{"id":1310,"date":"2026-08-30T19:54:38","date_gmt":"2026-08-30T19:54:38","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.tomat-pomidor.com\/en\/?p=1310"},"modified":"2026-08-30T19:59:36","modified_gmt":"2026-08-30T19:59:36","slug":"black-heart-from-borisovna","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.tomat-pomidor.com\/en\/black-heart-from-borisovna\/","title":{"rendered":"Black Heart with a Spout from Borisovna Legendary 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;1310&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;Black Heart with a Spout from Borisovna Legendary 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 Borisovna&#8217;s Black Heart with a Spout<\/h2>\n<ul>\n<li><strong><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft\" style=\"font-weight: 400;\" src=\"https:\/\/www.tomat-pomidor.com\/uploads\/monthly_2018_11\/1015197467_2017-11-0422-51-27.thumb.jpg.4b663de8913315b03b226223b54a2d3f.jpg\" alt=\"Borisovna\" width=\"176\" height=\"181\" \/><\/strong>\ud83c\udf0d <strong>Origin:<\/strong> A legendary forum-born heirloom! Discovered by grower Natalya (Borisovna) from Karaganda, Kazakhstan, from a market tomato. It has since spread worldwide. Also known as <em>Black with a Spout, Black Oxheart from Borisovna, or Chernoe Serdtse s Nosikom.<\/em><\/li>\n<li>\ud83c\udf3f <strong>Plant Habit:<\/strong> Indeterminate (tall), reaching 1.5\u20132.5 m (5\u20138 ft) depending on growing conditions. Like many true oxhearts, the seedlings look &#8220;skinny&#8221; and &#8220;wispy&#8221; with drooping foliage\u2014don&#8217;t worry, this is normal!<\/li>\n<li>\ud83c\udf45 <strong>Fruit Characteristics:<\/strong> Stunning mahogany-brown\/burgundy oxhearts with distinct stripes and an elongated pointed tip (spout). Weight ranges from 300 g to massive 1 kg+ (10.5 oz to over 2.2 lbs) fruits.<\/li>\n<li>\ud83d\udc45 <strong>Flavor:<\/strong> Universally praised as one of the best-tasting dark tomatoes in existence. Rich, complex, and incredibly sweet with a dense, meaty texture.<\/li>\n<li>\u26a0\ufe0f <strong>Pro Tip from the Originator:<\/strong> To unlock its legendary sweetness, it <strong>must<\/strong> be grown in maximum sunlight. If grown in the shade, it will taste bland (&#8220;like grass&#8221;). Pick when fully dark burgundy-brown, and let it rest indoors for 1-2 days before eating.<\/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\">Svetikk <span class=\"author-stats\">\u2b50 Pro Grower (29,349 posts)<\/span><\/div>\n<div class=\"author-geo\">\ud83d\udccd Moscow \/ South of Moscow Region, Russia (USDA Zone 4)<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"post-content\">\n<p>This wonderful variety simply must be in our catalog. It has already become widely distributed on the forum and received the highest ratings for the combination of beauty &#8211; taste (5+++!!!) &#8211; and yield.<\/p>\n<p>Seeds are from Natalya Borisovna from Kazakhstan, originally from a store-bought market tomato, the exact name is unknown. It&#8217;s an indeterminate with good yield. I am growing it for the second year in a greenhouse, pruned to 2 stems. The dense brown hearts grow up to 500 g (17.6 oz) with a very good taste, obvious sweetness. Even the last fruits that ripened in storage are delicious \ud83d\ude09.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.tomat-pomidor.com\/uploads\/newforum\/galleries\/242\/166-041018034352.jpeg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.tomat-pomidor.com\/uploads\/newforum\/galleries\/242\/166-041018034352.jpeg\" alt=\"Beautiful Black Heart from Borisovna\" width=\"1000\" height=\"750\" \/><\/a><br \/>\n<a href=\"https:\/\/www.tomat-pomidor.com\/uploads\/newforum\/galleries\/191\/166-060917213107.jpeg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.tomat-pomidor.com\/uploads\/newforum\/galleries\/191\/166-060917213107.jpeg\" alt=\"Dark oxheart tomato on a plate\" width=\"1000\" height=\"750\" \/><\/a><br \/>\n<a href=\"https:\/\/www.tomat-pomidor.com\/uploads\/newforum\/galleries\/242\/166-031018014756.jpeg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.tomat-pomidor.com\/uploads\/newforum\/galleries\/242\/166-031018014756.jpeg\" alt=\"Meaty cross-section of Borisovna's tomato\" width=\"1000\" height=\"750\" \/><\/a><br \/>\n<a href=\"https:\/\/www.tomat-pomidor.com\/uploads\/newforum\/galleries\/191\/166-060917212956.jpeg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.tomat-pomidor.com\/uploads\/newforum\/galleries\/191\/166-060917212956.jpeg\" alt=\"Sliced dark heart tomato\" width=\"1000\" height=\"750\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"forum-post\">\n<div class=\"author-header\">\n<div class=\"forum-avatar\">Y<\/div>\n<div class=\"author-meta\">\n<div class=\"author-name\">Yaroslavna <span class=\"author-stats\">\u2b50 Pro Grower (6,273 posts)<\/span><\/div>\n<div class=\"author-geo\">\ud83d\udccd North of Yaroslavl Region, Russia (USDA Zone 4)<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"post-content\">\n<p>Such a beautiful variety undoubtedly deserves a place of honor in our catalog! \ud83d\ude4b\u200d\u2640\ufe0f<\/p>\n<p>I grew it last season under cover (polycarbonate greenhouse). It&#8217;s a strong indeterminate with a huge fruiting potential )). When formed into 2 stems with balanced nutrition throughout the season, it showed the best results. The plant is strong, sturdy, and well-leafed.<\/p>\n<p>The fruits are all large, heart-shaped with an expressive &#8220;spout&#8221; (nose), weighing 300-400 g (10.5-14 oz). The flesh inside is dense, juicy, with a magnificent balanced taste featuring spicy notes! A handsome guy! \ud83c\udf45<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.tomat-pomidor.com\/uploads\/monthly_2019_01\/2af6a83e.jpg.cbf1096482319a384576ec870cc7bd62.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.tomat-pomidor.com\/uploads\/monthly_2019_01\/2af6a83e.thumb.jpg.da6eed1e716f49fa9c6b1b86545e4775.jpg\" alt=\"Yaroslavna's Black Heart harvest\" width=\"225\" height=\"300\" \/><\/a><br \/>\n<a href=\"https:\/\/www.tomat-pomidor.com\/uploads\/monthly_2019_01\/P1010005.JPG.842db8112572163ae0c7592ad5d5ef3f.JPG\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.tomat-pomidor.com\/uploads\/monthly_2019_01\/P1010005.thumb.JPG.bdae82c0110d0df0b9dd78a94541cf75.JPG\" alt=\"Tomato on scale\" width=\"300\" height=\"225\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"forum-post\">\n<div class=\"author-header\">\n<div class=\"forum-avatar\">B<\/div>\n<div class=\"author-meta\">\n<div class=\"author-name\"><strong>Borisovna<\/strong> <span class=\"author-stats\">\u2b50 Pro Grower (19,778 posts)<\/span><\/div>\n<div class=\"author-geo\">\ud83d\udccd Karaganda, Kazakhstan (USDA Zone 4)<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"post-content\">\n<p>Svetik and Natalya Pavlovna wrote everything correctly about this variety. I will only add that for me, the yield and size increased in the second year when growing from my own saved seeds.<\/p>\n<p>I advise, as with all &#8220;blacks&#8221;, not to rush picking it from the bush, and of course, try to plant it in maximum sun.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.tomat-pomidor.com\/uploads\/monthly_2019_01\/2050679520_2018-09-0117-30-05.JPG.e0b023839438f64ac22cc47040185af9.JPG\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.tomat-pomidor.com\/uploads\/monthly_2019_01\/1793818559_2018-09-0117-30-05.thumb.JPG.f759de9466a3fcc0c0fe5d1dbd2879e9.JPG\" alt=\"Borisovna's original Black Heart\" width=\"300\" height=\"225\" \/><\/a><br \/>\n<a href=\"https:\/\/www.tomat-pomidor.com\/uploads\/monthly_2019_01\/13486-191017134125.jpeg.49837f75d871d6253e08bb4cc971f75c.jpeg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.tomat-pomidor.com\/uploads\/monthly_2019_01\/13486-191017134125.thumb.jpeg.a4f2bbc8e843fe5cc7f1296d90efb729.jpeg\" alt=\"Beautiful dark heart on the vine\" width=\"223\" height=\"300\" \/><\/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\">Inn@ <span class=\"author-stats\">\u2b50 Pro Grower (6,399 posts)<\/span><\/div>\n<div class=\"author-geo\">\ud83d\udccd Sverdlovsk Region, Ural, Russia (USDA Zone 3)<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"post-content\">\n<p>Nataliya Borisovna! Huge thanks for such a wonderful tomato! \ud83c\udf3a<\/p>\n<p>It&#8217;s a definite repeat for the upcoming season, despite the modest yield for me, because the tomatoes are very tasty and very beautiful. \ud83d\ude0d<\/p>\n<blockquote><p><strong>Borisovna wrote:<\/strong><br \/>\nI will only add that for me, the yield and size increased in the second year when growing from my own saved seeds.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>I am hoping for that too.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.tomat-pomidor.com\/uploads\/newforum\/galleries\/242\/19631-290918081035.jpeg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.tomat-pomidor.com\/uploads\/newforum\/galleries\/242\/19631-290918081035.jpeg\" alt=\"Inna's harvest of dark hearts\" width=\"1000\" height=\"804\" \/><\/a><br \/>\n<a href=\"https:\/\/www.tomat-pomidor.com\/uploads\/newforum\/galleries\/239\/19631-090918040710.jpeg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.tomat-pomidor.com\/uploads\/newforum\/galleries\/239\/19631-090918040710.jpeg\" alt=\"Large oxheart tomato\" width=\"1000\" height=\"995\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"forum-post\">\n<div class=\"author-header\">\n<div class=\"forum-avatar\">O<\/div>\n<div class=\"author-meta\">\n<div class=\"author-name\">Ovechka <span class=\"author-stats\">\u2b50 Pro Grower (13,966 posts)<\/span><\/div>\n<div class=\"author-geo\">\ud83d\udccd Russia<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"post-content\">\n<p><strong>Ninulia wrote:<\/strong><\/p>\n<blockquote><p>And here are mine, their &#8220;spouts&#8221; are not like regular pointy varieties, they are large hearts with an elongated top. I only found photos from June and July, still unripe. And later on, there probably wasn&#8217;t any time to take pictures \ud83d\ude09<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.tomat-pomidor.com\/uploads\/monthly_2019_03\/large.1453056944_.jpg.c9101432409ad23bf428bb6367805241.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.tomat-pomidor.com\/uploads\/monthly_2019_03\/large.1453056944_.jpg.c9101432409ad23bf428bb6367805241.jpg\" alt=\"Unripe elongated heart tomatoes\" width=\"850\" height=\"637\" \/><\/a><br \/>\n<a href=\"https:\/\/www.tomat-pomidor.com\/uploads\/monthly_2019_03\/large.1450376942_.jpg.83b087940365c8af6e649a75a8e3907f.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.tomat-pomidor.com\/uploads\/monthly_2019_03\/large.1450376942_.jpg.83b087940365c8af6e649a75a8e3907f.jpg\" alt=\"Green tomatoes on vine\" width=\"450\" height=\"600\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"forum-post\">\n<div class=\"author-header\">\n<div class=\"forum-avatar\">O<\/div>\n<div class=\"author-meta\">\n<div class=\"author-name\">Ovechka <span class=\"author-stats\">\u2b50 Pro Grower (13,966 posts)<\/span><\/div>\n<div class=\"author-geo\">\ud83d\udccd Russia<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"post-content\">\n<p><strong>Tiffany wrote:<\/strong><\/p>\n<blockquote><p>Yes, Nina, that&#8217;s them. There is only one variety from Natasha, it&#8217;s just called by different names. It is already being distributed abroad with an English name. I grew Black Heart with a Spout in 2017. I loved the tomato for its taste, yield, and beauty. The higher the truss, the larger and more &#8220;pointy&#8221; the fruits get. The first ones were like this.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.tomat-pomidor.com\/uploads\/newforum\/galleries\/192\/14878-150917080422.jpeg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.tomat-pomidor.com\/uploads\/newforum\/galleries\/192\/14878-150917080422.jpeg\" alt=\"Black Heart from Borisovna abroad\" width=\"1000\" height=\"750\" \/><\/a><br \/>\n<a href=\"https:\/\/www.tomat-pomidor.com\/uploads\/newforum\/galleries\/189\/14878-270817100336.jpeg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.tomat-pomidor.com\/uploads\/newforum\/galleries\/189\/14878-270817100336.jpeg\" alt=\"Sliced dark oxheart\" width=\"1000\" height=\"750\" \/><\/a><br \/>\n<a href=\"https:\/\/www.tomat-pomidor.com\/uploads\/newforum\/galleries\/189\/14878-270817100405.jpeg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.tomat-pomidor.com\/uploads\/newforum\/galleries\/189\/14878-270817100405.jpeg\" alt=\"Meaty tomato interior\" width=\"1000\" height=\"750\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"forum-post\">\n<div class=\"author-header\">\n<div class=\"forum-avatar\">O<\/div>\n<div class=\"author-meta\">\n<div class=\"author-name\">Ovechka <span class=\"author-stats\">\u2b50 Pro Grower (13,966 posts)<\/span><\/div>\n<div class=\"author-geo\">\ud83d\udccd Russia<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"post-content\">\n<p>I grew &#8220;Black Oxheart from Borisovna&#8221; in 2018. This year I plan to plant it again, along with &#8220;Black Heart with a Spout from Borisovna&#8221;.