📌 Quick Summary (TL;DR): Vidimo-Nevidimo (Countless)
- 🌍 Origin: A commercial variety from Siberian breeders. The Russian name “Vidimo-Nevidimo” translates to “Countless” or “Invisible Amount,” perfectly describing its incredibly heavy fruit set.
- 🌿 Plant Habit: Determinate (bush). Very compact and short-vined, usually topping out around 1.6-3 feet (0.5-1 m). It’s perfect for open ground and outdoor growing, though less practical for valuable greenhouse space.
- 🍅 Fruit Characteristics: Depending on the seed source and weather, fruits are pink or red, round, smooth, and crack-resistant. They typically weigh up to 10.5 oz (300 g).
- ⏳ Maturity & Yield: Early-season. It pumps out a massive amount of fruit very quickly. With good care, a single bush can yield up to 11 lbs (5 kg).
- ⚠️ Grower’s Alert: Be careful where you buy seeds. Some commercial Russian seed companies (like Aelita) sell a micro-dwarf cherry tomato under the exact same name, which is completely different from the original beefsteak-producing bush tomato!
Description from the seed packet:
An early-season, determinate (short-vined) variety. The first flower cluster forms above the 4th leaf, the second above the 6th, and the next two appear every single leaf. After that, the main stem terminates its growth. You can get an additional harvest if you let a sucker grow out and continue the plant’s development. Even outdoors in open ground, the main stem will set up to 15-16 fruits weighing around 10.5 oz (300 g) each. The fruits are pink, round, smooth, and dense; they do not crack. The variety is characterized by high resistance to fungal diseases. With good care, the yield reaches up to 11 lbs (5 kg) per plant.
Photo by: Smarisa, originally posted by vavladi
I grew it outdoors in open ground and I really liked the variety. It’s early and a heavy yielder, but my fruits didn’t quite reach the advertised weight. 🙌
I sowed it this year. How is the flavor? I’m opening my very first gardening season ever. Do you guys think this is a suitable variety for a beginner?
How tall does it actually get outdoors? And do I need to prune it (remove the suckers)?
Marina wrote:
How tall does it actually get outdoors? And do I need to prune it (remove the suckers)?
Here it is growing in my greenhouse. It sets a lot of tomatoes, but that’s where its growth ended (it stopped at about 1.6-2.3 feet / 0.5-0.7 m). I pruned the suckers, but mostly just to keep things tidy.
They are great keepers and store well, but the flavor is just average. Honestly, there’s no point growing this one in a greenhouse, it’s not worth the valuable space.
A variety from Siberian breeders. Determinate (grows up to 3.3 feet / 1 m in a greenhouse), heavy yielder, mid-season maturity. The fruits are medium-sized, red, round, and sweet.
I got my seeds from Galya, from her saved stock. It’s a great variety for open ground. The only thing is, according to the description, it’s supposed to be pink, but mine turned out red.
However, it’s not the only variety that behaves this way in my climate. At first, I thought I got off-types or crossed seeds. But the exact same variety turns deep crimson in a hot summer, and red in a rainy one. That’s just my experience. I can’t explain it from a scientific point of view, and honestly, I haven’t really looked into why.
I bought commercial seeds from the Aelita brand at a store. It is completely different from the forum strain.
The height of the plant is only 10-14 inches (25-35 cm) and the tomatoes weigh 0.5-0.7 oz (15-20 g), not 10.5 oz (300 g). The packet says “Grows perfectly in pots and balcony planters.” [Editor’s note: Aelita is a massive Russian commercial seed company. It appears they sell a micro-dwarf cherry tomato under the same name, which causes a lot of confusion among growers.]
I really regret buying these 😭
