{"id":1013,"date":"2026-08-27T13:59:14","date_gmt":"2026-08-27T13:59:14","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.tomat-pomidor.com\/en\/?p=1013"},"modified":"2026-08-27T13:59:14","modified_gmt":"2026-08-27T13:59:14","slug":"timofeich","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.tomat-pomidor.com\/en\/timofeich\/","title":{"rendered":"Timofeich Tomato Review: Crimson Heirloom"},"content":{"rendered":"\n\n<div class=\"kk-star-ratings kksr-auto kksr-align-left kksr-valign-top\"\n    data-payload='{&quot;align&quot;:&quot;left&quot;,&quot;id&quot;:&quot;1013&quot;,&quot;slug&quot;:&quot;default&quot;,&quot;valign&quot;:&quot;top&quot;,&quot;ignore&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;reference&quot;:&quot;auto&quot;,&quot;class&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;count&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;legendonly&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;readonly&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;score&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;starsonly&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;best&quot;:&quot;5&quot;,&quot;gap&quot;:&quot;5&quot;,&quot;greet&quot;:&quot;Rate this&quot;,&quot;legend&quot;:&quot;0\\\/5 - (0 votes)&quot;,&quot;size&quot;:&quot;24&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;Timofeich Tomato Review: Crimson Heirloom&quot;,&quot;width&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;_legend&quot;:&quot;{score}\\\/{best} - ({count} {votes})&quot;,&quot;font_factor&quot;:&quot;1.25&quot;}'>\n            \n<div class=\"kksr-stars\">\n    \n<div class=\"kksr-stars-inactive\">\n            <div class=\"kksr-star\" data-star=\"1\" style=\"padding-right: 5px\">\n            \n\n<div class=\"kksr-icon\" style=\"width: 24px; height: 24px;\"><\/div>\n        <\/div>\n            <div class=\"kksr-star\" data-star=\"2\" style=\"padding-right: 5px\">\n            \n\n<div class=\"kksr-icon\" style=\"width: 24px; height: 24px;\"><\/div>\n        <\/div>\n            <div class=\"kksr-star\" data-star=\"3\" style=\"padding-right: 5px\">\n            \n\n<div class=\"kksr-icon\" style=\"width: 24px; height: 24px;\"><\/div>\n        <\/div>\n            <div class=\"kksr-star\" data-star=\"4\" style=\"padding-right: 5px\">\n            \n\n<div class=\"kksr-icon\" style=\"width: 24px; height: 24px;\"><\/div>\n        <\/div>\n            <div class=\"kksr-star\" data-star=\"5\" style=\"padding-right: 5px\">\n            \n\n<div class=\"kksr-icon\" style=\"width: 24px; height: 24px;\"><\/div>\n        <\/div>\n    <\/div>\n    \n<div class=\"kksr-stars-active\" style=\"width: 0px;\">\n            <div class=\"kksr-star\" style=\"padding-right: 5px\">\n            \n\n<div class=\"kksr-icon\" style=\"width: 24px; height: 24px;\"><\/div>\n        <\/div>\n            <div class=\"kksr-star\" style=\"padding-right: 5px\">\n            \n\n<div class=\"kksr-icon\" style=\"width: 24px; height: 24px;\"><\/div>\n        <\/div>\n            <div class=\"kksr-star\" style=\"padding-right: 5px\">\n            \n\n<div class=\"kksr-icon\" style=\"width: 24px; height: 24px;\"><\/div>\n        <\/div>\n            <div class=\"kksr-star\" style=\"padding-right: 5px\">\n            \n\n<div class=\"kksr-icon\" style=\"width: 24px; height: 24px;\"><\/div>\n        <\/div>\n            <div class=\"kksr-star\" style=\"padding-right: 5px\">\n            \n\n<div class=\"kksr-icon\" style=\"width: 24px; height: 24px;\"><\/div>\n        <\/div>\n    <\/div>\n<\/div>\n                \n\n<div class=\"kksr-legend\" style=\"font-size: 19.2px;\">\n            <span class=\"kksr-muted\">Rate this<\/span>\n    <\/div>\n    <\/div>\n<h2>Quick Summary of Timofeich (\u0422\u0438\u043c\u043e\u0444\u0435\u0438\u0447)<\/h2>\n<ul>\n<li>\ud83c\udf0d <strong>Origin:<\/strong> A highly productive Russian commercial variety, originally distributed by the GISOK seed company.<\/li>\n<li>\ud83c\udf3f <strong>Plant Habit:<\/strong> Indeterminate (tall) and extremely vigorous. The bush is described as very powerful, easily growing over 2 meters (6.5 ft) in a greenhouse setting.<\/li>\n<li>\ud83c\udf45 <strong>Fruit Characteristics:<\/strong> Large, slightly oblate (flattened) beefsteaks. Growers specifically note the striking color of the fully ripe fruits\u2014describing them as &#8220;Kumach-red&#8221; (a deep, vibrant crimson\/flag-red).<\/li>\n<li>\ud83d\udc45 <strong>Flavor &amp; Texture:<\/strong> Highly praised for being very sweet and extremely meaty.<\/li>\n<li>\ud83d\udcc8 <strong>Yield:<\/strong> Exceptionally high. It is noted for its reliability, setting heavy trusses of large tomatoes without dropping any blossoms or skipping clusters, even if neglected later in the season.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<div class=\"add-review-cta\" style=\"margin: 20px 0; padding: 15px; background: #f9f9f9; border-left: 4px solid #4CAF50; border-radius: 4px;\"><strong>\ud83c\udf45 Grown this variety?<\/strong> <a href=\"#wpdcom\">Click here to add your own photos and review below!