{"id":2055,"date":"2026-09-09T20:30:05","date_gmt":"2026-09-09T20:30:05","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.tomat-pomidor.com\/en\/?p=2055"},"modified":"2026-09-09T20:32:08","modified_gmt":"2026-09-09T20:32:08","slug":"best-bestos","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.tomat-pomidor.com\/en\/best-bestos\/","title":{"rendered":"Best Bestos 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;2055&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;Best Bestos 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 Best Bestos<\/h2>\n<ul>\n<li>\ud83c\udf0d <strong>Origin &amp; Type:<\/strong> A gorgeous, deeply ribbed (pleated\/ruffled) red tomato. Some fruits take on a pear-like or wide piriform shape.<\/li>\n<li>\ud83c\udf3f <strong>Plant Habit:<\/strong> Indeterminate, mid-season. Reaches up to 6.5 ft (2 meters) in height. Highly prized for its stress tolerance\u2014it performs exceptionally well in both extremely hot regions and cold, short-summer areas.<\/li>\n<li>\ud83c\udf45 <strong>Fruit Characteristics:<\/strong> Large, meaty, ribbed fruits with very few internal voids (which is rare for deeply pleated varieties). The skin is red, but the flesh inside often has a deep crimson-raspberry hue.<\/li>\n<li>\ud83c\udf38 <strong>Megablooms:<\/strong> While many growers prune off &#8220;megablooms&#8221; (fused blossoms) to prevent misshapen fruits, growers note that Best Bestos actually produces fantastic, uniquely shaped giant fruits from these fused flowers.<\/li>\n<li>\ud83d\udc45 <strong>Flavor Profile:<\/strong> Very tender, sweet, and juicy-meaty with a nice balancing acidity. It does not suffer from the &#8220;bland&#8221; taste that sometimes plagues heavily ribbed varieties.<\/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\">I<\/div>\n<div class=\"author-meta\">\n<div class=\"author-name\">ilja (Ilya) <span class=\"author-stats\">\u2b50 Grower (758 posts)<\/span><\/div>\n<div class=\"author-geo\">\ud83d\udccd Klinsky District, Moscow Region (USDA Zone 4)<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"post-content\">\n<p>Best Bestos, in my opinion, is one of the very best varieties with ribbed fruits. In the greenhouse, it showed excellent yield. The height of the bushes was about 6.5 ft (2 meters). The fruits are tender and sweet.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.tomat-pomidor.com\/uploads\/newforum\/attachments01\/65735_00009fa56795fcd852bb9a76956266a2e9868807.jpg\" alt=\"Ilya's Best Bestos ribbed tomato\" width=\"500\" height=\"500\" \/><br \/>\n<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.tomat-pomidor.com\/uploads\/newforum\/attachments01\/65737_baa0b62f2ea81abf2a1dcd154cc4ef274db87177.jpg\" alt=\"Beautiful ribbed tomato on the vine\" width=\"500\" height=\"500\" \/><br \/>\n<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.tomat-pomidor.com\/uploads\/newforum\/attachments01\/65739_95c3f74da32d0e84cb398cc971ea8d0a4ee58517.jpg\" alt=\"Sliced ribbed tomato showing meaty interior\" width=\"500\" height=\"500\" \/><\/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\">Svetlana F <span class=\"author-stats\">\u2b50 Beginner (71 posts)<\/span><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"post-content\">\n<p>I chose this variety as a stress-resistant one suitable for any conditions, because here in the Omsk region in open ground, only those kinds of tomatoes bring us joy. And I was absolutely right: I harvested the first large ones today, I am happy as a clam! \ud83d\udc4d<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.tomat-pomidor.com\/uploads\/newforum\/attachments01\/68542_7e7d9343cfa30f706f46d6f5388d8cf48c06666d.jpg\" alt=\"Svetlana's large Best Bestos harvest\" width=\"1260\" height=\"1680\" \/><\/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\">ALIANNA (Galina) <span class=\"author-stats\">\u2b50 Pro Grower (8,189 posts)<\/span><\/div>\n<div class=\"author-geo\">\ud83d\udccd Stavropol Territory (USDA Zone 6)<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"post-content\">\n<p>The tomato variety Best Bestos is a mid-season, indeterminate variety, up to 6.5 ft (2 m) tall.