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.tomat-pomidor.com\/uploads\/monthly_2019_03\/large.397696141_.jpg.8ae10cbdddcd86b10e0cacd93a3aca9b.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.tomat-pomidor.com\/uploads\/monthly_2019_03\/large.397696141_.jpg.8ae10cbdddcd86b10e0cacd93a3aca9b.jpg\" alt=\"Lyudmila's harvest\" width=\"850\" height=\"563\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"forum-post\">\n<div class=\"author-header\">\n<div class=\"forum-avatar\">B<\/div>\n<div class=\"author-meta\">\n<div class=\"author-name\"><strong>Borisovna<\/strong> <span class=\"author-stats\">\u2b50 Pro Grower (19,778 posts)<\/span><\/div>\n<div class=\"author-geo\">\ud83d\udccd Karaganda, Kazakhstan (USDA Zone 4)<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"post-content\">\n<p>Luda, the exact same thing will grow. When I first got this little tomato, I wrote &#8220;Black Heart with a spout&#8221; on the packet for myself. And now it circulates under the names: Black with a Spout, Black Heart with a Spout, Black Oxheart from Borisovna&#8230; but it&#8217;s all the exact same variety.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"forum-post\">\n<div class=\"author-header\">\n<div class=\"forum-avatar\">O<\/div>\n<div class=\"author-meta\">\n<div class=\"author-name\">Ovechka <span class=\"author-stats\">\u2b50 Pro Grower (13,966 posts)<\/span><\/div>\n<div class=\"author-geo\">\ud83d\udccd Russia<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"post-content\">\n<p>Mine from Oksana didn&#8217;t have a spout. She is also from Kazakhstan. The photo is up there.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"forum-post\">\n<div class=\"author-header\">\n<div class=\"forum-avatar\">O<\/div>\n<div class=\"author-meta\">\n<div class=\"author-name\">Oksana-pepper <span class=\"author-stats\">\u2b50 Pro Grower (11,063 posts)<\/span><\/div>\n<div class=\"author-geo\">\ud83d\udccd Russia<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"post-content\">\n<blockquote><p><strong>Ovechka wrote:<\/strong><br \/>\nMine from Oksana didn&#8217;t have a spout. She is also from Kazakhstan.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>Luda, hi! I never had Black Oxheart from Borisovna. I sent you my own seeds, and mine is just a regular Black Oxheart, without a spout.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.tomat-pomidor.com\/uploads\/newforum\/galleries\/192\/19812-160917094245.jpeg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.tomat-pomidor.com\/uploads\/newforum\/galleries\/192\/19812-160917094245.jpeg\" alt=\"Regular Black Oxheart\" width=\"1000\" height=\"750\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"forum-post\">\n<div class=\"author-header\">\n<div class=\"forum-avatar\">O<\/div>\n<div class=\"author-meta\">\n<div class=\"author-name\">Ovechka <span class=\"author-stats\">\u2b50 Pro Grower (13,966 posts)<\/span><\/div>\n<div class=\"author-geo\">\ud83d\udccd Russia<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"post-content\">\n<blockquote><p><strong>Oksana-pepper wrote:<\/strong><br \/>\nLuda, hi! I never had Black Oxheart from Borisovna&#8230;<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>Oksana, hi! Then I need to dig through all my records. I have 5 notebooks with 48 pages each. And boxes with addresses too. P.S. I can never get my house in order \ud83d\ude0a.<\/p>\n<p>P.P.S. Oksana, you are right. It just says &#8220;Black Oxheart&#8221;. I probably added &#8220;from Borisovna&#8221; myself just because the letter came from Kazakhstan. I corrected my notes.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"forum-post\">\n<div class=\"author-header\">\n<div class=\"forum-avatar\">O<\/div>\n<div class=\"author-meta\">\n<div class=\"author-name\">Oksana-pepper <span class=\"author-stats\">\u2b50 Pro Grower (11,063 posts)<\/span><\/div>\n<div class=\"author-geo\">\ud83d\udccd Russia<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"post-content\">\n<blockquote><p><strong>Ovechka wrote:<\/strong><br \/>\nP.P.S. Oksana, you are right. It just says &#8220;Black Oxheart&#8221;&#8230;<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>Luda, hi, yes I just have regular Black Oxheart, that&#8217;s how I labeled it.<br \/>\nP.S. It&#8217;s a good thing you have many notebooks \ud83d\ude09.<\/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\">Pomidoroved <span class=\"author-stats\">\u2b50 Pro Grower (4,857 posts)<\/span><\/div>\n<div class=\"author-geo\">\ud83d\udccd Somewhere<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"post-content\">\n<p>Black with a spout during the seedling stage \u2014 instead of the first PAIR of true leaves, it forms one big leaf and one tiiiiny one.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.tomat-pomidor.com\/uploads\/monthly_2019_04\/large.cher-nos-2.jpg.4b815a4b5d0f9524f689098ff711f6b3.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.tomat-pomidor.com\/uploads\/monthly_2019_04\/large.cher-nos-2.jpg.4b815a4b5d0f9524f689098ff711f6b3.jpg\" alt=\"Seedling leaf anomaly\" width=\"691\" height=\"600\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"forum-post\">\n<div class=\"author-header\">\n<div class=\"forum-avatar\">A<\/div>\n<div class=\"author-meta\">\n<div class=\"author-name\">Astero <span class=\"author-stats\">\u2b50 Pro Grower (24,465 posts)<\/span><\/div>\n<div class=\"author-geo\">\ud83d\udccd Russia<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"post-content\">\n<blockquote><p><strong>Pomidoroved wrote:<\/strong><br \/>\n&#8230;instead of the first PAIR of true leaves, it forms one big leaf and one tiiiiny one.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>I have this problem too. A weird variety.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"forum-post\">\n<div class=\"author-header\">\n<div class=\"forum-avatar\">B<\/div>\n<div class=\"author-meta\">\n<div class=\"author-name\"><strong>Borisovna<\/strong> <span class=\"author-stats\">\u2b50 Pro Grower (19,778 posts)<\/span><\/div>\n<div class=\"author-geo\">\ud83d\udccd Karaganda, Kazakhstan (USDA Zone 4)<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"post-content\">\n<p>To say I am upset is an understatement. \ud83d\ude1e<\/p>\n<p>Here are seedlings from the exact same packet of seeds that I mailed out. Overgrown, spindly\/skinny, but they grew without any quirks. All 4 bushes are like this.<\/p>\n<p>I don&#8217;t understand what could have gone wrong. I don&#8217;t use blossom-set stimulants (like Zavyaz, Buton, Tomaton), only good old boric acid. I don&#8217;t save seeds from sick plants or bushes I don&#8217;t like. I save seeds from the most typical fruits on the 2nd truss, ripened fully on the bush. I ferment them for 2 days, wash, and dry on paper.<\/p>\n<p>Folks, who else got this flaw from my seeds, please respond, help me figure it out. I won&#8217;t rest until I understand what happened.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.tomat-pomidor.com\/uploads\/monthly_2019_04\/IMG_20190412_091025.jpg.d4784d6957e13ed98e46046a7681f433.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.tomat-pomidor.com\/uploads\/monthly_2019_04\/IMG_20190412_091025.thumb.jpg.373382684cdd65b3ab0d16d28454e91d.jpg\" alt=\"Skinny tall tomato seedlings\" width=\"225\" height=\"300\" \/><\/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\">Irina <span class=\"author-stats\">\u2b50 Pro Grower (4,661 posts)<\/span><\/div>\n<div class=\"author-geo\">\ud83d\udccd Kursk, Russia (USDA Zone 5)<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"post-content\">\n<p>I grew this variety last year directly from Natalya Borisovna&#8217;s seeds. Forum member Nadya shared them with me. I had only 2 seeds, they developed normally, resulting in 2 full-fledged bushes. Out of all the dark-fruited oxhearts I have grown, for me, this variety is the best.<\/p>\n<p>I grew <em>Brad&#8217;s Black Heart<\/em> (for me it was mushy and the taste wasn&#8217;t great), <em>Longhorn<\/em> (dense shoulders, loses on taste, gets soft quickly), <em>Purple Strawberry<\/em> (loses on all fronts). Every year I bought all the new varieties, but now I am reducing the number of varieties and keeping only the best. Out of the oxhearts, I am keeping Black with a Spout from Borisovna.<\/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\">Tiffany <span class=\"author-stats\">\u2b50 Pro Grower (20,171 posts)<\/span><\/div>\n<div class=\"author-geo\">\ud83d\udccd Las Palmas, Spain (USDA Zone 11)<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"post-content\">\n<p>Good morning everyone! Natasha, I grew it from your seeds myself in 2017. Everything was excellent. I sent the saved seeds to many people, and everyone liked the result. I also sent seeds last fall, and so far no one has complained, it&#8217;s growing normally for everyone. For me, it&#8217;s the best of the dark varieties.<\/p>\n<p>This spring, people are facing various problems growing seedlings. It&#8217;s unclear what it&#8217;s related to&#8230; But your seeds are always of excellent quality. Proven. Maybe someone else will respond with a similar problem&#8230;<\/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\">LenaA <span class=\"author-stats\">\u2b50 Pro Grower (8,628 posts)<\/span><\/div>\n<div class=\"author-geo\">\ud83d\udccd Chaykovsky, Perm Region, Ural (USDA Zone 3)<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"post-content\">\n<p>For me, Black with a Spout is also the best of the dark ones. I planted it last year from Natalya Pavlovna&#8217;s seeds (@Yaroslavna). This year I sowed 2 seeds from her again and 2 from my own saved seeds. There is no difference. Beautiful seedlings, waiting to be moved to the greenhouse.<\/p>\n<p>Thanks to Natalya Borisovna for distributing such a successful variety!<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"forum-post\">\n<div class=\"author-header\">\n<div class=\"forum-avatar\">A<\/div>\n<div class=\"author-meta\">\n<div class=\"author-name\">Astero <span class=\"author-stats\">\u2b50 Pro Grower (24,465 posts)<\/span><\/div>\n<div class=\"author-geo\">\ud83d\udccd Russia<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"post-content\">\n<p>Here are three tomato seedlings. They were all sown at the exact same time. The growing conditions were identical for all of them. The one in the middle is Black Heart. It has already &#8220;topped itself&#8221; (lost its growing point\/went blind). Why did this happen? Who knows. It&#8217;s nature, and anything can happen with any variety or hybrid. It&#8217;s nothing to get upset about.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"forum-post\">\n<div class=\"author-header\">\n<div class=\"forum-avatar\">A<\/div>\n<div class=\"author-meta\">\n<div class=\"author-name\">alexandra_21 <span class=\"author-stats\">\u2b50 Pro Grower (14,352 posts)<\/span><\/div>\n<div class=\"author-geo\">\ud83d\udccd Russia<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"post-content\">\n<p>This year I am growing Black Heart with a Spout from Borisovna. It&#8217;s my third year sowing it. Originally received seeds from Natasha, and then from my own seeds. I shared seeds with all the girls from our region. Everyone is happy, it&#8217;s the favorite tomato in terms of taste and all characteristics, it sets fruit reliably until the frost.<\/p>\n<p>As a seedling, of course, it&#8217;s not robust\/vigorous. Like many oxheart varieties [they look wispy]. But later in the greenhouse, it shows only its best side. Usually, I sow 1 seed of new varieties, 2 bushes of my favorites, but this year I have 4 bushes of Black Heart with a Spout. An amazing variety!<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"forum-post\">\n<div class=\"author-header\">\n<div class=\"forum-avatar\">B<\/div>\n<div class=\"author-meta\">\n<div class=\"author-name\"><strong>Borisovna<\/strong> <span class=\"author-stats\">\u2b50 Pro Grower (19,778 posts)<\/span><\/div>\n<div class=\"author-geo\">\ud83d\udccd Karaganda, Kazakhstan (USDA Zone 4)<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"post-content\">\n<p>I don&#8217;t understand what I did wrong, 3 bushes can&#8217;t just be without a growing point \ud83d\ude2b Almost every year I get 1 seed from a batch without a growing point, and that&#8217;s from the most reliable sources, but for all of them to be deformed at once&#8230; I&#8217;ve never seen that before.