{"id":1758,"date":"2026-09-04T10:45:22","date_gmt":"2026-09-04T10:45:22","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.tomat-pomidor.com\/en\/?p=1758"},"modified":"2026-09-04T10:45:22","modified_gmt":"2026-09-04T10:45:22","slug":"amber","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.tomat-pomidor.com\/en\/amber\/","title":{"rendered":"Amber (Yantarnyi) Bush 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;1758&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;Amber (Yantarnyi) Bush 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 Yantarnyi (Amber)<\/h2>\n<ul>\n<li>\ud83c\udf0d <strong>Origin:<\/strong> A well-known Russian commercial\/heirloom variety. The name translates to &#8220;Amber,&#8221; referring to its bright yellow-orange color. Note: It is sometimes sold under variations like &#8220;Yantarnyi 530&#8221;.<\/li>\n<li>\ud83c\udf3f <strong>Plant Habit:<\/strong> Determinate (bush\/tree-type). It is highly compact, rugose, and very sturdy. It does not strictly require pruning or suckering, making it extremely low-maintenance. Great for open ground and even container growing.<\/li>\n<li>\ud83c\udf45 <strong>Fruit Characteristics:<\/strong> Round, bright yellow\/amber fruits. Size can vary based on soil and growing conditions, ranging from large cherry\/cocktail size (under 50g \/ 1.7 oz) up to 180g (6.3 oz) in optimal greenhouse environments. Occasionally, fruits may develop a slight pink blush.<\/li>\n<li>\ud83d\udc45 <strong>Flavor &amp; Culinary Use:<\/strong> Very juicy and sweet. Considered excellent for an ultra-early variety. Often eaten fresh in early summer salads, and perfectly sized for whole-fruit canning, looking beautiful mixed in jars with red tomatoes.<\/li>\n<li>\u23f3 <strong>Maturity:<\/strong> Ultra-early to early season. Often the very first tomato to ripen in the garden.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<div class=\"add-review-cta\" style=\"margin: 20px 0; padding: 15px; background: #f9f9f9; border-left: 4px solid #4CAF50; border-radius: 4px;\"><strong>\ud83c\udf45 Grown this variety?<\/strong> <a href=\"#wpdcom\">Click here to add your own photos and review below!<\/a><\/div>\n<div class=\"forum-post\">\n<div class=\"author-header\">\n<div class=\"forum-avatar\">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 know that small tomatoes have few fans. But I am one of them. I like unpretentious bushes with tasty and juicy little tomatoes. This will be my fourth year growing Yantarnyi (Amber). For two years it was just a yellow, juicy, tasty little tomato for me. Very early. But last year it threw out this pink blush on its side. The bush is tree-type (determinate\/sturdy), it doesn&#8217;t need its suckers removed. But as I wrote before, I still remove all suckers up to the first flower cluster.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;Yantarnyi&#8221; on Yandex.Photos<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/img-fotki.yandex.ru\/get\/6503\/39029122.5\/0_8ed5f_c547afaf_L.jpg\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/img-fotki.yandex.ru\/get\/6503\/39029122.5\/0_8ed5f_c547afaf_L.jpg\" alt=\"Yantarnyi bush tomato cluster\" width=\"500\" height=\"375\" \/><\/a><br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/img-fotki.yandex.ru\/get\/5304\/39029122.3\/0_810bf_1537e04e_L.jpg\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/img-fotki.yandex.ru\/get\/5304\/39029122.3\/0_810bf_1537e04e_L.jpg\" alt=\"Yellow Yantarnyi tomatoes with pink blush\" width=\"500\" height=\"375\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"forum-post\">\n<div class=\"author-header\">\n<div class=\"forum-avatar\">D<\/div>\n<div class=\"author-meta\">\n<div class=\"author-name\">Drosera (Svetlana) <span class=\"author-stats\">\u2b50 Pro Grower (5,413 posts)<\/span><\/div>\n<div class=\"author-geo\">\ud83d\udccd Yekaterinburg (USDA Zone 3)<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"post-content\">\n<p>Vera, just how small are the tomatoes, like cherries?<\/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 (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>No Sveta, but for me they don&#8217;t quite reach 50 gm (1.7 oz). Perhaps if they weren&#8217;t grown in pure sand, they would be larger.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"forum-post\">\n<div class=\"author-header\">\n<div class=\"forum-avatar\">D<\/div>\n<div class=\"author-meta\">\n<div class=\"author-name\">Drosera (Svetlana) <span class=\"author-stats\">\u2b50 Pro Grower (5,413 posts)<\/span><\/div>\n<div class=\"author-geo\">\ud83d\udccd Yekaterinburg (USDA Zone 3)<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"post-content\">\n<p>A perfectly good size, just right for canning in jars.<\/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 (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>Yes, for jars it is the most useful size! \ud83d\udc4d<\/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\">Aleksander (Alexander) <span class=\"author-stats\">\u2b50 Pro Grower (3,853 posts)<\/span><\/div>\n<div class=\"author-geo\">\ud83d\udccd Near East of Moscow &#8211; Malakhovka (USDA Zone 4)<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"post-content\">\n<p>My Yantarnyi in 2010 looked like this:<\/p>\n<p>Grew in a greenhouse, yielded 3.5 kg (7.7 lbs) per bush, the maximum fruit weight was 180! g (6.3 oz).<br \/>\nIn subsequent years it grew outdoors in buckets, yield was 1.5 kg (3.3 lbs) per bush, maximum fruit weight 106 g (3.7 oz).