{"id":2815,"date":"2026-09-17T19:30:49","date_gmt":"2026-09-17T19:30:49","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.tomat-pomidor.com\/en\/?p=2815"},"modified":"2026-09-17T19:31:11","modified_gmt":"2026-09-17T19:31:11","slug":"bulls-forehead","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.tomat-pomidor.com\/en\/bulls-forehead\/","title":{"rendered":"Bull&#8217;s Forehead (Bychiy Lob) Siberian 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;2815&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;Share your rating&quot;,&quot;legend&quot;:&quot;0\\\/5 - (0 votes)&quot;,&quot;size&quot;:&quot;24&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;Bull\\u0026#039;s Forehead (Bychiy Lob) Siberian 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\">Share your rating<\/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): Bychiy Lob (Bull&#8217;s Forehead)<\/h3>\n<ul>\n<li>\ud83c\udf0d <strong>Origin:<\/strong> A commercial Siberian variety released by the Russian seed company &#8220;Siberian Garden&#8221; (SibSad). The name translates to &#8220;Bull&#8217;s Forehead&#8221; in English.<\/li>\n<li>\ud83c\udf3f <strong>Plant Habit:<\/strong> Indeterminate, though some growers report that it occasionally self-tops (terminates with a flower truss) around 6.5 ft (2m) in the greenhouse. Extremely vigorous and highly productive.<\/li>\n<li>\ud83c\udf45 <strong>Fruit Characteristics:<\/strong> Large, dense, red oblate beefsteaks. Average weight is around 10-12 oz (300g), but under good conditions, they can easily reach 1.3 lbs (600g). The first blossoms are prone to fasciation (megablooms\/catfacing).<\/li>\n<li>\ud83d\udc45 <strong>Flavor &amp; Use:<\/strong> Highly debated! There seem to be different strains circulating. Some growers found it to be a sour, bland &#8220;spitter,&#8221; while others praise it for having a fantastic, classic, well-balanced tomato flavor. Excellent for processing into sauces, especially &#8220;Khrenovina&#8221; (a traditional Russian spicy horseradish-tomato relish).<\/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\">S<\/div>\n<div class=\"author-meta\">\n<div class=\"author-name\">Svetlyachok-plus (Svetlana) <span class=\"author-stats\">\u2b50 Pro Grower (1,450 posts)<\/span><\/div>\n<div class=\"author-geo\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"post-content\">\n<p>Bushes are heavily loaded, the fruits are amazingly beautiful, smooth, oblate, and red. But there is one big BUT\u2014the flavor is completely nonexistent \ud83d\ude1d. Just kinda bland and sour. Very disappointed. Grew it out in the dirt (open ground), and not a single one reached the advertised 600g (1.3 lbs). The biggest was 320g (11 oz). I ended up using it all for Khrenovina (spicy horseradish sauce) because nobody in the family wanted to eat it fresh. Definitely an absolute spitter for me, never planting it again.<\/p>\n<p><em>Edited February 2, 2015 by Drosera<\/em><\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.tomat-pomidor.com\/uploads\/newforum\/attachments\/58574_4b79a93caa5d66859edd5a4786475345c202259a.jpg\" alt=\"Bychiy Lob on the vine\" width=\"566\" height=\"684\" \/><br \/>\n<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.tomat-pomidor.com\/uploads\/newforum\/attachments\/58576_f7c7d262dc36f05f6a77ce8ac08a772fe25ae020.jpg\" alt=\"Harvested red beefsteak\" width=\"730\" height=\"547\" \/><br \/>\n<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.tomat-pomidor.com\/uploads\/newforum\/attachments\/58578_914fa7c6a1c6870a02692f8be6c2cf45bf9166d3.jpg\" alt=\"Red tomatoes in basket\" width=\"730\" height=\"547\" \/><\/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\">trofi (Elena) <span class=\"author-stats\">\u2b50 Pro Grower (10,715 posts)<\/span><\/div>\n<div class=\"author-geo\">\ud83d\udccd South of Moscow Region (USDA Zone 4)<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"post-content\">\n<p>And here I thought mine tasted bad just because it sat in the fridge, but it turns out others have the exact same problem. The bush didn&#8217;t produce much, the weight was less than advertised, and I grew it in a greenhouse. Won&#8217;t be planting it again.<\/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\">kamo (Tatiana) <span class=\"author-stats\">\u2b50 Pro Grower (1,498 posts)<\/span><\/div>\n<div class=\"author-geo\">\ud83d\udccd Vnukovo (USDA Zone 4)<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"post-content\">\n<p>I actually really loved the taste\u2014a real, classic mater flavor!<\/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\">Esme (Galina) <span class=\"author-stats\">\u2b50 Pro Grower (5,701 posts)<\/span><\/div>\n<div class=\"author-geo\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"post-content\">\n<p>It&#8217;s very possible the seeds came from different sources, which is why the flavor is so different.