<\/p>\n<p>The fruits are pear-shaped, ribbed, dense, without any empty internal voids. The skin is red, the flesh is crimson-raspberry, very tender, sweet with a nice acidity, not bland at all. I purposely left the megablooms (fused blossoms) on the plant; I really like the fruits that develop from megablooms on pear-shaped varieties like Karl, Garmoshka, and Abruzzo.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.tomat-pomidor.com\/uploads\/newforum\/galleries\/236\/20504-180818084508.jpeg\" alt=\"Tall Best Bestos plant\" width=\"750\" height=\"1000\" \/><br \/>\n<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.tomat-pomidor.com\/uploads\/newforum\/galleries\/226\/20504-090718164226.jpeg\" alt=\"Large red pleated tomatoes on the vine\" width=\"1000\" height=\"750\" \/><br \/>\n<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.tomat-pomidor.com\/uploads\/newforum\/galleries\/226\/20504-100718180226.jpeg\" alt=\"Galina's ribbed red tomatoes\" width=\"1000\" height=\"750\" \/><br \/>\n<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.tomat-pomidor.com\/uploads\/newforum\/galleries\/231\/20504-270718054634.jpeg\" alt=\"Giant pleated red tomato from a megabloom\" width=\"1000\" height=\"750\" \/><br \/>\n<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.tomat-pomidor.com\/uploads\/newforum\/galleries\/231\/20504-290718163853.jpeg\" alt=\"Harvested Best Bestos\" width=\"1000\" height=\"750\" \/><br \/>\n<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.tomat-pomidor.com\/uploads\/newforum\/galleries\/231\/20504-290718164042.jpeg\" alt=\"Perfect meaty interior without voids\" width=\"1000\" height=\"750\" \/><\/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\">Bylinka (Lena) <span class=\"author-stats\">\u2b50 Pro Grower (1,101 posts)<\/span><\/div>\n<div class=\"author-geo\">\ud83d\udccd Orel Region (USDA Zone 5)<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"post-content\">\n<p>An excellent tomato, very tasty with tender flesh.<\/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 (Svetlana) <span class=\"author-stats\">\u2b50 Pro Grower (19,263 posts)<\/span><\/div>\n<div class=\"author-geo\">\ud83d\udccd Pyatigorsk (USDA Zone 6)<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"post-content\">\n<p>Fruits of large and medium size, meaty, and tasty.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.svetlanaf-ecosemena.ru\/image\/cache\/catalog\/tomat\/1220-best%20bestos-500x500.JPG\" alt=\"Svetlana's ribbed Best Bestos\" width=\"500\" height=\"500\" \/><br \/>\n<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.svetlanaf-ecosemena.ru\/image\/cache\/catalog\/tomat\/Best_Bestos-1220-razrez2-500x500.JPG\" alt=\"Sliced meaty ribbed tomato\" width=\"500\" height=\"500\" \/><br \/>\n<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.svetlanaf-ecosemena.ru\/image\/cache\/data\/incoming\/ecosemena.files.wordpress.com\/2017\/11\/best-bestos-d0b2-d0b7d0b3-1220.jpgssl_1_amp;w_450-500x500.jpeg\" alt=\"Dark red interior of Best Bestos\" width=\"500\" height=\"500\" \/><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Quick Summary of Best Bestos \ud83c\udf0d Origin &amp; Type: A gorgeous, deeply ribbed (pleated\/ruffled) red tomato. Some fruits take on a pear-like or wide piriform shape. \ud83c\udf3f Plant Habit: Indeterminate, mid-season. Reaches up to 6.5 ft (2 meters) in height. 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