Quick Summary of Roza Vetrov (Wind Rose)
- 🌍 Origin: A commercial Russian variety introduced by the “Biotekhnika” seed company. The name translates to “Wind Rose”.
- 🌿 Plant Habit: Determinate, tree-type dwarf with dark green, rugose (crinkled) foliage. Very compact, growing only 35-45 cm (14-18 inches) tall.
- 🍅 Fruit Characteristics: Round, pink fruits meant to weigh 120-130 g (4.2-4.6 oz), though many growers report much smaller sizes.
- 📉 Expectations vs. Reality: The seed packet promises extreme cold tolerance, high disease resistance, and massive yields up to 4.5-5 kg (10-11 lbs) per tiny plant. However, grower consensus is highly critical.
- ⚠️ Grower Feedback: In reality, this variety is highly prone to foliage diseases and root rot. Yields are generally poor (often under 1 kg / 2.2 lbs per plant), and it ripens later than advertised. Most experienced growers consider it a mediocre variety and a waste of garden space.
Description from the seed packet:
“A highly resistant tomato variety bred for adverse conditions, short cold spells, and waterlogging. The fruits have a pink color, which is rare for tree-type dwarf varieties. Even under adverse conditions, the yield per bush is 4.5-5 kg (10-11 lbs)! Early ripening, 95-97 days from germination to fruiting. The bush is a typical tree-type dwarf, upright, 35-45 cm (14-18 inches) tall. Leaves are dark green, rugose. Fruits are pink, round, meaty, and of high taste quality. Fruit weight is 120-130 g (4.2-4.6 oz).”
My actual experience:
I sowed three varieties in April 2014: Roza Vetrov, Nezhdanna, and Zheltyi. Roza Vetrov started ripening last. It grew in two greenhouses, in prime spots facing south. The leaves were constantly covered in fungal spots and diseases; I had to constantly pluck them off. The yield was less than a kilogram (2.2 lbs) per bush. That’s just how it turned out.
P.S. Nezhdanna ripened first, then Zheltyi (which had the largest fruits), and Roza Vetrov was dead last.
Whose seeds were those? I bought a packet from the “Biotekhnika” company for this season, and now I’m doubting whether it’s even worth planting. ???
Roza Vetrov is originally a Biotekhnika release. The first time I planted it from their packet, then I wanted to try it again (because my seedlings froze and regrew late), then someone sent me seeds and I planted those. I definitely don’t want to grow it ever again.
Thanks for the info! The picture on the packaging is so wonderful, my hands just reached for it automatically at the store. Well, I guess I’ll be making changes to my planting plan.
I also grew Roza Vetrov from Biotekhnika. It’s not a terrible variety, but the fruit weight never reached what was claimed. It is definitely more of a mid-season variety rather than early, and the yield was no more than 3 kg (6.6 lbs) per plant. For me, it’s just a mediocre performer. There are undoubtedly much better varieties out there.
I can’t recall a single tree-type dwarf variety that yields 4.5 kg (10 lbs) per bush or more!!!! Most likely, that figure is per square meter. The authors of the seed packet description made a typo. 😉
Quote from Andrey:
I can’t recall a single tree-type dwarf variety that yields 4.5 kg per bush or more!!!!
Exactly! If you divide 4,500 grams by 120 grams, that’s 38 fruits, which is about eight full trusses. I’m not a huge expert on determinates, but can a 45 cm (18-inch) bush really support that much?
Hello everyone, I want to share my opinion on this variety. In 2016, we had an exceptionally great summer for tomatoes. Even the varieties that usually produce absolutely nothing in a cold summer gave a huge crop. But Roza Vetrov just stood there, all curled up and sick, despite being in a very good spot.
From three bushes, I harvested about a 2-liter pot of little tomatoes. There wasn’t a single 120g fruit in sight. It’s a waste of space. 🙁 It was completely covered in diseases, and eventually, my patience snapped and I pulled them all out. It turned out one of them had even caught root rot—and this was during a drought!
I have Roza Vetrov growing right now. Yesterday I had to tie up one bush because it fell over—the trusses got too heavy. The fruits are turning white (starting to ripen). I have 4 bushes growing: 2 of them have nice trusses with fruits, but the other 2 have almost nothing on them. :-[