<\/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 (Sveta) <span class=\"author-stats\">\u2b50 Pro Grower (29,360 posts)<\/span><\/div>\n<div class=\"author-geo\">\ud83d\udccd Moscow, south of Moscow region, Stupinsky district (USDA Zone 4)<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"post-content\">\n<p>Here is my story with Bull&#8217;s Forehead\u2014I sowed seeds I got from Lena in Kostroma, she absolutely loved the taste last year. Grew one bush in the greenhouse, very productive, it was the earliest one to ripen for me (July 8th), and it ended up being one of the best-tasting varieties of the season, even though the summer was rainy and cold (the dirt in the greenhouse wouldn&#8217;t even dry out). Meanwhile, Lena grew from the exact same seed batch this year and said the taste totally sucked for her \ud83e\udd37\u200d\u2640\ufe0f<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.tomat-pomidor.com\/uploads\/newforum\/attachments\/59505_8c430c2782a76feabf3c620cc001d55ac7874788.jpg\" alt=\"Beautiful red Bychiy Lob\" width=\"800\" height=\"600\" \/><br \/>\n<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.tomat-pomidor.com\/uploads\/newforum\/attachments\/59507_f6f970e553ae431ad9e6be6381d08d9ce3936716.jpg\" alt=\"Cross section of Bull's Forehead\" width=\"1000\" height=\"750\" \/><\/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\">Marishka (Marina) <span class=\"author-stats\">\u2b50 Pro Grower (2,330 posts)<\/span><\/div>\n<div class=\"author-geo\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"post-content\">\n<p>Red, bush is heavily loaded whether it&#8217;s outside in the dirt or in the greenhouse. Just a really tasty tomato.<\/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\">trofi (Elena) <span class=\"author-stats\">\u2b50 Pro Grower (10,715 posts)<\/span><\/div>\n<div class=\"author-geo\">\ud83d\udccd South of Moscow Region (USDA Zone 4)<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"post-content\">\n<blockquote><p><strong>Esme:<\/strong><br \/>\nIt&#8217;s very possible the seeds came from different sources, which is why the flavor is so different.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>My seeds were from SibSad. It looked exactly like the picture on the packet. But the taste was absolute rare garbage.<\/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 (Yuliya Arefyeva) <span class=\"author-stats\">\u2b50 Grower (512 posts)<\/span><\/div>\n<div class=\"author-geo\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"post-content\">\n<p>Also used SibSad seeds and also hated it.<\/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\">Angelina <span class=\"author-stats\">\u2b50 Pro Grower (11,140 posts)<\/span><\/div>\n<div class=\"author-geo\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"post-content\">\n<p>I loved it, heavy yielder, juicy, tasty. Seeds were from Ukraine.<\/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\">Amira-12 (Raisa) <span class=\"author-stats\">\u2b50 Pro Grower (2,247 posts)<\/span><\/div>\n<div class=\"author-geo\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"post-content\">\n<p>Bychiy Lob was one of my heaviest yielding and largest varieties.<\/p>\n<p>Thought it would lose points on flavor&#8230; nope! It was very tasty and early.<\/p>\n<p>Seeds were from Svetikk. \ud83d\ude42<\/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\">VALENTINA\/Abakan <span class=\"author-stats\">\ud83d\udc64 Guest<\/span><\/div>\n<div class=\"author-geo\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"post-content\">\n<p>Seeds from SibSad. Growing it and I&#8217;m very happy with it, grew in the greenhouse. Tall, lots of fruits. Red oblate maters. The whole family loved the taste. Juicy, sweet with a slight tang. Didn&#8217;t weigh them, but the size fills the palm of your hand perfectly. Sowed March 6th, transplanted into the dirt mid-May. Turned out mid-season for me, leaning closer to late.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/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\">natko (Nataliya) <span class=\"author-stats\">\u2b50 Pro Grower (5,921 posts)<\/span><\/div>\n<div class=\"author-geo\">\ud83d\udccd Semenovskoye, Stupinsky district, Moscow Reg. (USDA Zone 4)<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"post-content\">\n<p>Seeds from SibSad. Not bad at all &#8211; juicy, got both tang and sweetness. Only problem is it&#8217;s impossible to save seeds from it \ud83d\ude1d<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.tomat-pomidor.com\/uploads\/newforum\/galleries\/136\/18312-310716164022.jpeg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.tomat-pomidor.com\/uploads\/newforum\/galleries\/136\/thumb_18312-310716164022.jpeg\" alt=\"Tomato on scale\" width=\"160\" height=\"120\" \/><\/a><br \/>\n<a href=\"https:\/\/www.tomat-pomidor.com\/uploads\/newforum\/galleries\/136\/18312-310716164434.jpeg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.tomat-pomidor.com\/uploads\/newforum\/galleries\/136\/thumb_18312-310716164434.jpeg\" alt=\"Meaty cross section with few seeds\" width=\"160\" height=\"120\" \/><\/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\">Leno4ek (Elena) <span class=\"author-stats\">\u2b50 Pro Grower (5,083 posts)<\/span><\/div>\n<div class=\"author-geo\">\ud83d\udccd Dacha 5 km from Kharkiv (USDA Zone 5)<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"post-content\">\n<p>Planted it in 2017 and 2018. One of the most productive and tasty ones.