Heirloom Tomato Varieties & Reviews | Tomat-Pomidor
Honest reviews of global tomato varieties from a 15-year-old growers community.
🍅 Quick take: Red General (Krasnyi General) is a heavy-yielding indeterminate variety that produces large, glossy red tomatoes weighing up to 14 oz (400 g). Known among growers as an absolute workhorse, it boasts a classic, rich tomato flavor. While some seed lines produce oblate (flat-round) beefsteaks, other strains throw large, blunt oxhearts on taller, … Read more
🍅 Quick take: Brown Flesh is a mid-season, mid-tall variety that produces heavy yields of stunning, dark maroon beefsteaks with green stripes. Weighing up to 14 oz (400 g), these oblate slicers are praised for their dense, meaty crimson flesh and an outstanding, sweet fruity flavor profile. Full summary ↓ Growers’ Notes and Photos O … Read more
🍅 Quick take: Korneevsky Pink (Korneevskiy Rozovyi) is a vigorous, indeterminate heirloom producing heavy yields of large, dark pink, oblate (flat-round) beefsteaks weighing up to 14 oz (400 g). Highly praised for its sugary, meaty, and tender flesh, it is a fantastic mid-season fresh-eating slicer. Its genetics are so respected that Russian agricultural institutes have … Read more
📌 Quick Summary (TL;DR): Ivan Ivanych 🌍 Origin: A Russian heirloom variety. The name “Ivan Ivanych” is a traditional and respectful Russian first name and patronymic combination. 🌿 Plant Habit: A mid-sized plant with potato leaf (PL) foliage. It is a very early season variety known for uniform ripening, meaning the fruits tend to flush … Read more
📌 Quick Summary (TL;DR): Zlato (Gold) 🌍 Origin: A Russian commercial variety. The name translates directly to “Gold”. It is specifically bred and marketed for its high carotene and sugar content. 🌿 Plant Habit: Tall semi-determinate or indeterminate. Typically reaches about 5 feet (1.5 m) tall. Seed companies recommend pruning heavily to a single stem, … Read more
📌 Quick Summary (TL;DR): Brown Flesh Jumbo 🌍 Origin: Originally from Canada. It was introduced to the RU heirloom community under the translated name Gigantskaya Korichnevaya Plot. 🌿 Plant Habit: Indeterminate (tall), vigorous, and sun-loving. Outstanding heat tolerance! Even in extreme summer heat waves, it continues to set fruit without dropping blossoms. 🍅 Fruit Characteristics: … Read more
Quick Summary of Russkaya Dusha (Russian Soul) 🌍 Origin: A commercial Russian variety from the famous “Siberian Garden” (SibSad) seed company. Designed specifically to perform well in harsh, cold climates. 🌿 Plant Habit: Indeterminate, but usually remains relatively compact outdoors in open ground, reaching about 1 – 1.2m (3.3 – 4 ft) in height. Some … Read more