<\/p>\n<p>It has always been my very earliest variety. Taste is a B minus, which is very good for early varieties. Fruit clusters form after every leaf, I don&#8217;t prune suckers.<br \/>\nOnce, a sucker that shot up from under the soil (meaning it grew after one of the very first leaves), which I transplanted into a bucket, yielded 1.5 kg (3.3 lbs) all on its own.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/img-fotki.yandex.ru\/get\/15507\/7080194.11\/0_2b667c_e9a1c839_L.jpg\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/img-fotki.yandex.ru\/get\/15507\/7080194.11\/0_2b667c_e9a1c839_L.jpg\" alt=\"Yantarnyi growing in bucket\" width=\"500\" height=\"375\" \/><\/a><br \/>\n<a href=\"https:\/\/img-fotki.yandex.ru\/get\/16153\/7080194.11\/0_2b667b_1ac594a2_L.jpg\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/img-fotki.yandex.ru\/get\/16153\/7080194.11\/0_2b667b_1ac594a2_L.jpg\" alt=\"Perfect yellow Yantarnyi tomatoes\" width=\"500\" height=\"375\" \/><\/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\">amarant (Alla) <span class=\"author-stats\">\u2b50 Pro Grower (4,069 posts)<\/span><\/div>\n<div class=\"author-geo\">\ud83d\udccd Nizhny Novgorod (USDA Zone 4)<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"post-content\">\n<p>I really like this variety. Juicy, sweet, prolific. I love it for canning, both on its own and especially mixed with red ones of a suitable size. The bush is compact.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.tomat-pomidor.com\/uploads\/newforum\/galleries\/78\/13612-260715054906.jpeg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.tomat-pomidor.com\/uploads\/newforum\/galleries\/78\/13612-260715054906.jpeg\" alt=\"Large cluster of Yantarnyi\" width=\"1000\" height=\"562\" \/><\/a><br \/>\n<a href=\"https:\/\/www.tomat-pomidor.com\/uploads\/newforum\/galleries\/78\/13612-260715060119.jpeg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.tomat-pomidor.com\/uploads\/newforum\/galleries\/78\/13612-260715060119.jpeg\" alt=\"Harvest of yellow Yantarnyi\" width=\"1000\" height=\"562\" \/><\/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\">kustik (Viktoria) <span class=\"author-stats\">\ud83c\udf45 Vegetable Grower (258 posts)<\/span><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"post-content\">\n<p>I also like this variety, but mine is not small, it&#8217;s medium-sized.<\/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 (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>This year I sowed Yantarnyi from seeds by the &#8220;Mars&#8221; company. The fruits are still green, but the bush looks like the &#8216;Morkovnyi&#8217; (Carrot) variety. The leaf is very finely cut\/lacy. Exactly like a carrot leaf. \ud83d\ude32<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"forum-post\">\n<div class=\"author-header\">\n<div class=\"forum-avatar\">Z<\/div>\n<div class=\"author-meta\">\n<div class=\"author-name\">Zulfiya (Zulfiya) <span class=\"author-stats\">\u2b50 Pro Grower (15,967 posts)<\/span><\/div>\n<div class=\"author-geo\">\ud83d\udccd Ufa (USDA Zone 3\/4)<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"post-content\">\n<p>I think my father-in-law used to grow Yantarnyi a long time ago. Delicate, sweet, salad-type.<\/p>\n<p>Can someone post a photo of it sliced open?<\/p>\n<p>Alla, does it fall apart in the jars when fully ripe? Or do you can them while they&#8217;re still firm?<\/p>\n<p>Isn&#8217;t the &#8216;Nizhegorodskiy Kudyablik&#8217; variety just a clone of this?<\/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\">Tatyana77 (Tatyana) <span class=\"author-stats\">\u2b50 Pro Grower (1,532 posts)<\/span><\/div>\n<div class=\"author-geo\">\ud83d\udccd Novosibirsk, Siberia (USDA Zone 3)<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"post-content\">\n<p>Are &#8220;Yantarnyi&#8221; and &#8220;Yantarnyi 530&#8221; different varieties? I have &#8220;Yantarnyi 530&#8221; from &#8220;Batatovye Kuschi&#8221; (Sweet Potato Bushes). The leaf is a regular tomato leaf, when it&#8217;s small it looks exactly like a potato plant.<\/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\">alio-nka (Alionka) <span class=\"author-stats\">Beginner (98 posts)<\/span><\/div>\n<div class=\"author-geo\">\ud83d\udccd Baltic Sea Coast (USDA Zone 6)<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"post-content\">\n<p>My Yantarnyi outdoors in open ground. My grandchildren declared it the tastiest among the early ones, though personally, I had other favorites.<\/p>\n<p><em>Edited October 1, 2021 by alio-nka<\/em><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.tomat-pomidor.com\/uploads\/monthly_2021_10\/imgonline-com-ua-Crop-Cn9aRVro0P8.jpg.9c8fe28cbcaf4796a5125d3754d9b049.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.tomat-pomidor.com\/uploads\/monthly_2021_10\/imgonline-com-ua-Crop-Cn9aRVro0P8.thumb.jpg.2d9cbf208e5f728eb85ed25d8fac1b87.jpg\" alt=\"Yantarnyi early yellow tomato harvest\" width=\"300\" height=\"229\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Quick Summary of Yantarnyi (Amber) \ud83c\udf0d Origin: A well-known Russian commercial\/heirloom variety. The name translates to &#8220;Amber,&#8221; referring to its bright yellow-orange color. Note: It is sometimes sold under variations like &#8220;Yantarnyi 530&#8221;. \ud83c\udf3f Plant Habit: Determinate (bush\/tree-type). It is highly compact, rugose, and very sturdy. 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