Heirloom Tomato Varieties & Reviews | Tomat-Pomidor
Honest reviews of global tomato varieties from a 15-year-old growers community.
🍅 Quick take: Rosa de Perales is a traditional indeterminate heirloom beefsteak originating from Perales (León), Spain. The vigorous vines produce large, smooth, crack-resistant pink slicers weighing 11-18 oz (300-500 g) with classic green shoulders that fade upon full ripeness. Flavor reviews highlight the variety’s intense sun requirement: exceptional and richly balanced in high heat, … Read more
🍅 Quick take: Pike County Yellow is a traditional 19th-century American indeterminate heirloom beefsteak originating from the Appalachian hills of eastern Kentucky. In this northern greenhouse trial, it proved disappointing: the vine topped out at 7 ft (2.1 m), but suffered severe blossom drop, setting only a single large yellow beefsteak per cluster. Reviewers found … Read more
🍅 Quick take: Kentucky Plate is a mid-late, indeterminate potato-leaf heirloom from the US. It produces large, smooth pink beefsteaks that are very meaty with few seeds. While the flavor is highly rated, growers note that it can struggle with blossom drop and sun-scorched trusses during extreme heatwaves. Full summary ↓ Growers’ Notes and Photos … Read more
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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: Lavender Lake is a massive, highly productive indeterminate beefsteak. It produces stunning terracotta/red-brown fruits with subtle green striping and deep crimson flesh, weighing a hefty 17.5-28 oz (500-800 g). Growers report it as an exceptional and very early producer, though the seeds can sometimes be notoriously finicky to germinate. Full summary ↓ … 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