{"id":2732,"date":"2026-09-16T17:43:55","date_gmt":"2026-09-16T17:43:55","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.tomat-pomidor.com\/en\/?p=2732"},"modified":"2026-09-16T17:43:55","modified_gmt":"2026-09-16T17:43:55","slug":"fish-lake-oxheart","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.tomat-pomidor.com\/en\/fish-lake-oxheart\/","title":{"rendered":"Fish Lake Oxheart Tomato Reviews"},"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;2732&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;Fish Lake Oxheart Tomato Reviews&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<div class=\"tldr-box\" style=\"background: #f4f9f4; padding: 20px; border-left: 5px solid #4CAF50; margin-bottom: 30px; border-radius: 4px;\">\n<h3>\ud83d\udccc Quick Summary (TL;DR): Fish Lake Oxheart<\/h3>\n<ul>\n<li>\ud83c\udf0d <strong>Origin:<\/strong> A highly regarded Canadian heirloom variety originating from the Fish Lake area in Ontario.<\/li>\n<li>\ud83c\udf3f <strong>Plant Habit:<\/strong> Indeterminate. Unlike many wispy, fragile-looking oxheart varieties, this one has a very vigorous, powerful, and robust bush. It easily reaches 6.5 ft (2 m) in a greenhouse.<\/li>\n<li>\ud83c\udf45 <strong>Fruit Characteristics:<\/strong> Large, blunt heart-shaped (oxheart) tomatoes. They ripen to a deep pink\/raspberry color. The flesh is incredibly dense (&#8220;pure solid meat&#8221;) with very little gel and no wateriness.<\/li>\n<li>\ud83d\udc45 <strong>Flavor:<\/strong> Universally praised. It has a classic, well-balanced old-fashioned tomato flavor\u2014sweet with just the right amount of tartness and a long, pleasant aftertaste.<\/li>\n<li>\u23f3 <strong>Yield &amp; Growing Traits:<\/strong> Mid-season ripener. It is an excellent yielder that handles heat waves very well without dropping blossoms. <em>Pro Tip:<\/em> Because it sets fruit so heavily, some growers prefer to &#8220;thin the trusses&#8221; (cull some blossoms\/tiny fruits) down to 3-4 per cluster to ensure the remaining tomatoes grow massive.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/div>\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\">\ud83c\udf31 Member (758 posts)<\/span><\/div>\n<div class=\"author-geo\">\ud83d\udccd Klin District, Moscow Region (USDA Zone 4)<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"post-content\">\n<p>A very prolific, tall-growing (up to 6.5 ft \/ 2 meters in the greenhouse) tomato variety with large pink, heart-shaped fruits. The fruits are juicy, have excellent flavor, and are sweet. It is a mid-season ripening variety.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.tomat-pomidor.com\/uploads\/newforum\/attachments01\/67200_70e098ee2f48b481e1ade360df7d299bdfbbbd03.jpg\" alt=\"Fish Lake Oxheart large pink tomato\" width=\"499\" height=\"499\" \/><br \/>\n<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.tomat-pomidor.com\/uploads\/newforum\/attachments01\/67202_9e512733ffcd3be5ccc1fd43fa99294cc27dc685.jpg\" alt=\"Meaty cross section of oxheart tomato\" width=\"499\" height=\"499\" \/><br \/>\n<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.tomat-pomidor.com\/uploads\/newforum\/attachments01\/67204_2a64e69ba5e84ac15b4ff635f96c33f5ab56d649.jpg\" alt=\"Fish Lake Oxheart on the vine\" width=\"499\" height=\"499\" \/><\/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\">Elena 62 (Elena) <span class=\"author-stats\">\u2b50 Pro Grower (2,063 posts)<\/span><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"post-content\">\n<p>Last year, this variety was a dud for me and didn&#8217;t turn out well. But this year, I am extremely happy with it. It&#8217;s become another favorite of mine. \ud83d\ude18<\/p>\n<p>According to the description, it&#8217;s a large-fruited variety, but I don&#8217;t really like massively huge tomatoes, so I immediately thinned the trusses, leaving only 3-4 fruits per cluster. I pruned the plant to a single stem. The largest fruit weighed 17 oz (480 g), and the rest were no more than 10.5 oz (300 g). The taste is sweet and tart \u2014 a true, classic old-fashioned tomato flavor.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.tomat-pomidor.com\/uploads\/newforum\/galleries\/246\/17239-131118080000.jpeg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.tomat-pomidor.com\/uploads\/newforum\/galleries\/246\/thumb_17239-131118080000.jpeg\" alt=\"Harvest of pink Fish Lake Oxheart tomatoes\" width=\"160\" height=\"138\" \/><\/a><br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/www.tomat-pomidor.com\/uploads\/newforum\/galleries\/246\/17239-131118075909.jpeg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.tomat-pomidor.com\/uploads\/newforum\/galleries\/246\/thumb_17239-131118075909.jpeg\" alt=\"Perfect heart shaped heirloom tomato\" width=\"160\" height=\"127\" \/><\/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\">Olviya (Olya) <span class=\"author-stats\">\u2b50 Pro Grower (1,829 posts)<\/span><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"post-content\">\n<p>Just a heads-up on the translation, the original name &#8220;Fish Lake&#8221; is a proper noun (the actual name of the lake in Canada). So it really is Fish Lake Oxheart.