{"id":1344,"date":"2026-08-31T10:58:13","date_gmt":"2026-08-31T10:58:13","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.tomat-pomidor.com\/en\/?p=1344"},"modified":"2026-08-31T10:58:41","modified_gmt":"2026-08-31T10:58:41","slug":"reisetomate","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.tomat-pomidor.com\/en\/reisetomate\/","title":{"rendered":"Reisetomate (Tomato Brain) Grower Reviews"},"content":{"rendered":"<h2>Quick Summary of Chesnovy (Reisetomate \/ Traveler&#8217;s Tomato)<\/h2>\n<ul>\n<li>\ud83c\udf0d <strong>Origin:<\/strong> A world-famous novelty variety. Known internationally as <em>Reisetomate<\/em> (German for Traveler&#8217;s Tomato). In Eastern Europe, it is often called <em>Chesnovy<\/em> (Garlic Tomato), <em>Tomato-Brain<\/em>, or even <em>Tourist&#8217;s Breakfast<\/em>.<\/li>\n<li>\ud83c\udf3f <strong>Plant Habit:<\/strong> Indeterminate and incredibly vigorous. It produces a massive amount of suckers and can easily reach 2 meters (6.5 ft) to an astonishing 4 meters (13 ft) in a greenhouse. Very disease-resistant and hardy.<\/li>\n<li>\ud83c\udf45 <strong>Fruit Characteristics:<\/strong> Highly unusual, deeply fused red tomatoes that look like a cluster of cherry tomatoes merged together, or a brain. You can literally tear off individual &#8220;lobes&#8221; to eat without needing a knife. Maximum weight is around 250 g (8.8 oz).<\/li>\n<li>\ud83d\udc45 <strong>Flavor &amp; Uses:<\/strong> Highly controversial! Some growers find it sour, bland, or difficult to process for canning. Others love its juicy, tart, and traditional tomato flavor. <strong>Pro Tip:<\/strong> Let it fully ripen or even slightly overripen on the vine to develop its sweetness.<\/li>\n<li>\ud83c\udfaf <strong>Verdict:<\/strong> It is the ultimate &#8220;toy&#8221; or novelty tomato. Grown more for its shock value, fun shape, and conversation-starting appearance than for gourmet culinary use.<\/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\">T<\/div>\n<div class=\"author-meta\">\n<div class=\"author-name\">tomatinka (Vera) <span class=\"author-stats\">\u2b50 Pro Grower (14,911 posts)<\/span><\/div>\n<div class=\"author-geo\">\ud83d\udccd Tyumen Region (USDA Zone 3)<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"post-content\">\n<p>I planted Chesnovy (Garlic tomato) this year. The bush is over a meter (3.3 ft) tall. It set a lot of fruit. Productive, fruits have an interesting shape. And that&#8217;s where its advantages end. The taste is nothing; I didn&#8217;t like it. And they are so clumsy\/awkward\u2014you can&#8217;t slice them normally, nor can you stuff them into a canning jar&#8230; Well, maybe just for juice. Which is exactly where I sent them. But for juice, there are much tastier varieties. I won&#8217;t grow it again.<\/p>\n<p>By the way, a fasciated blossom (megabloom) produced an absolute monster of a tomato.<\/p>\n<p><em>Edited January 29, 2015 by Drosera<\/em><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/img-fotki.yandex.ru\/get\/5407\/39029122.3\/0_7fe10_403324bb_L.jpg\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\"><br \/>\n<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/img-fotki.yandex.ru\/get\/5407\/39029122.3\/0_7fe10_403324bb_L.jpg\" alt=\"Bizarre shaped fused Reisetomate on the vine\" width=\"500\" height=\"375\" \/><br \/>\n<\/a><br \/>\n<a href=\"https:\/\/img-fotki.yandex.ru\/get\/6608\/39029122.6\/0_90de2_6582b50f_L.jpg\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\"><br \/>\n<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/img-fotki.yandex.ru\/get\/6608\/39029122.6\/0_90de2_6582b50f_L.jpg\" alt=\"Giant monster megabloom fruit of Chesnovy tomato\" width=\"500\" height=\"375\" \/><br \/>\n<\/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\">Oksana <span class=\"author-stats\">\u2b50 Pro Grower (1,053 posts)<\/span><\/div>\n<div class=\"author-geo\">\ud83d\udccd Unknown<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"post-content\">\n<p>Vera, I planted this one too. Only mine was from Popenko and was called <em>Reisetometer<\/em>. I didn&#8217;t really like it either, even though it is productive. I&#8217;m not planting it this year.