{"id":1205,"date":"2026-08-29T10:40:49","date_gmt":"2026-08-29T10:40:49","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.tomat-pomidor.com\/en\/?p=1205"},"modified":"2026-08-29T10:40:49","modified_gmt":"2026-08-29T10:40:49","slug":"hazel-mae","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.tomat-pomidor.com\/en\/hazel-mae\/","title":{"rendered":"Hazel Mae Bicolor Beefsteak 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;1205&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;Hazel Mae Bicolor Beefsteak 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 Hazel Mae<\/h2>\n<ul>\n<li>\ud83c\udf0d <strong>Origin:<\/strong> A well-known American heirloom originating from Ohio. Prized for its massive bi-color fruits.<\/li>\n<li>\ud83c\udf3f <strong>Plant Habit:<\/strong> Indeterminate (tall). Needs a long, warm season to perform well. In regions with short or cool summers, yields can be disappointingly low unless seeds are started very early indoors.<\/li>\n<li>\ud83c\udf45 <strong>Fruit Characteristics:<\/strong> Large, flattened (oblate) bi-color beefsteaks. The exterior is yellow-orange with pink\/red blushing, especially on the blossom end. They frequently reach 400-500 g (14-18 oz). Growers often report that the fruits contain very few, if any, seeds.<\/li>\n<li>\ud83d\udc45 <strong>Flavor:<\/strong> The main reason to grow it! The flavor is exceptional\u2014sweet, buttery\/meaty, and complex with exotic, non-traditional tomato notes. Even when yields are low, growers keep planting it just for the taste.<\/li>\n<li>\u23f3 <strong>Maturity:<\/strong> Late season. It is often one of the last to ripen in the garden.<\/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\">S<\/div>\n<div class=\"author-meta\">\n<div class=\"author-name\">Svetlyachok-plyus (Svetlana) <span class=\"author-stats\">\u2b50 Pro Grower (1,450 posts)<\/span><\/div>\n<div class=\"author-geo\">\ud83d\udccd Russia<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"post-content\">\n<p>Seeds from V.D. Popenko. Indeterminate, grew in a glass greenhouse. The yield turned out low for me, but the taste was frea-king a-ma-zing \ud83d\ude0b\ud83d\udc4d, buttery and sweet, but not bland. For some reason, my fruits were not large\u2014yellow plum-like shapes with a pink blossom end. I will definitely try growing it again just for its amazing taste \ud83d\udc4d.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.tomat-pomidor.com\/uploads\/newforum\/attachments01\/61316_030f513d35cd25266ef7268b21e8d60b89077ba8.jpg\" alt=\"Hazel Mae bi-color tomato\" width=\"495\" height=\"629\" \/><br \/>\n<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.tomat-pomidor.com\/uploads\/newforum\/attachments01\/61318_13d1e3137e9245cf49fbfa210e744847149ce2b2.jpg\" alt=\"Hazel Mae tomato on a scale\" width=\"657\" height=\"492\" \/><br \/>\n<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.tomat-pomidor.com\/uploads\/newforum\/attachments01\/61320_d5073673e260cbb3ea5b8ad5d9a2ef396eca390a.jpg\" alt=\"Cross section of Hazel Mae showing red starburst\" width=\"662\" height=\"458\" \/><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/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\">Nadine (Nadezhda) <span class=\"author-stats\">\u2b50 Pro Grower (11,454 posts)<\/span><\/div>\n<div class=\"author-geo\">\ud83d\udccd Volgograd, Russia (USDA Zone 6)<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"post-content\">\n<p>My Hazel Mae (USA)<br \/>\nLyubushka sent me the seeds, thank you very much. The yield wasn&#8217;t very high, but I sowed it late. They are still growing and ripening now; I should have sown it earlier.<\/p>\n<p>My scale has a tare button, I zeroed out the plate&#8230; otherwise you guys will say the weight is wrong \ud83d\ude42<br \/>\nAnd this is on the bush.