Heirloom Tomato Varieties & Reviews | Tomat-Pomidor
Honest reviews of global tomato varieties from a 15-year-old growers community.
📌 Quick Summary (TL;DR): Vosymerka (Number Eight) 🌍 Origin: A rare Russian collector’s variety. The name “Vosymerka” translates to “Number Eight” or “Figure Eight”. In this thread, seeds were sourced from the well-known Russian tomato collector V. Monakhova. 🌿 Plant Habit: Indeterminate (tall) and mid-season. It showed great resilience and high productivity even when grown … Read more
📌 Quick Summary (TL;DR): Vodopad (Waterfall) 🌍 Origin: A highly productive commercial variety from the Russian seed company “Aelita”, officially entered into the Russian State Register in 2001. The name perfectly translates to “Waterfall”, describing how the massive flower trusses cascade down the plant. 🌿 Plant Habit: Indeterminate (tall), but generally medium-height compared to wilder … Read more
📌 Quick Summary (TL;DR): Gardener’s Delight (Vostorg Sadovoda) 🌍 Origin: A world-famous old European commercial variety (originally German/British). In the Russian and Ukrainian seed collector circuits, it often circulates under the translated name “Vostorg Sadovoda” or slightly misspelled as “Gardeneros Delight”. 🌿 Plant Habit: Indeterminate. It produces a relatively sturdy, dependable vine. Growers note that … Read more
📌 Quick Summary (TL;DR): Voyage F1 (Voyazh F1) 🌍 Origin: A commercial F1 hybrid from the Russian seed company “Poisk” (Search). 🌿 Plant Habit: Indeterminate (tall). An extremely vigorous and resilient greenhouse variety that easily surpasses 6.5 ft (2 m). Growers note its impressive ability to bounce back from extreme heat scorch by pushing out … Read more
📌 Quick Summary (TL;DR): Verblyudy (Camels) 🌍 Origin: A unique Russian collector’s variety. The name “Verblyudy” translates to “Camels”. Why? Because it produces absolutely massive Potato Leaves (PL) that, according to growers, literally look like camel faces drooping down from the vine! 🌿 Plant Habit: Indeterminate and highly vigorous. It has very thick, strong main … Read more
📌 Quick Summary (TL;DR): Volshebny Kaskad F1 (Magic Cascade) 🌍 Origin: A Russian commercial F1 hybrid cherry tomato. The name beautifully translates to “Magic Cascade”, referring to its long, cascading trusses of red cherries. 🌿 Plant Habit: Indeterminate and incredibly vigorous. Growers warn that this plant turns into a massive “space hog” and will easily … Read more
📌 Quick Summary (TL;DR): Vashe Blagorodie (Your Honor) 🌍 Origin: A Russian commercial variety. The name translates to “Your Honor” or “Your Excellency”. Seeds are mostly distributed by the company Siberian Garden (SibSad) and independent breeders like Terentiev. 🌿 Plant Habit (Warning – highly variable!): Growers in this thread report wild variations depending on the … Read more
📌 Quick Summary (TL;DR): Vesennyaya Radost (Spring Joy) 🌍 Origin: A fantastic commercial variety from the famous Russian seed company “Siberian Garden” (SibSad). The name translates to “Spring Joy”. 🌿 Plant Habit: Indeterminate (tall) and extremely vigorous. It has a massive root system and thick foliage. Despite being a tall indet, it does exceptionally well … Read more
📌 Quick Summary (TL;DR): Verna 🌍 Origin: A fantastic Eastern European heirloom variety. Seeds are widely passed around among collectors (like Lena Danko mentioned in this thread). 🌿 Plant Habit: Indeterminate (tall). It’s a mid-season variety that does great in a greenhouse or hoop house. Growers recommend pruning it to 2 or 3 main stems … Read more
📌 Quick Summary (TL;DR): Vostochnaya Pyshka (Eastern Pyshka) 🌍 Origin: A Russian commercial/heirloom variety. The name translates to “Eastern Pyshka” (a pyshka is a plump doughnut, often used to describe something very plump, round, and meaty). It was popularized by Russian seed collector V. Redko. 🌿 Plant Habit: Indeterminate (tall). Growers note this plant is … Read more
📌 Quick Summary (TL;DR): Volf Zossi (Wolf Zossi) 🌍 Origin: A variety originating from Germany. It was introduced to the Russian heirloom community by seed collector Vyacheslav Feldman. 🌿 Plant Habit: Indeterminate (tall), regular leaf (RL), mid-season maturity. Growers report it yields very well when pruned to 2 or 3 stems. 🍅 Fruit Characteristics: Large, … Read more
📌 Quick Summary (TL;DR): Vanskiy Rozovyi (Vani Pink) 🌍 Origin: Heirloom tomato originating from the Vani district in the country of Georgia (Caucasus region). It was heavily popularized among collectors by seed vendor Dmitry Gusev. 🌿 Plant Habit: Indeterminate (tall). The plant is described as sturdy and robust, but not overly aggressive or leafy. It … Read more