<\/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\">Marisha (Marina) <span class=\"author-stats\">\u2b50 Pro Grower (3,652 posts)<\/span><\/div>\n<div class=\"author-geo\">\ud83d\udccd Unknown<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"post-content\">\n<p>Reisetomat &#8211; variety (mine is from D. Gusev).<\/p>\n<p>A highly pronounced indeterminate, pushes out a lot of suckers. In the greenhouse, trained to three stems, it grew to about 4 meters (13 ft) long! In open ground outdoors, the height was 70 cm (2.3 ft), I pruned the suckers lightly. It&#8217;s a very large bush, not prone to diseases, very resilient.<\/p>\n<p>The bright red fruits look like individual cherry tomatoes fused together. They also call it garlic, garlic-tomato, tomato-brain, or traveler&#8217;s tomato. You can break the fruit apart almost entirely into separate pieces. The taste is ordinary, aromatic, with a lot of juice. Yield is good; the first fruits in the greenhouse ripened in early July, and I picked the last ones today. I might plant it next year.<\/p>\n<p><em>Edited November 8, 2013 by Pomidoroved<\/em><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.tomat-pomidor.com\/uploads\/newforum\/attachments\/57625_a28b6208d9c34357ef8e8da0728247b6ec99c4a1.jpg\"><br \/>\n<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.tomat-pomidor.com\/uploads\/newforum\/attachments\/57625_a28b6208d9c34357ef8e8da0728247b6ec99c4a1.jpg\" alt=\"Red Reisetomate broken into individual lobes\" width=\"644\" height=\"483\" \/><br \/>\n<\/a><br \/>\n<a href=\"https:\/\/www.tomat-pomidor.com\/uploads\/newforum\/attachments\/57627_b449d29a7ed7a247ab9e0bd3b1548158d43da4b0.jpg\"><br \/>\n<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.tomat-pomidor.com\/uploads\/newforum\/attachments\/57627_b449d29a7ed7a247ab9e0bd3b1548158d43da4b0.jpg\" alt=\"Whole brain shaped Traveler's Tomato\" width=\"483\" height=\"644\" \/><br \/>\n<\/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 (Natalia) <span class=\"author-stats\">\u2b50 Pro Grower (6,273 posts)<\/span><\/div>\n<div class=\"author-geo\">\ud83d\udccd North of Yaroslavl Region (USDA Zone 3)<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"post-content\">\n<p>What can be added about this variety&#8230; interesting, unusual, unique&#8230; In the greenhouse, it fruited until autumn&#8230; everyone was curious\u2014what kind of &#8220;toys&#8221; are hanging on the branches? \ud83d\ude42 The bushes (I had 2 of them) grew to the very top of the greenhouse, I didn&#8217;t limit their vertical growth\u2014just watched them&#8230; All the fruits ripened on the vine&#8230;<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.tomat-pomidor.com\/uploads\/newforum\/galleries\/3\/318-271113023819.jpeg\"><br \/>\n<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.tomat-pomidor.com\/uploads\/newforum\/galleries\/3\/318-271113023819.jpeg\" alt=\"Tall indeterminate Reisetomate plant loaded with green bumpy fruits\" width=\"570\" height=\"760\" \/><br \/>\n<\/a><\/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\">grawicapa (Pavel) <span class=\"author-stats\">\u2b50 Pro Grower (3,579 posts)<\/span><\/div>\n<div class=\"author-geo\">\ud83d\udccd Ivanovo (USDA Zone 4)<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"post-content\">\n<p>And I am absolutely delighted with this tomato variety! I got it just for fun, for its bizarre shape, from A. Voronina. But when they ripened, I was extremely surprised to find that they are not bad at all in taste: the flesh is soft, very juicy, with a rich flavor and a slight tartness.<\/p>\n<p>The bush was a powerful indeterminate, I trained it to 4 stems, but still had to top it at the height of the greenhouse roof (2 m \/ 6.5 ft). I harvested 3.8 kg (8.4 lbs) from the bush, with a maximum fruit weight of 250 g (8.8 oz).