{"id":1142,"date":"2026-08-28T17:58:27","date_gmt":"2026-08-28T17:58:27","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.tomat-pomidor.com\/en\/?p=1142"},"modified":"2026-08-28T17:58:27","modified_gmt":"2026-08-28T17:58:27","slug":"florentino","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.tomat-pomidor.com\/en\/florentino\/","title":{"rendered":"Florentino Fluted Tomato Review"},"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;1142&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;Florentino Fluted Tomato Review&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 Florentino<\/h2>\n<ul>\n<li>\ud83c\udf0d <strong>Origin:<\/strong> Originally distributed by the Russian seed company &#8220;Biotekhnika&#8221;. It is a heavily ribbed, European-style tomato.<\/li>\n<li>\ud83c\udf3f <strong>Plant Habit:<\/strong> Indeterminate. Grows to about 1.5 &#8211; 2 meters (5 &#8211; 6.5 ft) depending on whether it&#8217;s grown outdoors or in a greenhouse. Uniquely, it forms flower trusses very frequently\u2014every two leaves.<\/li>\n<li>\ud83c\udf45 <strong>Fruit Characteristics:<\/strong> Bright red, deeply ribbed (fluted) tomatoes. The flesh is dense, meaty, and has excellent shelf life. When sliced horizontally, the slices look like beautiful scalloped flowers, making them perfect for sandwiches.<\/li>\n<li>\ud83d\udc45 <strong>Flavor:<\/strong> Sweet and well-balanced, with no pronounced acidity.<\/li>\n<li>\u23f3 <strong>Yield &amp; Hardiness:<\/strong> Mid-early ripening. Highly dependable; it sets fruit perfectly even in poor weather conditions.<\/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\">N<\/div>\n<div class=\"author-meta\">\n<div class=\"author-name\">Nadia (Nadezhda) <span class=\"author-stats\">\u2b50 Pro Grower (10,762 posts)<\/span><\/div>\n<div class=\"author-geo\">\ud83d\udccd Kaluga Region, Russia (USDA Zone 4)<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"post-content\">\n<p><strong>Florentino<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>The seeds were from Biotekhnika. Indeterminate, height 1.5 m (5 ft). I trained it to two stems. The first trusses had 3 fruits each, the subsequent ones had 4-5. The trusses form every two leaves. The tomatoes are very beautiful, bright red, meaty, dense, store well (great shelf life), the taste is sweetish, there is no pronounced acidity.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.tomat-pomidor.com\/uploads\/newforum\/galleries\/23\/10291-080714155714.jpeg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.tomat-pomidor.com\/uploads\/newforum\/galleries\/23\/thumb_10291-080714155714.jpeg\" alt=\"Florentino ribbed red tomato on the vine\" width=\"160\" height=\"120\" \/><\/a><br \/>\n<a href=\"https:\/\/www.tomat-pomidor.com\/uploads\/newforum\/galleries\/28\/10291-020814102819.jpeg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.tomat-pomidor.com\/uploads\/newforum\/galleries\/28\/thumb_10291-020814102819.jpeg\" alt=\"Harvested Florentino tomatoes\" width=\"160\" height=\"120\" \/><\/a><br \/>\n<a href=\"https:\/\/www.tomat-pomidor.com\/uploads\/newforum\/galleries\/28\/10291-310714103347-284891056.jpeg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.tomat-pomidor.com\/uploads\/newforum\/galleries\/28\/thumb_10291-310714103347-284891056.jpeg\" alt=\"Sliced Florentino tomato showing dense flesh\" width=\"160\" height=\"120\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"forum-post\">\n<div class=\"author-header\">\n<div class=\"forum-avatar\">M<\/div>\n<div class=\"author-meta\">\n<div class=\"author-name\">Mama Antona (Svetlana) <span class=\"author-stats\">\u2b50 Pro Grower (6,814 posts)<\/span><\/div>\n<div class=\"author-geo\">\ud83d\udccd Kemerovo, Russia (USDA Zone 3)<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"post-content\">\n<blockquote><p><strong>On 8\/11\/2014 at 09:14 AM, Nadia said:<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>The tomatoes are very beautiful, bright red, meaty, dense, store well, the taste is sweetish, there is no pronounced acidity.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>These beautiful &#8220;flowers&#8221; were absolutely perfect for slicing and sandwiches. \ud83c\udf45<\/p>\n<p>Mid-early ripening time, in a polycarbonate greenhouse it grew to about 2 meters (6.5 ft) tall, set fruit perfectly despite the weather, forming trusses every 2 leaves.<\/p>\n<p>Thank you @Lyudmila D. for the seeds!<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.tomat-pomidor.com\/uploads\/monthly_2021_12\/124256437_2021-07-1310-09-35.jpg.ba16c380fdd57cd1ff9a1c07a8d5c250.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.tomat-pomidor.com\/uploads\/monthly_2021_12\/1323119835_2021-07-1310-09-35.thumb.jpg.7330946a7ad47a1e8db1d22d5ebc47a7.jpg\" alt=\"Beautiful scalloped flower slice of Florentino tomato\" width=\"225\" height=\"300\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Quick Summary of Florentino \ud83c\udf0d Origin: Originally distributed by the Russian seed company &#8220;Biotekhnika&#8221;. It is a heavily ribbed, European-style tomato. \ud83c\udf3f Plant Habit: Indeterminate. Grows to about 1.5 &#8211; 2 meters (5 &#8211; 6.5 ft) depending on whether it&#8217;s grown outdoors or in a greenhouse. Uniquely, it forms flower trusses very frequently\u2014every two leaves. &#8230; <a title=\"Florentino Fluted Tomato Review\" class=\"read-more\" href=\"https:\/\/www.tomat-pomidor.com\/en\/florentino\/\" aria-label=\"Read more about Florentino Fluted Tomato Review\">Read more<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":1142,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[438,211,5],"tags":[483,72,33,82,23,13,166,15],"class_list":["post-1142","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-red-tomatoes","category-ribbed-tomatoes","category-russian-eastern-european-heirlooms","tag-fluted-tomato","tag-greenhouse-tomato","tag-indeterminate","tag-meaty-tomato","tag-mid-season","tag-red-tomato","tag-ribbed-tomato","tag-sweet-flavor"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.tomat-pomidor.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1142","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=1142"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/www.tomat-pomidor.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1142\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":1144,"href":"https:\/\/www.tomat-pomidor.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1142\/revisions\/1144"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.tomat-pomidor.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1142"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.tomat-pomidor.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1142"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.tomat-pomidor.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1142"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.tomat-pomidor.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1142"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}