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/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\">sergomsk <span class=\"author-stats\">\u2b50 Pro Grower (6,427 posts)<\/span><\/div>\n<div class=\"author-geo\">\ud83d\udccd Omsk, Siberia, Russia (USDA Zone 3)<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"post-content\">\n<blockquote><p><strong>Borisovna wrote:<\/strong><br \/>\nI don&#8217;t understand what I did wrong, 3 bushes can&#8217;t just be without a growing point \ud83d\ude2b<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>Natasha, it&#8217;s totally fine, it happens. Last year I had this problem with <em>Auria Yellow<\/em>, it was nothing, it grew out of it and fruited.<\/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\">Tatyana Kemerovo <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>Growing this variety for the first year. In the seedling stage, it behaves like all oxhearts [spindly]. I hope it will like it here. Thanks, Natasha!<\/p>\n<p>I saved 2 seedlings of <em>Flaschen<\/em>. Fresh seeds from a friend. Both turned out to have no growing point! And another one from seeds bought from a collector. Maybe the seeds don&#8217;t have time to fully mature in half a year. Maybe they need to rest for a year?&#8230;<\/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\">Pomidoroved <span class=\"author-stats\">\u2b50 Pro Grower (4,857 posts)<\/span><\/div>\n<div class=\"author-geo\">\ud83d\udccd Somewhere<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"post-content\">\n<blockquote><p><strong>Borisovna wrote:<\/strong><br \/>\nI don&#8217;t understand what I did wrong, 3 bushes can&#8217;t just be without a growing point<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>I didn&#8217;t even think &#8220;something was wrong&#8221;, I thought that&#8217;s just how it grows. I figured, well, it&#8217;ll grow eventually. There is still time.<\/p>\n<p>===<\/p>\n<p>I just looked at it now \u2014 yes, it&#8217;s weird&#8230; There is no growing point, but a sucker has already started growing from the axil of the first leaf. We will observe.<\/p>\n<p>Borisovna, just don&#8217;t be upset!<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"forum-post\">\n<div class=\"author-header\">\n<div class=\"forum-avatar\">B<\/div>\n<div class=\"author-meta\">\n<div class=\"author-name\"><strong>Borisovna<\/strong> <span class=\"author-stats\">\u2b50 Pro Grower (19,778 posts)<\/span><\/div>\n<div class=\"author-geo\">\ud83d\udccd Karaganda, Kazakhstan (USDA Zone 4)<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"post-content\">\n<blockquote><p><strong>Pomidoroved wrote:<\/strong><br \/>\n&#8230;There is no growing point, but a sucker has already started growing from the axil of the first leaf&#8230; Borisovna, just don&#8217;t be upset!<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>Well, how can I not be upset, I spent so much time convincing you to try it, and look at the tricks it pulled, it&#8217;s embarrassing \ud83d\ude33 Well, if a sucker has started, maybe something will grow out of it.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p><!--nextpage--><\/p>\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\">Irina Fedorova <span class=\"author-stats\">\u2b50 Pro Grower (1,642 posts)<\/span><\/div>\n<div class=\"author-geo\">\ud83d\udccd Kaliningrad, Russia (USDA Zone 6)<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"post-content\">\n<p>I also have one bush of Black Heart with a spout from Borisovna growing. So far it doesn&#8217;t differ from the others, a beautiful, sturdy little bush, not even spindly\/skinny. Seeds from Svetikk.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"forum-post\">\n<div class=\"author-header\">\n<div class=\"forum-avatar\">O<\/div>\n<div class=\"author-meta\">\n<div class=\"author-name\">Olya Pskovishna <span class=\"author-stats\">\ud83d\udee1\ufe0f Forum Moderator (14,072 posts)<\/span><\/div>\n<div class=\"author-geo\">\ud83d\udccd Pskov, Russia (USDA Zone 4)<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"post-content\">\n<p>When I wrote my season report, the variety wasn&#8217;t in the catalog yet, so I hesitated to add it.<\/p>\n<p>Based on the results of last season, it was the tastiest and sweetest (according to the reviews of my tasters). It wasn&#8217;t overly prolific for me, but that&#8217;s most likely my fault. This year I am repeating it from my own saved seeds. The seedlings are completely normal. My original seeds were from MamaAntona.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/pp.userapi.com\/c852320\/v852320835\/5c488\/1fsaNRrPmuQ.jpg\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/pp.userapi.com\/c852320\/v852320835\/5c488\/1fsaNRrPmuQ.jpg\" alt=\"Olya's Black Heart\" width=\"648\" height=\"1080\" \/><\/a><\/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\">Tatunya <span class=\"author-stats\">\u2b50 Pro Grower (13,818 posts)<\/span><\/div>\n<div class=\"author-geo\">\ud83d\udccd Moscow Region, Russia (USDA Zone 4)<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"post-content\">\n<p>My seedlings are normal, sowing for the first time. The seeds were from Lvovna, thanks to her. And thanks to Borisovna as well for distributing it!<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"forum-post\">\n<div class=\"author-header\">\n<div class=\"forum-avatar\">O<\/div>\n<div class=\"author-meta\">\n<div class=\"author-name\">Ovechka <span class=\"author-stats\">\u2b50 Pro Grower (13,966 posts)<\/span><\/div>\n<div class=\"author-geo\">\ud83d\udccd Russia<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"post-content\">\n<p>Black Heart with a spout from Borisovna.<\/p>\n<p>Seeds from Voditsa (Ardak from Kazakhstan) received via registered mail in 2017.<br \/>\nSown on 18.03.2019. Pricked out on 03.04.2019.<br \/>\nThis is what the seedlings look like today. Slender\/skinny, like all oxheart varieties \ud83d\ude09. Maybe not all.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.tomat-pomidor.com\/uploads\/monthly_2019_04\/large.image.jpg.bf5633fe992ffa42fa34524eb814db10.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.tomat-pomidor.com\/uploads\/monthly_2019_04\/large.image.jpg.bf5633fe992ffa42fa34524eb814db10.jpg\" alt=\"Skinny seedlings\" width=\"850\" height=\"478\" \/><\/a><br \/>\n<a href=\"https:\/\/www.tomat-pomidor.com\/uploads\/monthly_2019_04\/large.vFwXzH8CjfE.jpg.717331a33c6265626e32ecc10cda5ed0.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.tomat-pomidor.com\/uploads\/monthly_2019_04\/large.vFwXzH8CjfE.jpg.717331a33c6265626e32ecc10cda5ed0.jpg\" alt=\"Slender tomato seedlings\" width=\"850\" height=\"478\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"forum-post\">\n<div class=\"author-header\">\n<div class=\"forum-avatar\">A<\/div>\n<div class=\"author-meta\">\n<div class=\"author-name\">Aleksandra54 <span class=\"author-stats\">\u2b50 Pro Grower (1,053 posts)<\/span><\/div>\n<div class=\"author-geo\">\ud83d\udccd Oryol Region, Russia (USDA Zone 5)<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"post-content\">\n<p>I also have a good bush, already planted it out in the greenhouse.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"forum-post\">\n<div class=\"author-header\">\n<div class=\"forum-avatar\">O<\/div>\n<div class=\"author-meta\">\n<div class=\"author-name\">Oksana Evgenievna <span class=\"author-stats\">\u2b50 Pro Grower (5,146 posts)<\/span><\/div>\n<div class=\"author-geo\">\ud83d\udccd Aktobe, Kazakhstan (USDA Zone 4)<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"post-content\">\n<blockquote><p><strong>Borisovna wrote:<\/strong><br \/>\nI don&#8217;t understand what I did wrong, 3 bushes can&#8217;t just be without a growing point \ud83d\ude2b<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>Natalya Borisovna, this year I planted 4 seeds from the ones you sent in 2018 \u2014 all 4 turned into absolutely normal seedlings, quite sturdy actually, especially for an &#8220;oxheart&#8221;. Thick little stems. I broke one when transplanting it to its permanent spot, but everything grew with proper growing points, normal true leaves, and cotyledons. In fact, it already has fruit set out in the open ground (outdoors), and the largest little fruit is also on one of the &#8220;Black with a spout&#8221; bushes, bigger than the ones grown in the greenhouse&#8230;<\/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\">Lyudmila D. <span class=\"author-stats\">\u2b50 Pro Grower (13,114 posts)<\/span><\/div>\n<div class=\"author-geo\">\ud83d\udccd Magnitogorsk, Ural, Russia (USDA Zone 3)<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"post-content\">\n<p>Wonderful forum members sent me seeds. I sowed 3 of them this year, all are absolutely normal. I don&#8217;t think it&#8217;s a flaw with the seeds or the variety. It just happens sometimes with any variety, they are plants, they are unpredictable, and it&#8217;s impossible to control it.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"forum-post\">\n<div class=\"author-header\">\n<div class=\"forum-avatar\">O<\/div>\n<div class=\"author-meta\">\n<div class=\"author-name\">Oksana Evgenievna <span class=\"author-stats\">\u2b50 Pro Grower (5,146 posts)<\/span><\/div>\n<div class=\"author-geo\">\ud83d\udccd Aktobe, Kazakhstan (USDA Zone 4)<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"post-content\">\n<p>Here is the first fruit of Black with a spout, and outdoors in open ground, too! Discovered on 28.06.2019. The rest are still small, but this one is huge, and it&#8217;s already coloring up. This is that very first fruit I wrote about earlier.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.tomat-pomidor.com\/uploads\/monthly_2019_06\/IMG-20190628-WA0017.jpeg.be28131d6263a5bdbe5def6147450051.jpeg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.tomat-pomidor.com\/uploads\/monthly_2019_06\/IMG-20190628-WA0017.thumb.jpeg.32fb8e75f0eee67b0110f0f53f163aa0.jpeg\" alt=\"First fruit coloring up\" width=\"168\" height=\"300\" \/><\/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\">LenaK <span class=\"author-stats\">\ud83d\udc64 Member (779 posts)<\/span><\/div>\n<div class=\"author-geo\">\ud83d\udccd West of Moscow Region, Russia (USDA Zone 4)<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"post-content\">\n<p>The variety is wonderful, it has earned a permanent spot on my grow list. Beautiful, productive. A bright taste with pronounced sweetness.<\/p>\n<p>Huge thanks to Natalya Borisovna for promoting the variety and to Sveta (Svetikk) for the seeds.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.tomat-pomidor.com\/uploads\/monthly_2019_07\/813953132_DSC08053.JPG.c361bf84daf568c0d64f335f4a371f6b.JPG\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.tomat-pomidor.com\/uploads\/monthly_2019_07\/1996532857_DSC08053.thumb.JPG.a86b4605250a5cbf75ed36daadf26145.JPG\" alt=\"Elena's Black Heart\" width=\"300\" height=\"200\" \/><\/a><br \/>\n<a href=\"https:\/\/www.tomat-pomidor.com\/uploads\/monthly_2019_07\/1397701914_DSC08081.JPG.67b200ca11dd58ee2a610689cae33269.JPG\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.tomat-pomidor.com\/uploads\/monthly_2019_07\/1700571417_DSC08081.thumb.JPG.3f2ed35f66a2f476afc69e3d452d8271.JPG\" alt=\"Sliced dark tomato on plate\" width=\"300\" height=\"200\" \/><\/a><br \/>\n<a href=\"https:\/\/www.tomat-pomidor.com\/uploads\/monthly_2019_07\/1307854766_DSC08072.JPG.e658d5179d07895d86651704e8d6dcd1.JPG\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.tomat-pomidor.com\/uploads\/monthly_2019_07\/1976657258_DSC08072.thumb.JPG.564a9f38f7a44fc7b60556be936f659f.JPG\" alt=\"Beautiful dark heart interior\" width=\"300\" height=\"200\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"forum-post\">\n<div class=\"author-header\">\n<div class=\"forum-avatar\">A<\/div>\n<div class=\"author-meta\">\n<div class=\"author-name\">Aglaya <span class=\"author-stats\">\ud83c\udf31 Member (168 posts)<\/span><\/div>\n<div class=\"author-geo\">\ud83d\udccd Moscow Region, Russia (USDA Zone 4)<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"post-content\">\n<p>Picked the first ripe tomato today. Who would doubt that it was Black with a Spout! It is so delicious!!!!! The tastiest variety of all that I&#8217;ve tried, and I usually don&#8217;t like anything) Even the very first tomato is delicious! Usually, the first fruits aren&#8217;t great in taste, but this handsome guy is amazing.