Heirloom Tomato Varieties & Reviews | Tomat-Pomidor
Honest reviews of global tomato varieties from a 15-year-old growers community.
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Quick Summary of Faworyt 5 🌍 Origin: A relatively new Polish breeding line. It is a cross between Brad’s Black Heart and the Polish variety Malinowa Sakiewka. The name translates to “Favorite 5”. 🌿 Plant Habit: Indeterminate (tall). An extremely vigorous and sturdy plant that shows excellent disease resistance. It sets fruit reliably regardless of … Read more
Quick Summary of Vater Rhein (Father Rhine) 🌍 Origin: A famous German heirloom. “Vater Rhein” translates to “Father Rhine”, named after the iconic European river. It is highly prized by collectors across Russia and Eastern Europe. 🌿 Plant Habit: Indeterminate (tall). This variety is notorious for its extremely weak, frail, and “weeping” (wispy) foliage. Growers … Read more
Quick Summary of Uboynaya Sila (Lethal Force) 🌍 Origin: A commercial Russian variety bred by the famous “Siberian Garden” (Sibsad) agricultural company. The name translates to “Lethal Force” or “Deadly Power”. 🌿 Plant Habit: Determinate (bush). It forms a small, compact, slightly sprawling plant that requires minimal fuss. Excellent for open ground and container growing. … Read more
Quick Summary of Williams Striped 🌍 Origin: A well-known heirloom variety originating from the USA. 🌿 Plant Habit: Indeterminate (tall). There is often conflicting information from commercial seed vendors who describe it as a compact bush (up to 1 m / 3.3 ft). However, real growers consistently report it reaching 1.6 m (5.2 ft) and … Read more
Quick Summary of Utomlennoe Solntse (Weary Sun) 🌍 Origin: A beautiful heirloom variety originating from Ukraine. The name translates to “Weary Sun” (a reference to a famous vintage Russian tango song). 🌿 Plant Habit: Indeterminate (tall) and vigorous. In a greenhouse, it easily reaches 1.8 – 2 meters (6 – 6.5 ft) in height. Pro … Read more
Quick Summary of Ukrainskie Domashnie Serdtsa (Ukrainian Home Hearts) 🌍 Origin: A treasured family heirloom variety from Ukraine. The name translates to “Ukrainian Home Hearts” (or “Ukrainian Family Hearts”). 🌿 Plant Habit: Indeterminate (tall), growing up to 2 meters (6.5 ft) in height. Requires sturdy staking or trellising to support the heavy fruit load. 🍅 … Read more
Quick Summary of Carbon (Uglerod) 🌍 Origin: A world-famous heirloom variety, widely known and grown by Russian tomato collectors under the translated name “Uglerod” (Carbon). 🌿 Plant Habit: Indeterminate (tall), but growers note it behaves very adaptably. Outdoors in open ground, it often acts semi-determinate, stopping around 1 m (3.3 ft). In greenhouses, it easily … Read more
Quick Summary of Ulybka Sandry (Sandra’s Smile) 🌍 Origin: A mysterious variety with a fascinating history. Originally acquired by a Latvian collector at a seed swap in Germany under the name “Cassandra”. Since the real Cassandra tomato is a completely different red variety, the name was rejected during local registration. It was officially renamed “Ulybka … Read more
Quick Summary of Utenok (Duckling) 🌍 Origin: A highly popular Russian commercial and collectible variety. The name translates to “Duckling”, likely due to its bright orange color and the characteristic “beak” on the end of the fruits. 🌿 Plant Habit: Determinate, dwarf (tree-type / rugose foliage) bush. Very compact, usually growing 35-50 cm (14-20 inches) … Read more
Quick Summary of Tamara 🌍 Origin: A Russian commercial heirloom variety. It is well-documented in North America via Tatiana Kouchnareva’s TOMATObase. 🌿 Plant Habit (The Det vs. Indet Debate): There is some conflicting information regarding its growth habit. Commercial Russian vendors (like Redko) list it as a determinate, and some growers report it stopping around … Read more
Quick Summary of Timofeich (Тимофеич) 🌍 Origin: A highly productive Russian commercial variety, originally distributed by the GISOK seed company. 🌿 Plant Habit: Indeterminate (tall) and extremely vigorous. The bush is described as very powerful, easily growing over 2 meters (6.5 ft) in a greenhouse setting. 🍅 Fruit Characteristics: Large, slightly oblate (flattened) beefsteaks. Growers … Read more
Quick Summary of Tie Feen (Tiffan) 🌍 Origin & The Name Mystery: Known in Russian collections as Tie Feen (Ти Феен), forum members suspect this is actually a localized mispronunciation of the American heirloom “Tiffan”. Tatiana Kouchnareva’s database lists Tiffan as a potato-leaf pink beefsteak from Dorothy Beiswenger (MN). 🌿 Plant Habit & Genetics: Indeterminate, … Read more