid-season variety known for producing large, sweet, raspberry-pink beefsteaks. Thriving best in greenhouses, this sturdy vine easily pushes 6.5 feet (2 meters) and throws heavy yields of meaty fruits weighing 10.5 oz (300 g) and up. While occasional off-phenotypes can produce gnarly shapes, the … Read more
🍅 Quick take: Millioner (Millionaire) is a large, indeterminate beefsteak tomato traced back to Missouri in the 1950s. While some seed sellers have spun wild marketing tales about it, the true variety produces massive, smooth, pinkish-coral fruits weighing 10.5-28 oz (300-800 g). Growers praise its sweet, meaty-yet-juicy texture and excellent late-season keeping qualities. However, this … Read more
🍅 Quick take: Matrena is a tall, mid-early indeterminate tomato that produces large, ribbed red pears. Known for incredible yields and a dense, meaty texture with very few seeds, it is often compared to the popular Puzata Khata variety. Growers praise its robust health, immunity to blossom end rot (BER), and ability to set fruit … Read more