<\/p>\n<p>By the way, none of the official names for this tomato stuck in my house&#8230; but someone once threw out the name <em>&#8220;Tourist&#8217;s Breakfast&#8221;<\/em>, and it stuck permanently!<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/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\">Rodebielesumer (Elena) <span class=\"author-stats\">\u2b50 Pro Grower (1,832 posts)<\/span><\/div>\n<div class=\"author-geo\">\ud83d\udccd Germany\/Luxembourg border (USDA Zone 7\/8)<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"post-content\">\n<p>Here in Europe, the large seed company Kiepenkerl sells this variety with a note stating that it is originally from Russia. Just adding to the question about the origin of the 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\">Alena SPb (Alena) <span class=\"author-stats\">\ud83c\udf31 Member (225 posts)<\/span><\/div>\n<div class=\"author-geo\">\ud83d\udccd St. Petersburg (USDA Zone 4\/5)<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"post-content\">\n<p>I liked Reisetomate. The bushes are powerful, they set a lot of fruit. The taste is traditional tomato with a lean towards sweetness. The tomatoes are very juicy and tender. The fruits are bizarre. It&#8217;s fun to pick out the most &#8220;ideal&#8221; ones\u2014the ones that easily separate into individual teardrop-shaped segments. You just break them apart right into the salad bowl.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/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\">Yuliya Antsifrova (Yulia) <span class=\"author-stats\">\ud83c\udf31 Member (191 posts)<\/span><\/div>\n<div class=\"author-geo\">\ud83d\udccd Medyn, Kaluga Region (USDA Zone 4)<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"post-content\">\n<p>I grew the &#8220;Garlic&#8221; (Chesnovy) tomato this year. Planted 2 bushes, trained each to 2 stems. You could easily do 4. The bush is not excessively aggressive, but tall; mine reached 1.8m (6 ft). The yield is average. I knew that the taste of this variety was questionable, but I was interested in the shape. And the shape turned out to be wonderful!)) The tomatoes are red and ripened perfectly on the bush until late autumn.<\/p>\n<p>This variety took first place for me as the <strong>most tasteless tomato of the 2022 season!<\/strong> It is the most inconvenient to process because of its shape, the most incredibly sour, but absolutely the most beautiful of them all! I will definitely repeat it again)))<\/p>\n<p>By the way, when the tomatoes sit on the counter or hang on the vine a little longer and approach almost over-ripeness, they develop a normal tomato taste with a distinct tartness. It&#8217;s a &#8220;toy&#8221; variety. I really liked it) I planted seeds from Siberian Garden.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.tomat-pomidor.com\/uploads\/monthly_2022_11\/IMG_20220807_093623.jpg.be2e19b8badd152d061c2ede1925d571.jpg\"><br \/>\n<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.tomat-pomidor.com\/uploads\/monthly_2022_11\/IMG_20220807_093623.thumb.jpg.eb0a42a4f40be36b54bd6fb138d4a61a.jpg\" alt=\"Weird shaped green and red tomato\" width=\"203\" height=\"300\" \/><br \/>\n<\/a><br \/>\n<a href=\"https:\/\/www.tomat-pomidor.com\/uploads\/monthly_2022_11\/IMG_20220809_153631.jpg.aaa67a98e09809b3c3e73d905ee13ad3.jpg\"><br \/>\n<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.tomat-pomidor.com\/uploads\/monthly_2022_11\/IMG_20220809_153631.thumb.jpg.ab4c92025d1ba9842fc6b1bed465603e.jpg\" alt=\"Cluster of Traveler's Tomato ripening\" width=\"300\" height=\"203\" \/><br \/>\n<\/a><br \/>\n<a href=\"https:\/\/www.tomat-pomidor.com\/uploads\/monthly_2022_11\/IMG_20220819_135505.jpg.d8571486dbda379445766b2f012a3abd.jpg\"><br \/>\n<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.tomat-pomidor.com\/uploads\/monthly_2022_11\/IMG_20220819_135505.thumb.jpg.6225e737fe59a68445dd05dafa3c1775.jpg\" alt=\"Beautiful