<\/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\">Marina Dachnik <span class=\"author-stats\">\u2b50 Pro Grower (1,607 posts)<\/span><\/div>\n<div class=\"author-geo\">\ud83d\udccd Russia<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"post-content\">\n<p>Girls, I also picked my first tomato today!!!! It grew fused (megabloom), but its taste and beauty didn&#8217;t suffer at all!!!! The girls from the forum shared the seeds! Thank you, for your kind and generous hearts everyone!!!!!<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.tomat-pomidor.com\/uploads\/monthly_2019_07\/image.png.582fe3b09f58a401913b13f3a3930569.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.tomat-pomidor.com\/uploads\/monthly_2019_07\/image.thumb.png.0901ac67bcc030504bce069be7ab4690.png\" alt=\"Marina's fused megabloom tomato\" width=\"222\" height=\"300\" \/><\/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\">Irina Fedorova <span class=\"author-stats\">\u2b50 Pro Grower (1,642 posts)<\/span><\/div>\n<div class=\"author-geo\">\ud83d\udccd Kaliningrad, Russia (USDA Zone 6)<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"post-content\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.tomat-pomidor.com\/uploads\/monthly_2019_07\/20190726_091747.jpg.8e7fe0e56f28af7e0125e2dbe5ed636e.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.tomat-pomidor.com\/uploads\/monthly_2019_07\/20190726_091747.thumb.jpg.17bcd653f575af00d869e273a5af8685.jpg\" alt=\"Irina's dark oxheart\" width=\"225\" height=\"300\" \/><\/a><\/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\">Irina Fedorova <span class=\"author-stats\">\u2b50 Pro Grower (1,642 posts)<\/span><\/div>\n<div class=\"author-geo\">\ud83d\udccd Kaliningrad, Russia (USDA Zone 6)<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"post-content\">\n<p>Very tasty!!! And very prolific!<\/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\">tomatinka <span class=\"author-stats\">\u2b50 Pro Grower (14,911 posts)<\/span><\/div>\n<div class=\"author-geo\">\ud83d\udccd Tyumen Region, Siberia, Russia (USDA Zone 3)<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"post-content\">\n<p>And for me this year, it just froze as a 30 cm (1 ft) bush. No flowers, no fruit set. And by the way, I had several varieties do this this year. Although they developed normally as seedlings. After transplanting outdoors, they just stalled.<\/p>\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\">Rozalinda <span class=\"author-stats\">\ud83d\udc64 Member (848 posts)<\/span><\/div>\n<div class=\"author-geo\">\ud83d\udccd Penza, Russia (USDA Zone 4)<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"post-content\">\n<p>I really want to thank the girls from the forum who shared seeds with me, and of course, the respected Natalya Borisovna, who released this tomato to the public. Thank you from the bottom of my heart! \ud83c\udf3a<\/p>\n<p>The tomatoes are very beautiful, such an interesting color, easily distinguishable from other dark tomatoes. Meaty and juicy at the same time. It&#8217;s just all flesh, flesh, flesh&#8230; There seem to be enough seeds, but the seed locules are tiny. You&#8217;ll struggle to find seeds to save.<\/p>\n<p>And about the taste. When cut, the tomato has these bright pink veins. And the taste gives the impression that they mixed the bright, rich, sweet taste of a good pink tomato with the characteristic taste of a dark tomato. The taste is rich, interesting, and very sweet. Here on this page, they compared the taste of Black Heart with a Spout from Borisovna with the taste of Brad&#8217;s Black Heart. Both are very tasty, just different flavors. Brad&#8217;s Black Heart has a more typical &#8220;black tomato&#8221; taste.<\/p>\n<p>The yield is wonderful. And that&#8217;s for me, and I generally have problems with yields. The only thing is, my fruits grew with blunt noses. I didn&#8217;t get that elegant pointy nose.<\/p>\n<p>And a little about the survival conditions. The tomatoes grew outdoors in open ground without canopies or other shelters. They safely ripened on their own on the bushes. And this was during such an extreme summer this year! For us, summer started at the end of May and ended on the first of July. And since then it&#8217;s just been rain, rain, rain&#8230;<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.tomat-pomidor.com\/uploads\/monthly_2019_08\/P90811-12562.1.jpg.fced0147d6ea7823e905c2acfde16118.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.tomat-pomidor.com\/uploads\/monthly_2019_08\/P90811-12562.1.thumb.jpg.82de0ade701a7828dce17e6be3c5e4a2.jpg\" alt=\"Blunt-nosed dark oxheart\" width=\"292\" height=\"300\" \/><\/a><br \/>\n<a href=\"https:\/\/www.tomat-pomidor.com\/uploads\/monthly_2019_08\/P90811-13114.2.jpg.7f181206118ee0d2ead6178c1d5b0574.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.tomat-pomidor.com\/uploads\/monthly_2019_08\/P90811-13114.2.thumb.jpg.79ec36996dffd7976b381f0b8852d923.jpg\" alt=\"Slices showing dense flesh and pink veins\" width=\"274\" height=\"300\" \/><\/a><\/p>\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\">Rosinka <span class=\"author-stats\">\u2b50 Pro Grower (5,105 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>And my Black with a Spout was definitely pointy-nosed, although the lower tomatoes were not as long-nosed, but slightly larger: the first was 355 g (12.5 oz), and the rest were from 230 to 300 g (8-10.5 oz). All perfectly shaped, handsome guys. 8 have already ripened, and 8 are still green. Very juicy, the flesh itself is juicy, and very sweet. Almost too sweet for my taste.<\/p>\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\">Rozalinda <span class=\"author-stats\">\ud83d\udc64 Member (848 posts)<\/span><\/div>\n<div class=\"author-geo\">\ud83d\udccd Penza, Russia (USDA Zone 4)<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"post-content\">\n<p>I went out this morning and examined the bush more carefully. Fruits of different shapes are hanging: at the bottom, they are large and blunt-nosed, at the top they are small, still green, but with beautiful sharp pointy noses.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/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\">Svetikk <span class=\"author-stats\">\u2b50 Pro Grower (29,349 posts)<\/span><\/div>\n<div class=\"author-geo\">\ud83d\udccd Moscow \/ South of Moscow Region, Russia (USDA Zone 4)<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"post-content\">\n<p>Repeated this wonderful variety.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.tomat-pomidor.com\/uploads\/monthly_2019_09\/DSCN0104.JPG.dc2a4ca34f508a69f1f9789bc2471c24.JPG\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.tomat-pomidor.com\/uploads\/monthly_2019_09\/DSCN0104.thumb.JPG.46d471ce0f2c58c07cdec34973bd701e.JPG\" alt=\"Svetikk's second year harvest\" width=\"300\" height=\"225\" \/><\/a><br \/>\n<a href=\"https:\/\/www.tomat-pomidor.com\/uploads\/monthly_2019_09\/DSCN0261.JPG.0a643f5792ee1d945cd38a911937e292.JPG\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.tomat-pomidor.com\/uploads\/monthly_2019_09\/DSCN0261.thumb.JPG.72fb7b3eb5ca5846c1ab34a90f4beb7a.JPG\" alt=\"Slices of dark oxhearts\" width=\"300\" height=\"225\" \/><\/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\">Murka <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>This little tomato made me very happy. Very meaty and sweet, just the way I like it. I lost the photos of it on the bush.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.tomat-pomidor.com\/uploads\/monthly_2019_09\/IMG_20190726_204914.jpg.01d563947b718ebb8cc36d1f6bf6152f.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.tomat-pomidor.com\/uploads\/monthly_2019_09\/IMG_20190726_204914.thumb.jpg.2e7e25a63de354d16147e620ea3596ab.jpg\" alt=\"Masha's Black Heart\" width=\"225\" height=\"300\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"forum-post\">\n<div class=\"author-header\">\n<div class=\"forum-avatar\">B<\/div>\n<div class=\"author-meta\">\n<div class=\"author-name\"><strong>Borisovna<\/strong> <span class=\"author-stats\">\u2b50 Pro Grower (19,778 posts)<\/span><\/div>\n<div class=\"author-geo\">\ud83d\udccd Karaganda, Kazakhstan (USDA Zone 4)<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"post-content\">\n<p>I am so happy that my favorite tomato went to the public and showed itself so well for so many people \ud83d\ude0d<\/p>\n<p>For New Year&#8217;s, I received a gift from Natalya Pavlovna (Yaroslavna), and among other luxurious varieties, there was <em>Canadian Heritage<\/em>. They grew next to each other, and it was a fantastic sight: 2-meter (6.5 ft) bushes from floor to ceiling hung with burgundy-brown and orange-red hearts of identical shape and size. And sliced on one plate, they are even more beautiful, but the harmony of flavors of these two varieties is simply stunning. They are completely different, but together they give an absolutely delightful combination. For valid reasons, I unfortunately don&#8217;t have photos this year, I had no time for them this summer.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"forum-post\">\n<div class=\"author-header\">\n<div class=\"forum-avatar\">B<\/div>\n<div class=\"author-meta\">\n<div class=\"author-name\">Buketik <span class=\"author-stats\">\ud83c\udf31 Member (275 posts)<\/span><\/div>\n<div class=\"author-geo\">\ud83d\udccd Moscow Region, Russia (USDA Zone 4)<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"post-content\">\n<p>Grew it this year, it got hit by frost in May, so I had to grow it out from suckers. Because of that, only a few managed to set and ripen. A very unusual taste, but I didn&#8217;t fully grasp it. I will repeat it next year from my own seeds. I absolutely love all dark tomatoes.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.tomat-pomidor.com\/uploads\/monthly_2019_10\/IMG_20190819_141220.jpg.81de2d6ec5f86859c908a8b7a5d6eaf6.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.tomat-pomidor.com\/uploads\/monthly_2019_10\/IMG_20190819_141220.thumb.jpg.08ba170b62386bc4e14388d6a2b39f16.jpg\" alt=\"Frost survivor harvest\" width=\"225\" height=\"300\" \/><\/a><br \/>\n<a href=\"https:\/\/www.tomat-pomidor.com\/uploads\/monthly_2019_10\/IMG_20190820_112255.jpg.ed660503dd4cc8b83240a699d9af9276.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.tomat-pomidor.com\/uploads\/monthly_2019_10\/IMG_20190820_112255.thumb.jpg.f424773f3af435dc1dc3d66924c0e05d.jpg\" alt=\"Sliced dark tomato\" width=\"300\" height=\"225\" \/><\/a><\/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\">neLENtyayka <span class=\"author-stats\">\u2b50 Pro Grower (2,774 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>A tasty dark one:<br \/>\nFirst truss:<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"forum-post\">\n<div class=\"author-header\">\n<div class=\"forum-avatar\">V<\/div>\n<div class=\"author-meta\">\n<div class=\"author-name\">Valeriy1968 <span class=\"author-stats\">\u2b50 Pro Grower (1,504 posts)<\/span><\/div>\n<div class=\"author-geo\">\ud83d\udccd Vologda, Russia (USDA Zone 4)<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"post-content\">\n<p>I join in thanking Natalya Borisovna for this stunning variety. You rarely find such a combination of positive traits in a tomato variety. Even though I consider myself quite spoiled by the abundance of varieties as a tomato lover \ud83d\ude04.<\/p>\n<p>It has it all\u2014yield (one of the best of the season), taste (excellent throughout the season), and unpretentiousness (it gave a crop from a weakened seedling even when planted in a 10-liter \/ 2.6-gallon bucket, and survived two frosts). A miracle, not just a variety!<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.tomat-pomidor.com\/uploads\/monthly_2019_11\/IMG_20190809_101458_compress90.jpg.ada0446fcd296ae24202eefc381c1fb9.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.tomat-pomidor.com\/uploads\/monthly_2019_11\/IMG_20190809_101458_compress90.thumb.jpg.c340351ec9571184f48f4897f0110337.jpg\" alt=\"Valeriy's dark oxheart harvest\" width=\"225\" height=\"300\" \/><\/a><\/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\">T@tk@ <span class=\"author-stats\">\u2b50 Pro Grower (34,644 posts)<\/span><\/div>\n<div class=\"author-geo\">\ud83d\udccd Kazan, Tatarstan, Russia (USDA Zone 4)<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"post-content\">\n<blockquote><p><strong>Svetikk wrote:<\/strong><br \/>\nIndeterminate with good yield. I am growing it for the second year in a greenhouse, pruned to 2 stems&#8230;<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>Sveta, where will this variety feel better in a polycarbonate greenhouse? In the absolute sun against the wall? Or staggered\u2014in the second row behind the wimpy-leafed oxhearts?