Heirloom Tomato Varieties & Reviews | Tomat-Pomidor
Honest reviews of global tomato varieties from a 15-year-old growers community.
🍅 Quick take: Eagle’s Heart (Orlinoe Serdtse) is a popular Siberian pink oxheart bred by Sibirskiy Sad. It produces hefty, dense, blunt heart-shaped slicers weighing anywhere from 6.3 to 17 oz (180-480 g) with minimal gel and high sweetness. The vine has typical sparse, wispy oxheart foliage and thrives both in protected greenhouse setups and … Read more
🍅 Quick take: Olesya is an indeterminate Siberian heirloom bred by Sibirskiy Sad, renowned for producing meaty, golden-orange elongated plum tomatoes packed with exceptional sweetness. Plants display classic feathery, weeping foliage that can look scrawny despite being healthy. While yield is notoriously light on single-stem setups, multi-leader pruning and leaving fruit to fully vine-ripen unlocks … Read more
🍅 Quick take: A mid-early, determinate variety producing large, perfectly round, bright orange tomatoes with sweet, low-acid flesh. Highly regarded for its taste, but watch out for commercial seed packets (SibSad) that frequently contain pink heart-shaped off-types. Full summary ↓ Growers’ Notes and Photos (USDA Zones 3-5) S Sweet (Svetlana) Pro | 8,792 posts 📍 … Read more
🍅 Quick take: A tall, indeterminate Siberian heirloom producing sweet, elongated barrel-shaped (or “glass”-shaped) orange fruits. Excellent for greenhouse growing and very comparable to Golden Königsberg. Full summary ↓ Growers’ Notes and Photos (USDA Zones 4-6) L Lana_s_Kavkaza (Svetlana) Pro | 19,268 posts 📍 Pyatigorsk (USDA Zone 6) A local heirloom from Minusinsk (*see Editor’s … Read more
🍅 Quick take: Red Minusinsk Glasses (Minusinskie Stakany Krasnye) is an indeterminate, elongated paste-type Siberian heirloom. Known for its blocky, cylindrical shape resembling a drinking glass, this robust vine easily reaches over 6.5 feet (2 m) in greenhouse conditions. It is a heavy yielder producing meaty, juicy, and sweet fruits that are excellent for both … Read more
🍅 Quick take: Tarasenko’s Dream (Mechta Tarasenko) is a vigorous, indeterminate mid-season variety known for producing large, sweet, raspberry-pink beefsteaks. Thriving best in greenhouses, this sturdy vine easily pushes 6.5 feet (2 meters) and throws heavy yields of meaty fruits weighing 10.5 oz (300 g) and up. While occasional off-phenotypes can produce gnarly shapes, the … Read more
🍅 Quick take: Minusinskie Rozovye (Minusinsk Pink) is a highly productive, indeterminate Siberian heirloom from the famous Minusinsk region. It yields heavy clusters of sweet, sugary pink hearts weighing 7-17.6 oz (200-500 g). Interestingly, the fruits often shift shapes on the same vine, throwing large flat hearts on the bottom and elongated pepper shapes up … Read more
🍅 Quick take: Minusinskie Yablochnye (Minusinsk Apple) is a massive, indeterminate pink beefsteak hailing from the legendary Minusinsk region of Siberia. Mid-season. The fruits are oblate or slightly apple-shaped, frequently reaching 1-2.2 lbs (500-1000 g). The vine is stout with long, wispy, drooping foliage. Growers rave about its “classic pink” flavor profile, which is incredibly … Read more
🍅 Quick take: Minusinskoe Mango (Minusinsk Mango) is a mid-season, indeterminate heirloom from the famous Minusinsk region in Siberia. It produces large, oblate, pale yellow fruits with beautiful pink blushing at the blossom end, usually weighing between 7 and 16 oz (200-450 g). Growers rave about its sweet, honey-like, exotic fruit flavor and its buttery … Read more
At a Glance Fruit: Massive pink hearts, frequently throwing 2+ lb megablooms. Very meaty with almost no seeds. Flavor Profile: Outstanding “old-school” true heirloom flavor—sweet, aromatic, and rich. Growth Habit: Indeterminate vines, relatively compact (around 5’3″), setting fruit continuously until frost. Season: Surprisingly early for such a massive fruiting variety. History: A rescued Russian family … Read more
🍅 Quick take: Makovaya Rosinka (Poppy Dew) is an ultra-early micro-dwarf cherry tomato with a rich Siberian history. The extremely compact, sprawling bush typically stays under 16 inches (40 cm) tall and requires absolutely zero pruning. It is a fantastic candidate for growing in 1-3 gallon pots on windowsills, balconies, or underplanted beneath tall vines … Read more
🍅 Quick take: Lev Minusinskiy (Minusinsk Lion) is a striking, heavily ribbed, indeterminate heirloom from the famous Minusinsk region of Siberia. Producing large, meaty beefsteaks often weighing well over 10.5 oz (300 g), growers praise its rich, sweet flavor and excellent shelf life. While the flesh is thick and dense, some slices may reveal hollow … Read more