Heirloom Tomato Varieties & Reviews | Tomat-Pomidor
Honest reviews of global tomato varieties from a 15-year-old growers community.
🍅 Quick take: Homer’s German Oxheart is an indeterminate, late-season red oxheart. It produces large, slightly ribbed hearts with very few seeds and dense, buttery flesh. Growers note that while it isn’t an extremely heavy producer (averaging around 8 fruits per plant), the sheer size—most weighing around 14 oz (400 g)—and excellent, aromatic flavor make … Read more
🍅 Quick take: Great White x P20 F5 is an indeterminate anthocyanin cross that produces stunning butter-colored fruits with dark shoulders. Growers praise its incredibly sweet, acid-free flavor, crack resistance, and long shelf life. While it performs exceptionally well and sets fruit consistently for most, some note that it can be quite late to ripen, … Read more
🍅 Quick take: Green Copia is a stunning, indeterminate green-and-red bicolor tomato. Growers rave about its incredibly sweet, fruity flavor that tastes almost exotic. However, it requires patience as it is notably late to ripen, and a few growers reported low yields, susceptibility to sunscald in the greenhouse, and severe vulnerability to late blight if … Read more
🍅 Quick take: Ei von Phuket (Egg from Phuket) is a super rare indeterminate cherry tomato that produces beautiful pastel-pink, egg-shaped fruits. The tomatoes transition from green to white to pale pink, making the vines look visually stunning as they ripen. Growers here love its massive yields, firm texture, and great shelf life, which makes … Read more
🍅 Quick take: Depp’s Pink Firefly is an indeterminate, late-season potato-leaf family heirloom dating back to the 1890s. It produces large, dark-pink beefsteaks dotted with tiny white specks that give the variety its name. Growers highly rate its rich, buttery texture and sweet, balanced flavor, though yields can be merely average if the vine is … Read more
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🍅 Quick take: Dwarf Wherokowhai is an indeterminate(?), rugose potato-leaf release from the Dwarf Tomato Project that pumps out stunning yellow-and-red bicolor beefsteaks. While it’s classed as a dwarf, growers warn it can grow like an absolute monster (over 5 feet tall in a greenhouse). The community raves about its intensely sweet, complex, and fruity … Read more
🍅 Quick take: Dwarf Gondwana Rose is a late-season anthocyanin dwarf from the Dwarf Tomato Project’s Gondwana series, bred by Patrina Nuske Small. It produces 3.5 oz (100 g) dark pink, round fruits with heavy purple shoulders on sturdy 4 ft (1.2 m) rugose plants. The grower here notes it has a complex, tart flavor … Read more
🍅 Quick take: Olympic Flame (Olimpiyskiy Ogon) is an indeterminate, late-season bicolor beefsteak. If there is one thing growers universally agree on, it’s the flavor: it is exceptionally sweet with a dense, jelly-like texture. However, it is equally notorious for being a stubbornly low yielder. Some growers struggle to get more than a few fruits … Read more
🍅 Quick take: Cresta di Fuoco #2 (Fire Crest #2) is a distinct, deep brownish-red indeterminate Italian heirloom known for its eccentric, crested, and ribbed fruit forms. While technically a later-maturing variety, it can drop its ripe crop in a concentrated wave, outpacing other late-season varieties. With dense, meaty flesh and moderate sweetness, it stands … Read more
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🍅 Quick take: Natalina is a tall, vigorous indeterminate Italian heirloom that produces massive red beefsteaks weighing up to 1-1.5 lbs (500-700 g). Growers rave about its outstanding flavor, meaty texture, and beautiful, smooth appearance (it doesn’t produce gnarly, catfaced fruits). Despite their large size, the fruits are firm and possess excellent keeping qualities, with … 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: The name Michurinets refers to two completely different tomato strains circulating among growers, both featuring potato-leaf (PL) foliage. Strain 1 (The Early Dwarf): A short, rugose tree-type (determinate) bush that produces small, early 3 oz (80-90 g) red tomatoes. Excellent for short-season climates. Strain 2 (The Brandywine Cousin): An indeterminate PL heirloom … Read more