<\/p>\n<p>Natalya Borisovna indicated that this variety is mid-late&#8230;<\/p>\n<p>Do you think that in the Middle Volga region, if sown on March 15th, it will have time to ripen outdoors in open ground?<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/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\">Svetikk <span class=\"author-stats\">\u2b50 Pro Grower (29,349 posts)<\/span><\/div>\n<div class=\"author-geo\">\ud83d\udccd Moscow \/ South of Moscow Region, Russia (USDA Zone 4)<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"post-content\">\n<blockquote><p><strong>T@tk@ wrote:<\/strong><br \/>\n&#8230;where will this variety feel better in a polycarbonate greenhouse? In the absolute sun against the wall? &#8230; Do you think it will ripen outdoors?<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>For me, this variety has always grown in the middle bed of the greenhouse and felt great. I do not recommend planting it outdoors in open ground. Such a beautiful, large-fruited variety fruits for a long time in the greenhouse, with large fruits hanging right under the roof. Outdoors, it won&#8217;t show its true potential.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p><!--nextpage--><\/p>\n<div class=\"forum-post\">\n<div class=\"author-header\">\n<div class=\"forum-avatar\">B<\/div>\n<div class=\"author-meta\">\n<div class=\"author-name\"><strong>Borisovna<\/strong> <span class=\"author-stats\">\u2b50 Pro Grower (19,778 posts)<\/span><\/div>\n<div class=\"author-geo\">\ud83d\udccd Karaganda, Kazakhstan (USDA Zone 4)<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"post-content\">\n<blockquote><p><strong>T@tk@ wrote:<\/strong><br \/>\nNatalya Borisovna indicated that this variety is mid-late&#8230;<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>The first year it was mid-late for me, the second year it was mid-season, but for the last 2 years, it has been one of the very first to ripen. It has adapted, it seems.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"forum-post\">\n<div class=\"author-header\">\n<div class=\"forum-avatar\">H<\/div>\n<div class=\"author-meta\">\n<div class=\"author-name\">herbina <span class=\"author-stats\">\u2b50 Pro Grower (3,026 posts)<\/span><\/div>\n<div class=\"author-geo\">\ud83d\udccd Nizhny Novgorod, Russia (USDA Zone 4)<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"post-content\">\n<blockquote><p><strong>Borisovna wrote:<\/strong><br \/>\n&#8230;for the last 2 years, it has been one of the very first to ripen.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>For me, it has been one of the earliest right from the start, right after <em>Kazakhstan Yellow<\/em>.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"forum-post\">\n<div class=\"author-header\">\n<div class=\"forum-avatar\">7<\/div>\n<div class=\"author-meta\">\n<div class=\"author-name\">777 <span class=\"author-stats\">\ud83c\udf31 Member (493 posts)<\/span><\/div>\n<div class=\"author-geo\">\ud83d\udccd Russia<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"post-content\">\n<p>I grew this variety last year. The seeds were from Yulichka @Tiffany. Yulia strongly recommended planting this variety. I will say one thing: this variety justified all hopes. Prolific, unpretentious, with a good balanced taste. It perfectly survived the cold May, and subsequently the heat.<\/p>\n<p>Many thanks to Yulichka for the seeds, and to Natalya Borisovna for distributing this variety.<\/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\">Marina Dachnik <span class=\"author-stats\">\u2b50 Pro Grower (1,607 posts)<\/span><\/div>\n<div class=\"author-geo\">\ud83d\udccd Russia<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"post-content\">\n<p>Natalya Borisovna, this is simply a miracle variety!!!! Huge thanks!!! I already have a &#8220;spout&#8221; forming!<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.tomat-pomidor.com\/uploads\/monthly_2020_06\/image.png.f97004411bd4b2047bb717e9b630eb6f.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.tomat-pomidor.com\/uploads\/monthly_2020_06\/image.thumb.png.8223d877589c5b67bb01f9a81cbf24f3.png\" alt=\"Small green tomato forming a spout\" width=\"222\" height=\"300\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/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\">Stella65 <span class=\"author-stats\">\ud83c\udf31 Member (30 posts)<\/span><\/div>\n<div class=\"author-geo\">\ud83d\udccd Novosibirsk, Siberia, Russia (USDA Zone 3)<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"post-content\">\n<p>It wins your heart right from the seedling stage. Thanks to the girls from the forum for the seeds, and to Natalya Borisovna for distributing this variety!<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.tomat-pomidor.com\/uploads\/monthly_2020_06\/600082.jpg.6eddee0827db6281b4ca95e226e34dfb.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.tomat-pomidor.com\/uploads\/monthly_2020_06\/600082.thumb.jpg.7ca2c164fb690ae16f4c42edc245b686.jpg\" alt=\"Healthy seedlings\" width=\"168\" height=\"300\" \/><\/a><\/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\">T@tk@ <span class=\"author-stats\">\u2b50 Pro Grower (34,644 posts)<\/span><\/div>\n<div class=\"author-geo\">\ud83d\udccd Kazan, Tatarstan, Russia (USDA Zone 4)<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"post-content\">\n<p>I join the girls in thanking Natalya Borisovna. I planted 1-2 plants of all other varieties this year, but I planted a whopping 10 bushes of Borisovna&#8217;s Black Heart! 5 bushes each in different greenhouses and in different spots. I&#8217;ll see where they like it better. I can already see they behave differently, each bush has its own character. Seeds are from the girls on the forum. Huge thanks to everyone.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/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\">T@tk@ <span class=\"author-stats\">\u2b50 Pro Grower (34,644 posts)<\/span><\/div>\n<div class=\"author-geo\">\ud83d\udccd Kazan, Tatarstan, Russia (USDA Zone 4)<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"post-content\">\n<blockquote><p><strong>T@tk@ wrote:<\/strong><br \/>\nI can already see they behave differently&#8230;<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>I&#8217;ll save seeds from this bush&#8230;<\/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\">Marina Dachnik <span class=\"author-stats\">\u2b50 Pro Grower (1,607 posts)<\/span><\/div>\n<div class=\"author-geo\">\ud83d\udccd Russia<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"post-content\">\n<p>First truss&#8230; Yesterday we picked the first little heart, didn&#8217;t find any seeds in it&#8230; Absolutely delicious!<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.tomat-pomidor.com\/uploads\/monthly_2020_07\/image.png.152735cf376866e4fa756b121f186027.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.tomat-pomidor.com\/uploads\/monthly_2020_07\/image.thumb.png.63693b40f57d7a2ce1354c4c8c20b6d0.png\" alt=\"Delicious first heart\" width=\"222\" height=\"300\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/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\">Stella65 <span class=\"author-stats\">\ud83c\udf31 Member (30 posts)<\/span><\/div>\n<div class=\"author-geo\">\ud83d\udccd Novosibirsk, Siberia, Russia (USDA Zone 3)<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"post-content\">\n<p>I had an off-type (crossed seeds). They turned out to be regular pink hearts, and the plant was a determinate type. It&#8217;s a real shame I didn&#8217;t get to try the real one \ud83d\ude1e. There were a lot of flowers, but the tomato is definitely a different variety.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.tomat-pomidor.com\/uploads\/monthly_2020_06\/600082.jpg.6eddee0827db6281b4ca95e226e34dfb.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.tomat-pomidor.com\/uploads\/monthly_2020_06\/600082.thumb.jpg.7ca2c164fb690ae16f4c42edc245b686.jpg\" alt=\"Off type pink heart\" width=\"168\" height=\"300\" \/><\/a><\/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\">T@tk@ <span class=\"author-stats\">\u2b50 Pro Grower (34,644 posts)<\/span><\/div>\n<div class=\"author-geo\">\ud83d\udccd Kazan, Tatarstan, Russia (USDA Zone 4)<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"post-content\">\n<blockquote><p><strong>Stella65 wrote:<\/strong><br \/>\nI had an off-type (crossed seeds).<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>I haven&#8217;t seen this variety in real life before, but it seems something wrong grew on one of my bushes too, the one that gave these first ripe tomatoes&#8230;<\/p>\n<p>The color doesn&#8217;t seem right, there&#8217;s no slight striping, no dark shoulders, and no spouts present.<\/p>\n<p>The taste is quite good, especially for early fruits, balanced with sweetness, slightly sweeter than the <em>Yaponka (Japanese Girl)<\/em> variety I picked today.<\/p>\n<p>We&#8217;ll see what grows on the other bushes (good thing I got seeds from different sources)&#8230;<\/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\">T@tk@ <span class=\"author-stats\">\u2b50 Pro Grower (34,644 posts)<\/span><\/div>\n<div class=\"author-geo\">\ud83d\udccd Kazan, Tatarstan, Russia (USDA Zone 4)<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"post-content\">\n<p>Here are some more &#8220;Black Hearts from Borisovna&#8221; I got&#8230; Which one of them is correct? Or are both wrong?<\/p>\n<p>The difference is not so noticeable in the photo, one is closer to pink with dark shoulders, the other is red with an orange tint and also has shoulders.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"forum-post\">\n<div class=\"author-header\">\n<div class=\"forum-avatar\">A<\/div>\n<div class=\"author-meta\">\n<div class=\"author-name\">Alisa <span class=\"author-stats\">\u2b50 Pro Grower (6,406 posts)<\/span><\/div>\n<div class=\"author-geo\">\ud83d\udccd Russia<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"post-content\">\n<blockquote><p><strong>T@tk@ wrote:<\/strong><br \/>\nWhich one of them is correct? Or are both wrong?<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>The one with the blue (anthocyanin) looks like <em>Sgt. Pepper&#8217;s<\/em> or <em>KAS-21<\/em>, and the one on the left looks like Black with a Spout.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/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\">sofochkamai <span class=\"author-stats\">\u2b50 Pro Grower (4,293 posts)<\/span><\/div>\n<div class=\"author-geo\">\ud83d\udccd Yekaterinburg, Ural, Russia (USDA Zone 3)<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"post-content\">\n<p>Growing it for the first year, it&#8217;s really early, the first one ripened in mid-July, and it&#8217;s prolific! It&#8217;s going on my permanent grow list!<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.tomat-pomidor.com\/uploads\/monthly_2020_08\/1429712346_5.JPG.0ba29bbf4f57d8a3092751eafe88f935.JPG\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.tomat-pomidor.com\/uploads\/monthly_2020_08\/1020115501_5.thumb.JPG.d2d3682bec655d168c768c53f86a1037.JPG\" alt=\"Svetlana's Black Heart\" width=\"225\" height=\"300\" \/><\/a><br \/>\n<a href=\"https:\/\/www.tomat-pomidor.com\/uploads\/monthly_2020_08\/2114768692_4.JPG.40fdb3836b92d8419d4e3ee2e7d22ec8.JPG\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.tomat-pomidor.com\/uploads\/monthly_2020_08\/456507532_4.thumb.JPG.dc488c56e58af9e37a6a564255cd44e7.JPG\" alt=\"Prolific dark oxheart\" width=\"225\" height=\"300\" \/><\/a><br \/>\n<a href=\"https:\/\/www.tomat-pomidor.com\/uploads\/monthly_2020_08\/501462322_2.JPG.21e69aaeaad0ec679b1e39d59187d624.JPG\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.tomat-pomidor.com\/uploads\/monthly_2020_08\/1731641389_2.thumb.JPG.e88193f0552c88da568d15107d20210e.JPG\" alt=\"Dark oxheart on scale\" width=\"300\" height=\"225\" \/><\/a><br \/>\n<a href=\"https:\/\/www.tomat-pomidor.com\/uploads\/monthly_2020_08\/967026029_.JPG.0f0267e00b2424325ddb4580faab934e.JPG\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.tomat-pomidor.com\/uploads\/monthly_2020_08\/740035378_.thumb.JPG.c83c32d4cead0639283feaac3be30c55.JPG\" alt=\"Sliced dark heart tomato\" width=\"300\" height=\"225\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"forum-post\">\n<div class=\"author-header\">\n<div class=\"forum-avatar\">B<\/div>\n<div class=\"author-meta\">\n<div class=\"author-name\"><strong>Borisovna<\/strong> <span class=\"author-stats\">\u2b50 Pro Grower (19,778 posts)<\/span><\/div>\n<div class=\"author-geo\">\ud83d\udccd Karaganda, Kazakhstan (USDA Zone 4)<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"post-content\">\n<blockquote><p><strong>T@tk@ wrote:<\/strong><br \/>\nWhich one of them is correct? Or are both wrong?