Heirloom Tomato Varieties & Reviews | Tomat-Pomidor
Honest reviews of global tomato varieties from a 15-year-old growers community.
🍅 Quick take: Julia Child is an early-to-mid season, potato-leaf indeterminate vine that produces gorgeous, thin-skinned pink beefsteaks. It is a reliable, above-average yielder that delivers a classic, well-balanced tomato flavor. Full summary ↓ Growers’ Notes and Photos E ElenaN (Elena) ⭐ Pro Grower (28,513 posts) 📍 Kostroma, Russia (USDA Zone 3/4) This one is … Read more
🍅 Quick take: Jackass Green Dwarf is a sturdy, knee-high plant with dark, rugose potato leaves that produces green-when-ripe fruits weighing around 5 oz. The flesh looks like a sliced kiwi and has a pleasantly tangy bite. Yields are generally average. Full summary ↓ Growers’ Notes and Photos M Melisssa (Natalia) ⭐ Novice (87 posts) … Read more
🍅 Quick take: Hunk Purple is an indeterminate, mid-season potato leaf variety bred by Brad Gates of Wild Boar Farms (USA). It produces meaty, purple-black tomatoes weighing up to 5.3 oz (150 g). Despite slow germination and some early cold damage when grown outdoors, growers report that it reliably sets fruit all season long. It … Read more
🍅 Quick take: Heshpole is a somewhat unusual indeterminate pink oxheart that features sturdy potato leaf foliage instead of the typical wispy vines. It produces plump, uniform 7 to 10.5 oz (200-300 g) hearts with a sweet flavor profile. While not a massive yielder, it shines as an early-season producer, making it an excellent choice … Read more
🍅 Quick take: An unstable, segregating antho breeding line (circulating under names like H-34 Rot, H-34 Gelb, and Belle Coeur) that produces stunning, dark-shouldered cocktail tomatoes with distinctive pointed tips. Growers report it throwing both RL and PL (regular and potato leaf) plants, with fruit colors ranging from red to yellow and pink. Flavor reviews … Read more
🍅 Quick take: Grandfather Ashlock is a mid-season, indeterminate heirloom. It’s an old Ashlock family heirloom from Kentucky. The true variety features potato leaf foliage and produces large, highly uniform, oblate pink beefsteaks. Growers praise its outstanding, sweet, and tender flavor. Keep an eye out for regular leaf off-types in seed batches, which tend to … Read more
🍅 Quick take: Guker’s Special is an indeterminate, mid-season Potato Leaf variety that produces medium to large pink beefsteaks. Growers praise its incredibly well-balanced, meaty flavor that combines a nice sweetness with a pleasant tang. It performs well outdoors, consistently setting fruit, though extreme summer heat can temporarily slow down production. Full summary ↓ Growers’ … Read more
🍅 Quick take: Goldie is a classic, large indeterminate heirloom that produces massive, sweet, golden-orange beefsteaks with a fruity aroma. While the true variety is known to be Regular Leaf (RL), this thread highlights an interesting discussion where one grower raised a Potato Leaf (PL) version from older seeds that still produced perfectly authentic-looking fruits. … Read more
🍅 Quick take: Gnoccia di Limone (Lemon Gnocchi) is an early, indeterminate cherry tomato originating from France. The commercial description promises apricot-pink fruits with explosive sweetness, but growers report that the variety might not be fully stabilized yet, with plants producing both peach-colored and bright red fruits, and exhibiting varying leaf types. Despite the genetic … Read more
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🍅 Quick take: Dwarf Gloria’s Treat is an early, rugose potato-leaf dwarf from the Dwarf Tomato Project. Introduced in 2022 by Victory Seed Company, it produces sweet, juicy yellow-and-red bi-color slicers on stout, compact plants. Growers note that the foliage is extremely dense and requires regular thinning for proper airflow. Full summary ↓ Growers’ Notes … Read more
🍅 Quick take: Earl’s Faux is an indeterminate, mid-season (leaning early) potato leaf variety. The history is famous: Earl Cadenhead found a rogue seed in a pack of Brandywine, loved the resulting tomato, and shared it with the community on Tomatoville and Garden Web. It produces large, oblate pink beefsteaks. Growers here rave about its … Read more
🍅 Quick take: Daniels is an indeterminate, mid-season potato-leaf family heirloom (brought to Missouri from Germany). It produces large, meaty, and juicy pink beefsteaks with small seed cavities. Growers highlight its excellent sweet flavor, high yields, and uniform ripening. It also handles extreme heat uniquely: instead of dropping blossoms, it simply stalls fruit development until … Read more