Heirloom Tomato Varieties & Reviews | Tomat-Pomidor
Honest reviews of global tomato varieties from a 15-year-old growers community.
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📌 Quick Summary (TL;DR): Grapefruit 🌍 Origin: A highly regarded commercial/heirloom variety. The original “true” Grapefruit is a stunning bi-color tomato (yellow/orange with a red blush and red marbling inside). 🌿 Plant Habit: Indeterminate. A very tall and powerful plant, easily reaching 6.5–8 ft (2–2.4 m) in a greenhouse. It can be grown outdoors but … Read more
📌 Quick Summary (TL;DR): Gruzinskie (Georgian) 🌍 Origin: A fantastic heirloom originating from the country of Georgia (in the Caucasus region). The name literally translates to “Georgian”. Note: Because it’s a regional name, there are a few different strains circulating under this name. 🌿 Plant Habit: Indeterminate (tall). An incredibly vigorous and powerful plant. In … Read more
📌 Quick Summary (TL;DR): Hawaiian Pineapple 🌍 Origin: A famous, late-season heirloom from North America. Known for its massive size and incredible tropical flavor. 🌿 Plant Habit: Indeterminate. A robust, thick-stemmed plant. It is notoriously a late-season variety that can be a bit stingy with fruit set during extreme heat. 🍅 Fruit Characteristics: Large, stunning … Read more
📌 Quick Summary (TL;DR): Gigantsky Mech (Giant Sword) 🌍 Origin: A fantastic Eastern European heirloom. The name translates to “Giant Sword”, which likely hints at the elongated, pointy shape of some of its fruits. 🌿 Plant Habit: Indeterminate (tall). Very productive and vigorous. 🍅 Fruit Characteristics: Bright red and massive. Interestingly, it produces two shapes … Read more
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📌 Quick Summary (TL;DR): Deep Space 🌍 Origin: A fantastic modern cross bred by American tomato breeder Jason Haynes. It was named in honor of the NASA experimental space probe program. 🌿 Plant Habit: Indeterminate. Depending on growing conditions (outdoors vs. greenhouse), it can stay relatively compact at around 5 ft (1.5 m) or climb … Read more
📌 Quick Summary (TL;DR): Grebeshok 🌍 Origin: An old family heirloom from the town of Kupino in the Novosibirsk region of Siberia. The name translates to “Cockscomb” or “Scallop”, perfectly describing its highly ribbed shape. (See the forum debate below regarding its history). 🌿 Plant Habit: Indeterminate (tall), reaching about 5.2 ft (1.6 m). A … Read more
📌 Quick Summary (TL;DR): Gigantsko Srpsko Srce (Giant Serbian Heart) 🌍 Origin: Heirloom oxheart variety originally from Serbia. The native name “Gigantsko Srpsko Srce” literally translates to “Giant Serbian Heart”. 🌿 Plant Habit: Indeterminate (tall vining). A very vigorous and highly productive plant. Growers report excellent results when growing it in a greenhouse and pruning … Read more
📌 Quick Summary (TL;DR): Gloria 🌍 Origin: A very popular collector’s variety circulating on Russian tomato forums. Seeds were famously distributed by a beloved forum member named Galina (Esme). 🌿 Plant Habit: Generally behaves as an indeterminate (tall) variety, easily reaching 5.5-6.5 ft (1.7-2 m) in a greenhouse, though some older seed stock produced semi-determinate … Read more
📌 Quick Summary (TL;DR): Gigante di Pavia 🌍 Origin: A fantastic large-fruited Italian heirloom originating from Pavia, an ancient city in the Lombardy region of northern Italy. Locally in Italy, it is often simply called “Tumatica Giganta” (Giant Tomato). 🌿 Plant Habit: Indeterminate (tall) and mid-season. The vines can reach up to 6 feet (1.8 … Read more
📌 Quick Summary (TL;DR): Woterhorn (Waterhorn) 🌍 Origin & Naming Mystery: A rare bicolor heirloom circulating among Eastern European collectors. Due to hand-written seed trades, the name has morphed across various forums into WoterNhorn, WAterNhorn, WOterhorn, and WAterhorn. 🧬 Genetics (Is it Tuxhorn?): Many growers suspected this was just a misnamed clone of the famous … Read more
📌 Quick Summary (TL;DR): Vasilina 🌍 Origin: A Russian/Ukrainian collector’s variety. In this thread, one of the seed sources is the well-known Ukrainian breeder and collector Aleksey Kulik. The name “Vasilina” is a traditional Slavic female name. 🌿 Plant Habit: Indeterminate (tall). Out in the open ground, it reached about 4 feet (1.2 m), but … Read more
📌 Quick Summary (TL;DR): Vishnya Zholtaya (Yellow Cherry) 🌍 Origin: A very popular commercial Russian cherry variety, often distributed by the “Gavrish” seed company. The name directly translates to “Yellow Cherry”. 🌿 Plant Habit: Indeterminate and incredibly vigorous. Growers warn that if not strictly pruned, it will pump out excessive foliage and turn into a … Read more