<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>Neither is correct \ud83d\ude06 Black with a Spout has very characteristic stripes.<\/p>\n<p>The tomatoes aren&#8217;t perfect this year, they&#8217;re all battered by hurricanes, but the taste and yield are, as always, beyond praise.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.tomat-pomidor.com\/uploads\/monthly_2020_08\/IMG_20200730_002724_HDR_1596047639332.jpg.befc3d35d15f4d70756504c941424cbf.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.tomat-pomidor.com\/uploads\/monthly_2020_08\/IMG_20200730_002724_HDR_1596047639332.thumb.jpg.4d723b951925e47639075f8ed4db3076.jpg\" alt=\"Borisovna's true striped oxheart\" width=\"225\" height=\"300\" \/><\/a><\/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\">T@tk@ <span class=\"author-stats\">\u2b50 Pro Grower (34,644 posts)<\/span><\/div>\n<div class=\"author-geo\">\ud83d\udccd Kazan, Tatarstan, Russia (USDA Zone 4)<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"post-content\">\n<blockquote><p><strong>Borisovna wrote:<\/strong><br \/>\nNeither is correct \ud83d\ude06 Black with a Spout has very characteristic stripes.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>Natalya Borisovna, does this one look like it? Most of my bushes have tomatoes like this.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p><!--nextpage--><\/p>\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\">Sergey-EKB <span class=\"author-stats\">\u2b50 Pro Grower (1,585 posts)<\/span><\/div>\n<div class=\"author-geo\">\ud83d\udccd Yekaterinburg, Ural, Russia (USDA Zone 3)<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"post-content\">\n<blockquote><p><strong>T@tk@ wrote:<\/strong><br \/>\nNatalya Borisovna, does this one look like it? Most of my bushes have tomatoes like this.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>My Black Heart produced completely different fruits this year. They are heart-shaped with a small elongated spout, dark-colored.<\/p>\n<p>Out of all the dark varieties, it showed the highest yield. In taste, it yielded only to <em>Black from Tula (Chernyi iz Tuly)<\/em>.<\/p>\n<p>Special thanks to Natalya Borisovna for this variety. I will grow it permanently now.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"forum-post\">\n<div class=\"author-header\">\n<div class=\"forum-avatar\">B<\/div>\n<div class=\"author-meta\">\n<div class=\"author-name\"><strong>Borisovna<\/strong> <span class=\"author-stats\">\u2b50 Pro Grower (19,778 posts)<\/span><\/div>\n<div class=\"author-geo\">\ud83d\udccd Karaganda, Kazakhstan (USDA Zone 4)<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"post-content\">\n<blockquote><p><strong>T@tk@ wrote:<\/strong><br \/>\nNatalya Borisovna, does this one look like it? Most of my bushes have tomatoes like this.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>Fruits from a fused megabloom can have that shape, usually on the first or second truss, and the weight is usually around 600-700 grams (1.3-1.5 lbs), but mostly they have a proper heart shape with an elongated spout.<\/p>\n<p>The color rendering in your photo is correct. When picked, the fruits are brownish with an orange tint. After a couple of days of storage, they become darker with a burgundy-brown tint, and that&#8217;s when they are the tastiest. This tomato was picked ripe 10 days ago, it is still firm and hasn&#8217;t turned to mush, as sometimes happens with oxheart varieties during storage.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.tomat-pomidor.com\/uploads\/monthly_2020_08\/IMG_20200812_111645_HDR.jpg.934c9d3cb22b2917d1a0a40aed031f56.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.tomat-pomidor.com\/uploads\/monthly_2020_08\/IMG_20200812_111645_HDR.thumb.jpg.ce4be4f28199d25c9bcdbf5d452d06f2.jpg\" alt=\"Perfect burgundy-brown heart\" width=\"225\" height=\"300\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"forum-post\">\n<div class=\"author-header\">\n<div class=\"forum-avatar\">B<\/div>\n<div class=\"author-meta\">\n<div class=\"author-name\"><strong>Borisovna<\/strong> <span class=\"author-stats\">\u2b50 Pro Grower (19,778 posts)<\/span><\/div>\n<div class=\"author-geo\">\ud83d\udccd Karaganda, Kazakhstan (USDA Zone 4)<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"post-content\">\n<blockquote><p><strong>Sergey-EKB wrote:<\/strong><br \/>\n&#8230;In taste, it yielded only to <em>Black from Tula<\/em>.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>Sergey, thanks for the tip, I will try growing Black from Tula. This year I grew <em>Linnaeus Heart<\/em>, it tastes very similar to Black Heart with a Spout, but for me, it lost out on yield, size, and health. I will try to tame it.<\/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\">T@tk@ <span class=\"author-stats\">\u2b50 Pro Grower (34,644 posts)<\/span><\/div>\n<div class=\"author-geo\">\ud83d\udccd Kazan, Tatarstan, Russia (USDA Zone 4)<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"post-content\">\n<blockquote><p><strong>Borisovna wrote:<\/strong><br \/>\nFruits from a fused megabloom can have that shape&#8230; but mostly they have a proper heart shape with an elongated spout.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>Yes, the rest of the fruits are heart-shaped. I just photographed the largest one.<\/p>\n<blockquote><p><strong>Borisovna wrote:<\/strong><br \/>\nThis tomato was picked ripe 10 days ago, it is still firm&#8230;<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>But mine had flesh that was too loose and very watery, when I picked it, it wasn&#8217;t very firm to the touch. Maybe it was already overripe? You probably need to pick them as soon as they color up?<\/p>\n<p>I peeled off the skin, and you can see stripes underneath too))<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"forum-post\">\n<div class=\"author-header\">\n<div class=\"forum-avatar\">B<\/div>\n<div class=\"author-meta\">\n<div class=\"author-name\"><strong>Borisovna<\/strong> <span class=\"author-stats\">\u2b50 Pro Grower (19,778 posts)<\/span><\/div>\n<div class=\"author-geo\">\ud83d\udccd Karaganda, Kazakhstan (USDA Zone 4)<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"post-content\">\n<blockquote><p><strong>T@tk@ wrote:<\/strong><br \/>\nBut mine had flesh that was too loose and very watery&#8230;<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>It&#8217;s almost lunchtime, I cut one open to show what mine looks like, it&#8217;s definitely not loose and not watery.<\/p>\n<p>I took pictures with 3 different cameras, this one has the most accurate color rendering.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.tomat-pomidor.com\/uploads\/monthly_2020_08\/IMG_20200812_150056_HDR.jpg.f8852545624e572aa27ff90d96b9fd56.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.tomat-pomidor.com\/uploads\/monthly_2020_08\/IMG_20200812_150056_HDR.thumb.jpg.ab15ba8bf32e43b099d60d3ef339d568.jpg\" alt=\"Dense non-watery dark oxheart slice\" width=\"300\" height=\"225\" \/><\/a><\/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\">T@tk@ <span class=\"author-stats\">\u2b50 Pro Grower (34,644 posts)<\/span><\/div>\n<div class=\"author-geo\">\ud83d\udccd Kazan, Tatarstan, Russia (USDA Zone 4)<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"post-content\">\n<blockquote><p><strong>Borisovna wrote:<\/strong><br \/>\nI took pictures with 3 different cameras, this one has the most accurate color rendering.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>Sad, that means I didn&#8217;t grow the real Black Heart from Borisovna, even though I planted 10 bushes from 3 different sources.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/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\">Sergey-EKB <span class=\"author-stats\">\u2b50 Pro Grower (1,585 posts)<\/span><\/div>\n<div class=\"author-geo\">\ud83d\udccd Yekaterinburg, Ural, Russia (USDA Zone 3)<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"post-content\">\n<blockquote><p><strong>T@tk@ wrote:<\/strong><br \/>\nSad, that means I didn&#8217;t grow the real Black Heart from Borisovna&#8230;<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>Tanya! Don&#8217;t be sad, I have saved seeds for myself now and I will share some of them with you. The variety is very good, very beautiful.<\/p>\n<p>The only thing is, it started cracking when ripening, even though I hadn&#8217;t watered my tomatoes for a long time.<\/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\">natusya64 <span class=\"author-stats\">\u2b50 Pro Grower (10,005 posts)<\/span><\/div>\n<div class=\"author-geo\">\ud83d\udccd Irkutsk Region, Baikal, Russia (USDA Zone 3)<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"post-content\">\n<p>Here is my Black with a Spout, it ripened as one of the first in mid-July. Growing it for the second year = thanks to Svetochka @Mama Antona for the seeds and to Natalya Borisovna for a wonderful variety. I don&#8217;t have photos sliced open, but I&#8217;ll try to take some, the tomatoes are ripening.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"forum-post\">\n<div class=\"author-header\">\n<div class=\"forum-avatar\">B<\/div>\n<div class=\"author-meta\">\n<div class=\"author-name\"><strong>Borisovna<\/strong> <span class=\"author-stats\">\u2b50 Pro Grower (19,778 posts)<\/span><\/div>\n<div class=\"author-geo\">\ud83d\udccd Karaganda, Kazakhstan (USDA Zone 4)<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"post-content\">\n<blockquote><p><strong>Sergey-EKB wrote:<\/strong><br \/>\nThe only thing is, it started cracking when ripening, even though I hadn&#8217;t watered my tomatoes for a long time.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>Sergey, I don&#8217;t arrange breaks in watering. The soil must always be slightly moist, otherwise, all tomatoes start cracking. And I grow them outdoors in open ground, but with a plastic roof to protect from the rain.<\/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\">T@tk@ <span class=\"author-stats\">\u2b50 Pro Grower (34,644 posts)<\/span><\/div>\n<div class=\"author-geo\">\ud83d\udccd Kazan, Tatarstan, Russia (USDA Zone 4)<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"post-content\">\n<blockquote><p><strong>Sergey-EKB wrote:<\/strong><br \/>\nI have saved seeds for myself now and I will share some of them with you.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>Thank you, Sergey!<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"forum-post\">\n<div class=\"author-header\">\n<div class=\"forum-avatar\">E<\/div>\n<div class=\"author-meta\">\n<div class=\"author-name\">Elizara <span class=\"author-stats\">\u2b50 Pro Grower (1,443 posts)<\/span><\/div>\n<div class=\"author-geo\">\ud83d\udccd Oryol, Russia (USDA Zone 5)<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"post-content\">\n<p>I got lucky. Out of the single surviving seedlings &#8211; one bush was from Borisovna. I haven&#8217;t tasted it yet. Only picked the first couple of fruits. But it set fruit well.<\/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\">natusya64 <span class=\"author-stats\">\u2b50 Pro Grower (10,005 posts)<\/span><\/div>\n<div class=\"author-geo\">\ud83d\udccd Irkutsk Region, Baikal, Russia (USDA Zone 3)<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"post-content\">\n<p>More goodies have ripened \ud83d\ude0b<br \/>\nHere is what it looks like sliced open. I&#8217;ve seeded (shared seeds with) all the neighbors around me, let them grow such beauty too.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"forum-post\">\n<div class=\"author-header\">\n<div class=\"forum-avatar\">E<\/div>\n<div class=\"author-meta\">\n<div class=\"author-name\">Elizara <span class=\"author-stats\">\u2b50 Pro Grower (1,443 posts)<\/span><\/div>\n<div class=\"author-geo\">\ud83d\udccd Oryol, Russia (USDA Zone 5)<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"post-content\">\n<p>I tasted this beauty. Seeds collected. Keeping it for a second year )<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/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\">Svetikk <span class=\"author-stats\">\u2b50 Pro Grower (29,349 posts)<\/span><\/div>\n<div class=\"author-geo\">\ud83d\udccd Moscow \/ South of Moscow Region, Russia (USDA Zone 4)<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"post-content\">\n<p>Black Heart from Borisovna is the absolute best variety among all dark hearts. Mandatory to repeat every year in an amount of no less than 3 bushes. They grow in the greenhouse in 2 stems: beautiful, prolific, tasty, dense, and they can store for a bit. The variety gets a 5+++.