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.tomat-pomidor.com\/uploads\/newforum\/galleries\/33\/14-040914130508.jpeg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.tomat-pomidor.com\/uploads\/newforum\/galleries\/33\/thumb_14-040914130508.jpeg\" alt=\"Hazel Mae tomato hanging on the vine\" width=\"138\" height=\"160\" \/><\/a><br \/>\n<a href=\"https:\/\/www.tomat-pomidor.com\/uploads\/newforum\/galleries\/33\/14-040914130622.jpeg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.tomat-pomidor.com\/uploads\/newforum\/galleries\/33\/thumb_14-040914130622.jpeg\" alt=\"Yellow and pink bi-color tomato\" width=\"157\" height=\"160\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"forum-post\">\n<div class=\"author-header\">\n<div class=\"forum-avatar\">P<\/div>\n<div class=\"author-meta\">\n<div class=\"author-name\">Pani Tomat (Irina) <span class=\"author-stats\">\u2b50 Pro Grower (8,773 posts)<\/span><\/div>\n<div class=\"author-geo\">\ud83d\udccd Russia<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"post-content\">\n<p>Season 2015:<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.tomat-pomidor.com\/uploads\/newforum\/galleries\/82\/13618-100815160632.jpeg\" alt=\"Hazel Mae harvest of bi-color tomatoes\" width=\"1000\" height=\"750\" \/><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"forum-post\">\n<div class=\"author-header\">\n<div class=\"forum-avatar\">T<\/div>\n<div class=\"author-meta\">\n<div class=\"author-name\">Tatiana Kemerovo (Tatiana) <span class=\"author-stats\">\u2b50 Pro Grower (2,694 posts)<\/span><\/div>\n<div class=\"author-geo\">\ud83d\udccd Kemerovo, Siberia, Russia (USDA Zone 3)<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"post-content\">\n<p>The variety didn&#8217;t impress me. Grown to 2 stems, it was one of the last to ripen. It produced 5 nice-looking large tomatoes weighing 400-500 g (14-18 oz) each. One of them had blossom end rot (?!). The taste is good, but nothing remarkable.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.tomat-pomidor.com\/uploads\/newforum\/galleries\/86\/13391-280815113255.jpeg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.tomat-pomidor.com\/uploads\/newforum\/galleries\/86\/thumb_13391-280815113255.jpeg\" alt=\"Hazel Mae tomato held in hand\" width=\"120\" height=\"160\" \/><\/a><br \/>\n<a href=\"https:\/\/www.tomat-pomidor.com\/uploads\/newforum\/galleries\/86\/13391-280815113405.jpeg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.tomat-pomidor.com\/uploads\/newforum\/galleries\/86\/thumb_13391-280815113405.jpeg\" alt=\"Large yellow-orange bi-color tomato\" 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\">I<\/div>\n<div class=\"author-meta\">\n<div class=\"author-name\">ilja (Ilya) <span class=\"author-stats\">\u2b50 User (758 posts)<\/span><\/div>\n<div class=\"author-geo\">\ud83d\udccd Klin District, Moscow Region, Russia (USDA Zone 4)<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"post-content\">\n<blockquote><p><strong>Tatiana said:<\/strong><br \/>\nThe variety didn&#8217;t impress me&#8230; The taste is good, but nothing remarkable.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>For me, this variety also turned out to be mediocre (middle-of-the-road). Perhaps it needs a lot of heat, and the summer was very cold. The variety <em>Gold Medal<\/em> looks very similar to Hazel Mae, but its yield was much higher and the taste was a solid 5 out of 5.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/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\">Nadine (Nadezhda) <span class=\"author-stats\">\u2b50 Pro Grower (11,454 posts)<\/span><\/div>\n<div class=\"author-geo\">\ud83d\udccd Volgograd, Russia (USDA Zone 6)<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"post-content\">\n<p>Season 2016<br \/>\nSince Hazel Mae turned out to be late previously and not all fruits managed to ripen on the bush, this year I sowed a few seeds in a cup on January 25th. I planted them out in the second decade of April.<\/p>\n<p>They turned into excellent &#8220;flat beauties&#8221; (oblates), differing in shape from other bi-colors. It started to ripen in early July (I added the photo on July 8, but took it a few days earlier). Very tasty, beautiful. Because of the early planting, the yield turned out to be quite good. I will definitely plant a couple of bushes again.