red Reisetomate\" width=\"203\" height=\"300\" \/><br \/>\n<\/a><br \/>\n<a href=\"https:\/\/www.tomat-pomidor.com\/uploads\/monthly_2022_11\/IMG_20220819_135522.jpg.3f0adf8ef0fbc785f354dd8b35502178.jpg\"><br \/>\n<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.tomat-pomidor.com\/uploads\/monthly_2022_11\/IMG_20220819_135522.thumb.jpg.8d230c36bf2473e2f3ac9914b349db9e.jpg\" alt=\"Hand holding a brain-like novelty tomato\" width=\"300\" height=\"225\" \/><br \/>\n<\/a><br \/>\n<a href=\"https:\/\/www.tomat-pomidor.com\/uploads\/monthly_2022_11\/IMG_20220819_141341.jpg.af085ae1b1dba082bf68479a64341bca.jpg\"><br \/>\n<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.tomat-pomidor.com\/uploads\/monthly_2022_11\/IMG_20220819_141341.thumb.jpg.9a99f02002bdc965ff3b837566244716.jpg\" alt=\"Taking apart the lobes of the tomato\" width=\"300\" height=\"225\" \/><br \/>\n<\/a><br \/>\n<a href=\"https:\/\/www.tomat-pomidor.com\/uploads\/monthly_2022_11\/IMG_20220819_141426.jpg.65ab96ecd67e043e30d3ef28566b4787.jpg\"><br \/>\n<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.tomat-pomidor.com\/uploads\/monthly_2022_11\/IMG_20220819_141426.thumb.jpg.ed420fa98955b101235163d517adf444.jpg\" alt=\"Juicy lobes torn from the main fruit\" width=\"300\" height=\"225\" \/><br \/>\n<\/a><br \/>\n<a href=\"https:\/\/www.tomat-pomidor.com\/uploads\/monthly_2022_11\/IMG_20220820_191748.jpg.f9f1312f120a07562e0be5f3a3faf860.jpg\"><br \/>\n<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.tomat-pomidor.com\/uploads\/monthly_2022_11\/IMG_20220820_191748.thumb.jpg.7b36249941fdb4c17335639e96b0963f.jpg\" alt=\"Large harvest of Reisetomate in a crate\" width=\"203\" height=\"300\" \/><br \/>\n<\/a><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Quick Summary of Chesnovy (Reisetomate \/ Traveler&#8217;s Tomato) \ud83c\udf0d Origin: A world-famous novelty variety. Known internationally as Reisetomate (German for Traveler&#8217;s Tomato). In Eastern Europe, it is often called Chesnovy (Garlic Tomato), Tomato-Brain, or even Tourist&#8217;s Breakfast. \ud83c\udf3f Plant Habit: Indeterminate and incredibly vigorous. It produces a massive amount of suckers and can easily reach &#8230; <a title=\"Reisetomate (Tomato Brain) Grower Reviews\" class=\"read-more\" href=\"https:\/\/www.tomat-pomidor.com\/en\/reisetomate\/\" aria-label=\"Read more about Reisetomate (Tomato Brain) Grower Reviews\">Read more<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":1344,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[443,211,153],"tags":[72,30,33,23,49,13],"class_list":["post-1344","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-exotic","category-ribbed-tomatoes","category-tomato-culture-history","tag-greenhouse-tomato","tag-heavy-yielder","tag-indeterminate","tag-mid-season","tag-open-ground","tag-red-tomato"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.tomat-pomidor.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1344","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=1344"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/www.tomat-pomidor.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1344\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":1347,"href":"https:\/\/www.tomat-pomidor.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1344\/revisions\/1347"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.tomat-pomidor.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1344"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.tomat-pomidor.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1344"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.tomat-pomidor.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1344"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.tomat-pomidor.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1344"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}