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.tomat-pomidor.com\/uploads\/monthly_2020_09\/DSCN8449.JPG.6b25cabc034a86e6411f952c15b81e5c.JPG\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.tomat-pomidor.com\/uploads\/monthly_2020_09\/DSCN8449.thumb.JPG.19d54d22b6895ad840a6967e94e108dd.JPG\" alt=\"Svetikk's huge black heart\" width=\"300\" height=\"225\" \/><\/a><br \/>\n<a href=\"https:\/\/www.tomat-pomidor.com\/uploads\/monthly_2020_09\/DSCN2788.JPG.8f60ce58514b77bc29f4c888dbe54901.JPG\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.tomat-pomidor.com\/uploads\/monthly_2020_09\/DSCN2788.thumb.JPG.675081bc0746a2a07e093ae620482524.JPG\" alt=\"Sliced dark tomato\" width=\"300\" height=\"225\" \/><\/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\">Mila <span class=\"author-stats\">\u2b50 Pro Grower (8,415 posts)<\/span><\/div>\n<div class=\"author-geo\">\ud83d\udccd Moscow Region, Russia (USDA Zone 4)<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"post-content\">\n<p>Prolific, which I like&#8230; absolutely no acidity!!!! The fruits are beautiful hearts!!!!!!!<\/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\">LenaD <span class=\"author-stats\">\ud83c\udf31 Member (459 posts)<\/span><\/div>\n<div class=\"author-geo\">\ud83d\udccd Udmurtia, Ural, Russia (USDA Zone 3)<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"post-content\">\n<p>Here is my Black Heart with a Spout tomato. I planted only one root, and my husband is still scolding me for planting so few&#8230;<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.tomat-pomidor.com\/uploads\/monthly_2020_09\/20200810_100641.jpg.d95590a44c6ec5cdbeae90912f3ed6a4.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.tomat-pomidor.com\/uploads\/monthly_2020_09\/20200810_100641.thumb.jpg.4f70039831aa030c66c1d483a11651b6.jpg\" alt=\"Lena's beautiful pointy heart\" width=\"168\" height=\"300\" \/><\/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\">Lana_s_Kavkaza <span class=\"author-stats\">\u2b50 Pro Grower (19,262 posts)<\/span><\/div>\n<div class=\"author-geo\">\ud83d\udccd Pyatigorsk, Caucasus, Russia (USDA Zone 6)<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"post-content\">\n<p>In August-September the fruits got larger, yield is good, taste is top-notch, grew in the greenhouse.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.svetlanaf-ecosemena.ru\/image\/cache\/catalog\/tomat\/1841-7-2020-500x500.JPG\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.svetlanaf-ecosemena.ru\/image\/cache\/catalog\/tomat\/1841-7-2020-500x500.JPG\" alt=\"Large dark oxheart\" width=\"500\" height=\"500\" \/><\/a><br \/>\n<a href=\"https:\/\/www.svetlanaf-ecosemena.ru\/image\/cache\/catalog\/tomat\/1841-3-2020-500x500.JPG\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.svetlanaf-ecosemena.ru\/image\/cache\/catalog\/tomat\/1841-3-2020-500x500.JPG\" alt=\"Dark oxheart on scale\" width=\"500\" height=\"500\" \/><\/a><br \/>\n<a href=\"https:\/\/www.svetlanaf-ecosemena.ru\/image\/cache\/catalog\/tomat\/1841-1-2020-500x500.JPG\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.svetlanaf-ecosemena.ru\/image\/cache\/catalog\/tomat\/1841-1-2020-500x500.JPG\" alt=\"Slices of dark tomato\" width=\"500\" height=\"500\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"forum-post\">\n<div class=\"author-header\">\n<div class=\"forum-avatar\">C<\/div>\n<div class=\"author-meta\">\n<div class=\"author-name\">CWERT <span class=\"author-stats\">\ud83d\udc64 Member (743 posts)<\/span><\/div>\n<div class=\"author-geo\">\ud83d\udccd Russia<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"post-content\">\n<p>Why is it called BLACK heart?<\/p>\n<p>The tomato is red&#8230; well, or dark-red, or brownish-red))<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/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\">SvetaR <span class=\"author-stats\">\u2b50 Pro Grower (27,468 posts)<\/span><\/div>\n<div class=\"author-geo\">\ud83d\udccd Moscow Region, Russia (USDA Zone 4)<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"post-content\">\n<blockquote><p><strong>CWERT wrote:<\/strong><br \/>\nbrownish-red<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>Well, that&#8217;s exactly what a black tomato is, or a &#8220;darkie&#8221; in simple terms. And those tomatoes that look pitch-black on the outside are usually called blue. Or anthocyanin tomatoes. Inside, they are usually red. Or orange. I&#8217;ve probably confused you completely now.<\/p>\n<p>Is this black currant? Yes. And why is it red? Because it&#8217;s green. \ud83d\ude09<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"forum-post\">\n<div class=\"author-header\">\n<div class=\"forum-avatar\">O<\/div>\n<div class=\"author-meta\">\n<div class=\"author-name\">Oksana Evgenievna <span class=\"author-stats\">\u2b50 Pro Grower (5,146 posts)<\/span><\/div>\n<div class=\"author-geo\">\ud83d\udccd Aktobe, Kazakhstan (USDA Zone 4)<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"post-content\">\n<blockquote><p><strong>CWERT wrote:<\/strong><br \/>\nWhy is it called BLACK heart?<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>It is rather purple with pink &#8220;streams&#8221;. Brownish-purple. This shade falls into the group of &#8220;black&#8221; tomatoes. <em>Brad&#8217;s Black Heart<\/em> isn&#8217;t black either, or even brown. In general, the line of &#8220;black tomatoes&#8221; covers a group from purple to pronounced brown like <em>Black Yum-Yum<\/em>. <em>Linnaeus Terracotta Heart<\/em> is also a &#8220;black&#8221; tomato.<\/p>\n<p>The intensity of the color depends on growing conditions; with strong sun exposure (insolation), it is darker. Also, dark tomatoes are demanding on soil composition; there must be enough microelements in it, especially magnesium, it seems. For me, in the shade, it turned out the color of pinkish coffee with milk, and in the light, it had a practically brown color.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"forum-post\">\n<div class=\"author-header\">\n<div class=\"forum-avatar\">E<\/div>\n<div class=\"author-meta\">\n<div class=\"author-name\">Evgeniya 03 <span class=\"author-stats\">\u2b50 Pro Grower (1,580 posts)<\/span><\/div>\n<div class=\"author-geo\">\ud83d\udccd Ulan-Ude, Buryatia, Siberia (USDA Zone 3)<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"post-content\">\n<p>The absolute best of all dark tomatoes for me.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.tomat-pomidor.com\/uploads\/monthly_2021_01\/IMG_20200711_151750.jpg.21b7f8157ad27cd00cd00508b600900b.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.tomat-pomidor.com\/uploads\/monthly_2021_01\/IMG_20200711_151750.thumb.jpg.265589ae83b1ca61d88f6e2055cc219e.jpg\" alt=\"Evgeniya's Black Heart\" width=\"224\" height=\"300\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"forum-post\">\n<div class=\"author-header\">\n<div class=\"forum-avatar\">E<\/div>\n<div class=\"author-meta\">\n<div class=\"author-name\">Evgeniya 03 <span class=\"author-stats\">\u2b50 Pro Grower (1,580 posts)<\/span><\/div>\n<div class=\"author-geo\">\ud83d\udccd Ulan-Ude, Buryatia, Siberia (USDA Zone 3)<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"post-content\">\n<p>The spouts are just charming.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.tomat-pomidor.com\/uploads\/monthly_2021_01\/IMG_20200818_092601.jpg.7b41e390994ee6bc9e852a87ad9fbfdb.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.tomat-pomidor.com\/uploads\/monthly_2021_01\/IMG_20200818_092601.thumb.jpg.099fb725e8a6b006884bbdba06268dac.jpg\" alt=\"Charming spouts on dark oxheart\" width=\"225\" height=\"300\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"forum-post\">\n<div class=\"author-header\">\n<div class=\"forum-avatar\">B<\/div>\n<div class=\"author-meta\">\n<div class=\"author-name\"><strong>Borisovna<\/strong> <span class=\"author-stats\">\u2b50 Pro Grower (19,778 posts)<\/span><\/div>\n<div class=\"author-geo\">\ud83d\udccd Karaganda, Kazakhstan (USDA Zone 4)<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"post-content\">\n<p>I just read an &#8220;honest review&#8221; of this variety in one of the diaries, calling it &#8220;Bland grass&#8221;. Only later it turned out that it was grown in the Leningrad Region [very far North], and on the shady side of the greenhouse. Over there, <em>Brad&#8217;s Black Heart<\/em> was also &#8220;bland grass&#8221;. What&#8217;s more, the tomato was picked when it was just pink.<\/p>\n<p>I want to remind you once again: to enjoy the taste of this tomato, you MUST grow it in the sunniest spot possible, pick it from the bush when fully ripe (burgundy-brown), and let it sit off the vine for a day or two. Understand, the variety comes from a very sunny place; the insolation level in Karaganda in summer is comparable to Africa, reaching up to 10 points. Don&#8217;t try to grow it in the shade and eat it unripe.<\/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\">Marina111 <span class=\"author-stats\">\u2b50 Pro Grower (7,338 posts)<\/span><\/div>\n<div class=\"author-geo\">\ud83d\udccd St. Petersburg \/ Pskov Region, Russia (USDA Zone 4)<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"post-content\">\n<blockquote><p><strong>Borisovna wrote:<\/strong><br \/>\n&#8230;Only later it turned out that it was grown in the Leningrad Region, and on the shady side of the greenhouse.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>Not in the Leningrad Region, but in the Pskov Region.))) I wrote that this year my dark tomatoes didn&#8217;t turn out well, but last year they were sweet. Meaning, it&#8217;s not the variety&#8217;s fault. <em>Shokoladnyi (Chocolate)<\/em> was excellent last year, but nonsense this year. The rest of the tomatoes were tasty.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p><!--nextpage--><\/p>\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\">Shusha Kuznetsova <span class=\"author-stats\">\ud83d\udc64 Member (598 posts)<\/span><\/div>\n<div class=\"author-geo\">\ud83d\udccd Vladimir Region, Russia (USDA Zone 4)<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"post-content\">\n<blockquote><p><strong>Borisovna wrote:<\/strong><br \/>\n&#8230;to enjoy the taste of this tomato, you MUST grow it in the sunniest spot possible, pick it from the bush when fully ripe&#8230; and let it sit off the vine for a day or two.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>Thank you very much. Very timely information for a beginner like me. Sowed one seed (from a tomato gifted by Maria Suvorova), it&#8217;s developing well. We will organize a worthy spot for it. They will definitely ripen on the bush, but as for letting them sit and not eating them immediately&#8230; hmm.. hmm.. \ud83d\ude09<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/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\">Shusha Kuznetsova <span class=\"author-stats\">\ud83d\udc64 Member (598 posts)<\/span><\/div>\n<div class=\"author-geo\">\ud83d\udccd Vladimir Region, Russia (USDA Zone 4)<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"post-content\">\n<p>Maria Suvorova shared the tomato. Seeds are from there.<\/p>\n<p>The little tomato took the sunniest spot in the corner of the greenhouse by the entrance, there were no close neighbors. Trained it to two stems.<\/p>\n<p>My first dark tomato.<\/p>\n<p>Quite prolific, very tasty, wasn&#8217;t capricious (greenhouse doors were open from June to August).<\/p>\n<p>Borisovna, thank you!<\/p>\n<p>P.S.: Only honest photos! Yes, the fruits cracked. I won&#8217;t make excuses. Irregular watering, watering with not-always-warm water, no fertilizers\/spraying, and didn&#8217;t always pick on time. It was a very hard year, we almost kicked the bucket ourselves.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.tomat-pomidor.com\/uploads\/monthly_2021_11\/IMG_20210712_114044.jpg.46e65bf87f2f8c34643ad05910f8a490.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.tomat-pomidor.com\/uploads\/monthly_2021_11\/IMG_20210712_114044.thumb.jpg.820a7d5ab7fc2ec08b84f9c54c98ddaa.jpg\" alt=\"Elena's cracked Black Heart\" width=\"225\" height=\"300\" \/><\/a><br \/>\n<a href=\"https:\/\/www.tomat-pomidor.com\/uploads\/monthly_2021_11\/IMG_20210801_115947.jpg.0e543cf6a679a32ff88f24170c6fb233.