Heirloom Tomato Varieties & Reviews | Tomat-Pomidor
Honest reviews of global tomato varieties from a 15-year-old growers community.
📌 Quick Summary (TL;DR): Zolotaya Rybka (Golden Fish) 🌍 Origin: A classic Russian commercial variety released by Gisok Agro. The name translates to “Golden Fish”. Growers note that its wispy, drooping leaves actually resemble the flowing tails of goldfish! 🌿 Plant Habit: Indeterminate (tall), mid-to-late season. Reaches 6-6.5 feet (1.8-2 m). It features delicate, lacy, … Read more
Quick Summary of Rimskaya Svecha (Roman Candle) 🌍 Origin: A strikingly beautiful yellow paste/icicle variety (originally sourced by Russian collectors from the US/Valery Popenko). 🌿 Plant Habit: Indeterminate, tall, and highly productive. The bush has a very distinct, frail/wispy structure right from the seedling stage. As one grower poetically described it: “A flexible, graceful stem … Read more