Heirloom Tomato Varieties & Reviews | Tomat-Pomidor
Honest reviews of global tomato varieties from a 15-year-old growers community.
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🍅 Quick take: Gildo Petriboni is a massive, indeterminate red tomato with a round-heart shape. Growers praise its outstanding yields, disease resistance, and meaty, nearly seedless flesh. It handles hot and dry outdoor conditions with ease, pumping out huge, sweet fruits that frequently reach 1.1 to 1.5 lbs. Full summary ↓ Growers’ Notes and Photos … Read more
🍅 Quick take: Green Doctors is an indeterminate, highly vigorous green cherry tomato originally discovered by Amy Goldman and Carolyn Male as a sport of Dr. Carolyn. Growers here rave about its intense, grape-like sweetness, often ranking it in their top five best-tasting varieties. It is a massive yielder and boasts excellent resistance to leaf … Read more
🍅 Quick take: Great White Blue is an indeterminate anthocyanin tomato that produces medium-sized fruits (around 7 oz / 200 g). Bred by Reinhard Kraft, it features a white base skin with striking dark blue/purple splashes on the shoulders. While forum feedback on this specific naming variant is limited, the grower here reports it is … Read more
🍅 Quick take: Green Tiger is an indeterminate, mid-season elongated cherry tomato bred by Fred Hempel (Artisan Seeds). It produces small, beautiful bronze-green striped fruits on characteristically thin, wispy vines. Growers note that it has a decent, balanced flavor and a thick skin that makes it excellent for storage and canning, though some find it … Read more
🍅 Quick take: Gargamel is a stunning indeterminate anthocyanin variety bred by Phil Seneca (Secret Seed Cartel). It produces small, egg-shaped fruits with deep purple/black shoulders and striped orange/red bottoms. Growers here universally praise its jaw-dropping looks, excellent storage capabilities, and heat tolerance. However, flavor reviews are highly polarized: it needs abundant sunshine and full … Read more
🍅 Quick take: Grandpa’s Cock’s Plume is an indeterminate, mid-season pink oxheart originally from the US. It produces large, meaty, heart-shaped tomatoes that can reach up to 10.5 oz (300 g). Growers praise it for its vigorous, workhorse-like production in both greenhouses and outdoors. While most reviewers love its sweet, buttery, classic oxheart flavor, some … Read more
🍅 Quick take: Fahrenheit Blues is an indeterminate, mid-season anthocyanin cherry tomato bred by US breeder Tom Wagner. It produces heavy clusters of round, large cherry tomatoes that ripen to a deep red-purple with dark shoulders. Growers praise it for its juicy texture and sweet, complex, “exotic” flavor. Full summary ↓ Growers’ Notes and Photos … Read more
🍅 Quick take: Fuego Rosa is an indeterminate, pepper-shaped paste variety bred by Fred Hempel. It produces beautiful, glossy pink fruits with gold striping. Growers report good yields, but flavor reviews are wildly mixed: greenhouse growers found it sweet and juicy, while outdoor growers reported thick skins and dry, rubbery flesh. Full summary ↓ Growers’ … Read more
🍅 Quick take: Fragolone (Strawberry) is an indeterminate heirloom from Italy that produces elongated, pink, pear-shaped tomatoes. Growers report it sets a massive “waterfall” of firm, meaty 5-7 oz fruits that are packed with flavor and have very few seeds, making them excellent for both fresh eating and processing. Full summary ↓ Growers’ Notes and … Read more
🍅 Quick take: Faelan’s First Snow (also distributed as Cherokee Purple Variegated) is an indeterminate, mid-season heirloom discovered as a sport of Cherokee Purple. It produces large, meaty purple beefsteaks on vines that sport unique white, cream, and green variegated foliage. Growers note the variegation is strongest in cool weather and often fades in summer … Read more
🍅 Quick take: Flaschentomaten (which simply translates to “bottle tomatoes” in German) is an indeterminate, mid-to-late season paste/cherry variety that originated from a German grower (Valera Zonn) who grew out seeds from the commercial hybrid Corianne F1. Because it’s an unstable dehybridization, growers report two main shapes: one with a distinct pointy beak, and one … Read more
🍅 Quick take: Flanders Contrast is an indeterminate, mid-season variety bred by Tom Wagner. It produces beautiful tricolor (blue, yellow, and green) pear-shaped fruits weighing 3.5-7 oz (100-200 g). Growers praise it for its massive yields, sweet fruity flavor, and excellent shelf life. A common point of discussion is the foliage, as growers report seeing … Read more