<\/a><\/div>\n<div class=\"forum-post\">\n<div class=\"author-header\">\n<div class=\"forum-avatar\">\u041c<\/div>\n<div class=\"author-meta\">\n<div class=\"author-name\">Murka (Masha) <span class=\"author-stats\">\u2b50 Pro Grower (9,357 posts)<\/span><\/div>\n<div class=\"author-geo\">\ud83d\udccd Nizhny Novgorod Region, Russia (USDA Zone 4)<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"post-content\">\n<p>Indeterminate. For me, it was over 2 meters (6.5 ft) tall, and the bush is quite powerful. Very productive, meaty, and sweet tomato. It set trusses without skipping any blossoms. The color of the ripe fruit is a deep crimson (kumach) red. O-lya-lya shared the seeds with me, she got them from GISOK.<\/p>\n<div class=\"forum-gallery\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.tomat-pomidor.com\/uploads\/newforum\/galleries\/150\/12464-191016025119.jpeg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.tomat-pomidor.com\/uploads\/newforum\/galleries\/150\/thumb_12464-191016025119.jpeg\" alt=\"Timofeich crimson red tomato on scale\" width=\"120\" height=\"160\" \/><\/a><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"forum-post\">\n<div class=\"author-header\">\n<div class=\"forum-avatar\">R<\/div>\n<div class=\"author-meta\">\n<div class=\"author-name\">rosvo (Elena) <span class=\"author-stats\">\u2b50 Vegetable Grower (662 posts)<\/span><\/div>\n<div class=\"author-geo\">\ud83d\udccd Unknown<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"post-content\">\n<p>It also became one of my absolute favorites. It grew in the corner of the greenhouse and was only pruned (shaped) at the very beginning of the season. And despite that neglect, it pumped out quite large tomatoes. Even though I have original commercial seeds from GISOK, I made sure to save my own seeds from it.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"forum-post\">\n<div class=\"author-header\">\n<div class=\"forum-avatar\">\u0411<\/div>\n<div class=\"author-meta\">\n<div class=\"author-name\">borchanochka (Polina) <span class=\"author-stats\">\u2b50 Pro Grower (9,895 posts)<\/span><\/div>\n<div class=\"author-geo\">\ud83d\udccd Bor, Nizhny Novgorod Region (USDA Zone 4)<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"post-content\">\n<p>I&#8217;ll add some photos<\/p>\n<div class=\"forum-gallery\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.tomat-pomidor.com\/uploads\/newforum\/galleries\/81\/2191-060815053543.jpeg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.tomat-pomidor.com\/uploads\/newforum\/galleries\/81\/2191-060815053543.jpeg\" alt=\"Large red Timofeich tomatoes on the plant\" width=\"1000\" height=\"750\" \/><\/a><br \/>\n<a href=\"https:\/\/www.tomat-pomidor.com\/uploads\/newforum\/galleries\/81\/2191-060815053806.jpeg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.tomat-pomidor.com\/uploads\/newforum\/galleries\/81\/2191-060815053806.jpeg\" alt=\"Massive cluster of red beefsteak tomatoes\" width=\"1000\" height=\"750\" \/><\/a><br \/>\n<a href=\"https:\/\/www.tomat-pomidor.com\/uploads\/newforum\/galleries\/73\/2191-070715104058.jpeg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.tomat-pomidor.com\/uploads\/newforum\/galleries\/73\/2191-070715104058.jpeg\" alt=\"Timofeich tomato cross section\" width=\"1000\" height=\"750\" \/><\/a><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Quick Summary of Timofeich (\u0422\u0438\u043c\u043e\u0444\u0435\u0438\u0447) \ud83c\udf0d Origin: A highly productive Russian commercial variety, originally distributed by the GISOK seed company. \ud83c\udf3f 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. \ud83c\udf45 Fruit Characteristics: Large, slightly oblate (flattened) beefsteaks. Growers &#8230; <a title=\"Timofeich Tomato Review: Crimson Heirloom\" class=\"read-more\" href=\"https:\/\/www.tomat-pomidor.com\/en\/timofeich\/\" aria-label=\"Read more about Timofeich Tomato Review: Crimson Heirloom\">Read more<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":1013,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[438,1,5],"tags":[72,30,11,33,82,15],"class_list":["post-1013","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-red-tomatoes","category-beefsteak-large-slicers","category-russian-eastern-european-heirlooms","tag-greenhouse-tomato","tag-heavy-yielder","tag-huge-tomato","tag-indeterminate","tag-meaty-tomato","tag-sweet-flavor"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.tomat-pomidor.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1013","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.tomat-pomidor.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.tomat-pomidor.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.tomat-pomidor.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.tomat-pomidor.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1013"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/www.tomat-pomidor.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1013\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":1015,"href":"https:\/\/www.tomat-pomidor.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1013\/revisions\/1015"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.tomat-pomidor.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1013"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.tomat-pomidor.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1013"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.tomat-pomidor.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1013"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.tomat-pomidor.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1013"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}