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.tomat-pomidor.com\/uploads\/newforum\/galleries\/128\/14-040716173545.jpeg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.tomat-pomidor.com\/uploads\/newforum\/galleries\/128\/thumb_14-040716173545.jpeg\" alt=\"Hazel Mae tomato ripe on the vine\" width=\"160\" height=\"109\" \/><\/a><br \/>\n<a href=\"https:\/\/www.tomat-pomidor.com\/uploads\/newforum\/galleries\/130\/14-090716132802.jpeg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.tomat-pomidor.com\/uploads\/newforum\/galleries\/130\/thumb_14-090716132802.jpeg\" alt=\"Oblate shaped bi-color tomato\" width=\"135\" height=\"160\" \/><\/a><br \/>\n<a href=\"https:\/\/www.tomat-pomidor.com\/uploads\/newforum\/galleries\/130\/14-080716133638.jpeg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.tomat-pomidor.com\/uploads\/newforum\/galleries\/130\/thumb_14-080716133638.jpeg\" alt=\"Sliced bi-color beefsteak tomato\" 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\">L<\/div>\n<div class=\"author-meta\">\n<div class=\"author-name\">Lyolikovna (Olya) <span class=\"author-stats\">\u2b50 Pro Grower (14,481 posts)<\/span><\/div>\n<div class=\"author-geo\">\ud83d\udccd Samara Region, Russia (USDA Zone 4)<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"post-content\">\n<p>There was zero yield from this variety this year \ud83d\ude04 Only 2 tomatoes on the first truss and that was it \ud83d\ude32 And the fruits were kind of plain-looking.<\/p>\n<p>But when I tasted it, my eyes popped out \ud83d\ude33 It is unrealistically delicious, the taste is unusual, not exactly tomatoey, but somewhat exotic \ud83d\ude0b And the most frustrating part is that there wasn&#8217;t a single seed in either of the fruits.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.tomat-pomidor.com\/uploads\/newforum\/galleries\/190\/14201-300817121629-1906051956.jpeg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.tomat-pomidor.com\/uploads\/newforum\/galleries\/190\/14201-300817121629-1906051956.jpeg\" alt=\"Sliced Hazel Mae showing completely seedless flesh\" width=\"500\" height=\"333\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Quick Summary of Hazel Mae \ud83c\udf0d Origin: A well-known American heirloom originating from Ohio. Prized for its massive bi-color fruits. \ud83c\udf3f Plant Habit: Indeterminate (tall). Needs a long, warm season to perform well. In regions with short or cool summers, yields can be disappointingly low unless seeds are started very early indoors. \ud83c\udf45 Fruit Characteristics: &#8230; <a title=\"Hazel Mae Bicolor Beefsteak Tomato Review\" class=\"read-more\" href=\"https:\/\/www.tomat-pomidor.com\/en\/hazel-mae\/\" aria-label=\"Read more about Hazel Mae Bicolor Beefsteak Tomato Review\">Read more<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":1205,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[66,94,61],"tags":[11,33,78,43,82,83,15],"class_list":["post-1205","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-bicolor","category-heirloom-other","category-orange-and-yellow-tomatoes","tag-huge-tomato","tag-indeterminate","tag-indoor-tomato-growing","tag-late-season","tag-meaty-tomato","tag-seedless-tomato","tag-sweet-flavor"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.tomat-pomidor.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1205","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=1205"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/www.tomat-pomidor.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1205\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":1207,"href":"https:\/\/www.tomat-pomidor.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1205\/revisions\/1207"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.tomat-pomidor.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1205"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.tomat-pomidor.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1205"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.tomat-pomidor.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1205"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.tomat-pomidor.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1205"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}