<\/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 7)<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"post-content\">\n<p>Fish Lake Oxheart tomato, seeds from Yuri Kuzminykh.<\/p>\n<p>An absolutely wonderful tomato. The bush is powerful, height \u2014 5.5 ft (1.7 m), it set fruit very well despite the heat. The fruits are rounded-hearts with a deep, rich raspberry color. The flesh is incredibly dense \u2014 it is pure solid meat, not watery at all. Sweet-and-tart flavor, though the sweetness dominates; a true tomato flavor with a very pleasant aftertaste. Great for salads\/slicing and for any kind of processing\/canning.<\/p>\n<p>I loved it very much; it&#8217;s going straight into my permanent seed collection.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.tomat-pomidor.com\/uploads\/newforum\/galleries\/230\/20504-240718115202.jpeg\" alt=\"Fish Lake Oxheart large fruit on scale\" width=\"1000\" height=\"750\" \/><br \/>\n<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.tomat-pomidor.com\/uploads\/newforum\/galleries\/231\/20504-280718144750.jpeg\" alt=\"Beautiful pink heart shaped tomato\" width=\"1000\" height=\"750\" \/><br \/>\n<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.tomat-pomidor.com\/uploads\/newforum\/galleries\/231\/20504-280718151655.jpeg\" alt=\"Dense meaty cross section of Fish Lake Oxheart\" width=\"1000\" height=\"750\" \/><\/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\">OlyaSashina (Olga) <span class=\"author-stats\">\u2b50 Pro Grower (5,353 posts)<\/span><\/div>\n<div class=\"author-geo\">\ud83d\udccd Bor, Nizhny Novgorod Region (USDA Zone 4)<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"post-content\">\n<p>I liked the variety. Heavy yielder. There was almost no blossom drop. A tall, vigorous bush. The fruits are excellent slicers\/salad tomatoes with a great tomato flavor; mine were red. It grew in a fairly bright, sunny spot.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.tomat-pomidor.com\/uploads\/monthly_2023_09\/large.1618499576_.jpg.6dba96fd3386ca5ae97819d440ce8d7f.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.tomat-pomidor.com\/uploads\/monthly_2023_09\/large.1618499576_.jpg.6dba96fd3386ca5ae97819d440ce8d7f.jpg\" alt=\"Vigorous bush of Fish Lake Oxheart\" width=\"450\" height=\"600\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>\ud83d\udccc Quick Summary (TL;DR): Fish Lake Oxheart \ud83c\udf0d Origin: A highly regarded Canadian heirloom variety originating from the Fish Lake area in Ontario. \ud83c\udf3f Plant Habit: Indeterminate. Unlike many wispy, fragile-looking oxheart varieties, this one has a very vigorous, powerful, and robust bush. It easily reaches 6.5 ft (2 m) in a greenhouse. \ud83c\udf45 Fruit &#8230; <a title=\"Fish Lake Oxheart Tomato Reviews\" class=\"read-more\" href=\"https:\/\/www.tomat-pomidor.com\/en\/fish-lake-oxheart\/\" aria-label=\"Read more about Fish Lake Oxheart Tomato Reviews\">Read more<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":2732,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1,94,67,438,211],"tags":[756,72,30,33,82,23,81],"class_list":["post-2732","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-beefsteak-large-slicers","category-heirloom-other","category-oxheart-tomatoes","category-red-tomatoes","category-ribbed-tomatoes","tag-canadian-heirloom","tag-greenhouse-tomato","tag-heavy-yielder","tag-indeterminate","tag-meaty-tomato","tag-mid-season","tag-pink-oxheart"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.tomat-pomidor.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2732","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=2732"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/www.tomat-pomidor.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2732\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2734,"href":"https:\/\/www.tomat-pomidor.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2732\/revisions\/2734"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.tomat-pomidor.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2732"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.tomat-pomidor.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2732"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.tomat-pomidor.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2732"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.tomat-pomidor.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2732"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}