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.tomat-pomidor.com\/uploads\/monthly_2021_11\/IMG_20210801_115947.thumb.jpg.60c50847337a446336226e72e574b27f.jpg\" alt=\"Large cracked dark tomato\" width=\"300\" height=\"225\" \/><\/a><br \/>\n<a href=\"https:\/\/www.tomat-pomidor.com\/uploads\/monthly_2021_11\/IMG_20210828_115410.jpg.461a37aeb034e019da629440ef9438fa.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.tomat-pomidor.com\/uploads\/monthly_2021_11\/IMG_20210828_115410.thumb.jpg.57ad9c9adba9021f3cf72e1cac6c9b5b.jpg\" alt=\"Dark tomato interior\" width=\"225\" height=\"300\" \/><\/a><br \/>\n<a href=\"https:\/\/www.tomat-pomidor.com\/uploads\/monthly_2021_11\/IMG_20210830_190218.jpg.b14ef214aa58516fc929907296f1c5ea.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.tomat-pomidor.com\/uploads\/monthly_2021_11\/IMG_20210830_190218.thumb.jpg.fd14dc23bb821339d8e08e3ae70197e4.jpg\" alt=\"Sliced oxheart on plate\" width=\"300\" height=\"225\" \/><\/a><br \/>\n<a href=\"https:\/\/www.tomat-pomidor.com\/uploads\/monthly_2021_11\/IMG_20210828_114049.jpg.ee6d0adbb364d6f27a471fcd0b1b87d4.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.tomat-pomidor.com\/uploads\/monthly_2021_11\/IMG_20210828_114049.thumb.jpg.672cf6e0475cba5af441797fde7019a2.jpg\" alt=\"Weighing the dark oxheart\" width=\"225\" height=\"300\" \/><\/a><br \/>\n<a href=\"https:\/\/www.tomat-pomidor.com\/uploads\/monthly_2021_11\/IMG_20210828_123759.jpg.25f97342c6e751bfea12f471118a1d6c.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.tomat-pomidor.com\/uploads\/monthly_2021_11\/IMG_20210828_123759.thumb.jpg.9ab7ee8317d6f753c2a4f207ec1ffd91.jpg\" alt=\"Another slice\" width=\"300\" height=\"225\" \/><\/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\">Irina 78 <span class=\"author-stats\">\ud83c\udf31 Member (26 posts)<\/span><\/div>\n<div class=\"author-geo\">\ud83d\udccd Barnaul, Siberia, Russia (USDA Zone 3)<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"post-content\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.tomat-pomidor.com\/uploads\/monthly_2021_11\/IMG-20210816-WA0002.jpg.d1e906767ae483270805886629e37981.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.tomat-pomidor.com\/uploads\/monthly_2021_11\/IMG-20210816-WA0002.thumb.jpg.16507063628020c898bc5afe1b35bdb7.jpg\" alt=\"Irina's dark oxheart\" width=\"300\" height=\"169\" \/><\/a><\/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\">robertrobert <span class=\"author-stats\">\ud83c\udf31 Member (238 posts)<\/span><\/div>\n<div class=\"author-geo\">\ud83d\udccd Moscow Region, Russia (USDA Zone 4)<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"post-content\">\n<p>Girls, help me figure this out, please.<\/p>\n<p>I got really fired up about &#8220;Black with a Spout,&#8221; but I&#8217;ve already grabbed so many seeds, I only need one packet. So I didn&#8217;t dare ask Borisovna, and went looking for easily accessible ones. I found [links to commercial seed packets].<\/p>\n<p>What do you think, does it look like the one from Natasha?<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"forum-post\">\n<div class=\"author-header\">\n<div class=\"forum-avatar\">G<\/div>\n<div class=\"author-meta\">\n<div class=\"author-name\">Galina P. <span class=\"author-stats\">\u2b50 Pro Grower (37,710 posts)<\/span><\/div>\n<div class=\"author-geo\">\ud83d\udccd Moscow Region, Russia (USDA Zone 4)<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"post-content\">\n<blockquote><p><strong>robertrobert wrote:<\/strong><br \/>\nWhat do you think, does it look like the one from Natasha?<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>No, that&#8217;s a different variety.<\/p>\n<p>Natasha can&#8217;t send seeds from Kazakhstan right now. But many people on the forum have already grown it.<\/p>\n<p>Write your wish in the &#8220;Wishlist&#8221; thread. Someone will respond.<\/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\">Luba51 <span class=\"author-stats\">\ud83c\udf31 Member (188 posts)<\/span><\/div>\n<div class=\"author-geo\">\ud83d\udccd Moscow Region, Russia (USDA Zone 4)<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"post-content\">\n<p>I picked a Black with a Spout in the greenhouse today, grown in the sunniest spot and ripened on the bush, and I thought in the words of a fellow forum member: why do we need other varieties if we have Black from Borisovna!? &#8230; It is divine!) \ud83d\ude0d<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"forum-post\">\n<div class=\"author-header\">\n<div class=\"forum-avatar\">O<\/div>\n<div class=\"author-meta\">\n<div class=\"author-name\">Olgazve <span class=\"author-stats\">\u2b50 Pro Grower (1,614 posts)<\/span><\/div>\n<div class=\"author-geo\">\ud83d\udccd Kostroma Region, Russia (USDA Zone 4)<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"post-content\">\n<p>Mine grew outdoors in open ground. Only set two fruits. It overripened on the bush, even cracked. But oh, how sweet it is. And the taste is indescribable, mind-blowing \ud83d\ude0d Now I don&#8217;t know who to give the highest score. Black Heart from Borisovna or <em>Marsha&#8217;s Starfighter Beefsteak<\/em>. In terms of taste, both are in the lead so far.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.tomat-pomidor.com\/uploads\/monthly_2022_08\/470.jpg.6f36a4f6bef2fdf7374c05fd1d894b75.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.tomat-pomidor.com\/uploads\/monthly_2022_08\/470.thumb.jpg.0eed56bc73ad571e7c66f527358b2cc0.jpg\" alt=\"Olga's sweet dark heart\" width=\"225\" height=\"300\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"forum-post\">\n<div class=\"author-header\">\n<div class=\"forum-avatar\">K<\/div>\n<div class=\"author-meta\">\n<div class=\"author-name\">Khrizantema57 <span class=\"author-stats\">\u2b50 Pro Grower (13,419 posts)<\/span><\/div>\n<div class=\"author-geo\">\ud83d\udccd Moscow Region, Russia (USDA Zone 4)<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"post-content\">\n<p>This year I was looking for a spot where Black Heart with a Spout from Borisovna would feel most comfortable, and I found it \u2014 the east side of the greenhouse. For the first time, the tomato weighed over 1 kg (2.2 lbs). \ud83c\udf45<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.tomat-pomidor.com\/uploads\/monthly_2022_11\/1784331221_.jpg.36a6f20157b43dd37ed77f7ce1a6a821.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.tomat-pomidor.com\/uploads\/monthly_2022_11\/1450770290_.thumb.jpg.8728264ac56f245d8276421d3741ba56.jpg\" alt=\"Massive 1kg tomato on scale\" width=\"226\" height=\"300\" \/><\/a><br \/>\n<a href=\"https:\/\/www.tomat-pomidor.com\/uploads\/monthly_2022_11\/1981842301_.jpg.6aba5a36a6689dbcc0ca259fa9778791.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.tomat-pomidor.com\/uploads\/monthly_2022_11\/1085205351_.thumb.jpg.c64793f778a216e0e0a10af98bd72c78.jpg\" alt=\"Giant dark oxheart\" width=\"225\" height=\"300\" \/><\/a><br \/>\n<a href=\"https:\/\/www.tomat-pomidor.com\/uploads\/monthly_2022_11\/839137151_.jpg.85333731362b23b6218f985cfab4865d.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.tomat-pomidor.com\/uploads\/monthly_2022_11\/394914990_.thumb.jpg.8f07a294e6e97af53229f7625adda977.jpg\" alt=\"Perfect burgundy color\" width=\"225\" height=\"300\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"forum-post\">\n<div class=\"author-header\">\n<div class=\"forum-avatar\">B<\/div>\n<div class=\"author-meta\">\n<div class=\"author-name\"><strong>Borisovna<\/strong> <span class=\"author-stats\">\u2b50 Pro Grower (19,778 posts)<\/span><\/div>\n<div class=\"author-geo\">\ud83d\udccd Karaganda, Kazakhstan (USDA Zone 4)<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"post-content\">\n<p>I accidentally stumbled upon a commercial seed website. There were some pink beefsteaks on a plate being sold as &#8220;Black Heart from Borisovna,&#8221; and the price was absolutely indecent \ud83d\ude02. If you want to grow the real variety, get the seeds from trusted sellers here on the forum in the Market section.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"forum-post\">\n<div class=\"author-header\">\n<div class=\"forum-avatar\">F<\/div>\n<div class=\"author-meta\">\n<div class=\"author-name\">Flash58 <span class=\"author-stats\">\ud83d\udc64 Member (634 posts)<\/span><\/div>\n<div class=\"author-geo\">\ud83d\udccd Penza, Russia (USDA Zone 4)<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"post-content\">\n<p>Could you please tell me the height of the bush for this variety&#8230;<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"forum-post\">\n<div class=\"author-header\">\n<div class=\"forum-avatar\">B<\/div>\n<div class=\"author-meta\">\n<div class=\"author-name\"><strong>Borisovna<\/strong> <span class=\"author-stats\">\u2b50 Pro Grower (19,778 posts)<\/span><\/div>\n<div class=\"author-geo\">\ud83d\udccd Karaganda, Kazakhstan (USDA Zone 4)<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"post-content\">\n<blockquote><p><strong>Flash58 wrote:<\/strong><br \/>\nCould you please tell me the height of the bush for this variety&#8230;<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>It&#8217;s an indeterminate tomato, from 1.5 to 2.5 m (5 to 8 ft) depending on agricultural techniques.<\/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\">IGla <span class=\"author-stats\">\ud83c\udf31 Member (1 post)<\/span><\/div>\n<div class=\"author-geo\">\ud83d\udccd Ivanovo, Russia (USDA Zone 4)<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"post-content\">\n<p>I really wanted to write about the Black with a Spout tomato. I bought it at a mass market. Grew it in the summer of 2024. The taste and yield are superb. Conditions: a greenhouse in the Ivanovo region. The tomato is large. A drawback: if it doesn&#8217;t ripen completely, you can see green fibers when sliced. And like all oxhearts, it is not meant for long storage. But they are very tasty.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.tomat-pomidor.com\/uploads\/monthly_2024_11\/Screenshot_20241107_163235_Gallery.jpg.9f6aad04662ec4cdb2fe3f490cfca0e4.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.tomat-pomidor.com\/uploads\/monthly_2024_11\/Screenshot_20241107_163235_Gallery.thumb.jpg.2cfca807f845fa166ecf9355d9b62ffc.jpg\" alt=\"Large ripe dark oxheart\" width=\"136\" height=\"300\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Quick Summary of Borisovna&#8217;s Black Heart with a Spout \ud83c\udf0d Origin: A legendary forum-born heirloom! Discovered by grower Natalya (Borisovna) from Karaganda, Kazakhstan, from a market tomato. It has since spread worldwide. Also known as Black with a Spout, Black Oxheart from Borisovna, or Chernoe Serdtse s Nosikom. \ud83c\udf3f Plant Habit: Indeterminate (tall), reaching 1.5\u20132.5 &#8230; <a title=\"Black Heart with a Spout from Borisovna Legendary Tomato Review\" class=\"read-more\" href=\"https:\/\/www.tomat-pomidor.com\/en\/black-heart-from-borisovna\/\" aria-label=\"Read more about Black Heart with a Spout from Borisovna Legendary Tomato Review\">Read more<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":1310,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[89,67,5],"tags":[19,11,82,15,14],"class_list":["post-1310","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-black-purple-tomatoes","category-oxheart-tomatoes","category-russian-eastern-european-heirlooms","tag-dark-tomato","tag-huge-tomato","tag-meaty-tomato","tag-sweet-flavor","tag-wispy-foliage"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.tomat-pomidor.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1310","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=1310"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/www.tomat-pomidor.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1310\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":1313,"href":"https:\/\/www.tomat-pomidor.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1310\/revisions\/1313"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.tomat-pomidor.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1310"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.tomat-pomidor.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1310"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.tomat-pomidor.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1310"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.tomat-pomidor.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1310"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}