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.tomat-pomidor.com\/uploads\/newforum\/galleries\/229\/17371-210718125859.jpeg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.tomat-pomidor.com\/uploads\/newforum\/galleries\/229\/thumb_17371-210718125859.jpeg\" alt=\"Lots of tomatoes on vine\" width=\"160\" height=\"120\" \/><\/a><br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/www.tomat-pomidor.com\/uploads\/newforum\/galleries\/231\/17371-280718161936.jpeg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.tomat-pomidor.com\/uploads\/newforum\/galleries\/231\/thumb_17371-280718161936.jpeg\" alt=\"Large red tomato\" width=\"160\" height=\"120\" \/><\/a><br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/www.tomat-pomidor.com\/uploads\/newforum\/galleries\/231\/17371-280718162000.jpeg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.tomat-pomidor.com\/uploads\/newforum\/galleries\/231\/thumb_17371-280718162000.jpeg\" alt=\"Sliced Bull's Forehead\" width=\"160\" height=\"120\" \/><\/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\">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>I grew the Bychiy Lob variety in the greenhouse. For me, it turned out very tall (2 meters \/ 6.5 ft), productive, mid-season. The fruits were large, red, and oblate-shaped. Meaty and sweet.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.tomat-pomidor.com\/uploads\/newforum\/attachments01\/68844_cf99da291f2e88c9221b0867e08d9f9485663178.jpg\" alt=\"Red beefsteaks on the vine\" width=\"600\" height=\"600\" \/><br \/>\n<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.tomat-pomidor.com\/uploads\/newforum\/attachments01\/68846_064a09f96c76c12e521651ec645a8a8f99a9d8bd.jpg\" alt=\"Ripe tomatoes\" width=\"600\" height=\"600\" \/><\/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 (Sveta) <span class=\"author-stats\">\u2b50 Pro Grower (29,360 posts)<\/span><\/div>\n<div class=\"author-geo\">\ud83d\udccd Moscow, south of Moscow region, Stupinsky district (USDA Zone 4)<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"post-content\">\n<p>Repeated this variety in a new setup and have zero regrets\u2014insanely productive, an absolute workhorse (just like Babushkino!). Grew it in the greenhouse to 2 stems. It&#8217;s a medium-height indet, fruits are red, oblate, up to 1.3 lbs (600g), with a really good, classic tomato flavor.<\/p>\n<p><em>Edited September 18, 2019 by Svetikk<\/em><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.tomat-pomidor.com\/uploads\/monthly_2019_09\/DSCN0524.JPG.d3c02bab363f2467441611f3545f784c.JPG\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.tomat-pomidor.com\/uploads\/monthly_2019_09\/DSCN0524.thumb.JPG.c90f9887e1a9d149636609fa0e382ddf.JPG\" alt=\"Large red tomatoes\" width=\"300\" height=\"225\" \/><\/a><br \/>\n<a href=\"https:\/\/www.tomat-pomidor.com\/uploads\/monthly_2019_09\/DSCN0521.JPG.09b77cd440f347366f7d9213cb39e0a5.JPG\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.tomat-pomidor.com\/uploads\/monthly_2019_09\/DSCN0521.thumb.JPG.98d00daa7a81d0f96c993d581bcbd65b.JPG\" alt=\"Bull's Forehead yield\" width=\"300\" height=\"225\" \/><\/a><br \/>\n<a href=\"https:\/\/www.tomat-pomidor.com\/uploads\/monthly_2019_09\/DSCN9982.JPG.3efb23385fafb73f23338f4695ecb1f3.JPG\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.tomat-pomidor.com\/uploads\/monthly_2019_09\/DSCN9982.thumb.JPG.939495d094db44cfbca4dcc824f67fbc.JPG\" alt=\"Beautiful red mater on scale\" 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\">Y<\/div>\n<div class=\"author-meta\">\n<div class=\"author-name\">Yasasha (Olga) <span class=\"author-stats\">\u2b50 Pro Grower (4,111 posts)<\/span><\/div>\n<div class=\"author-geo\">\ud83d\udccd Novosibirsk (USDA Zone 3)<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"post-content\">\n<p>Good afternoon everyone, I planted Orange Bull&#8217;s Forehead this year. Don&#8217;t remember where I got the seeds, but the label said Orange Bull&#8217;s Forehead. The variety is a heavy yielder, tasty, large. Looks suspiciously like German Orange Strawberry. Is that possible? Or did I mess something up somewhere?<\/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\">Loshadka (Malenkaya Loshadka) <span class=\"author-stats\">\u2b50 Pro Grower (2,112 posts)<\/span><\/div>\n<div class=\"author-geo\">\ud83d\udccd Kostroma, latitude 57\u00b045\u2019 (USDA Zone 3)<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"post-content\">\n<p>How do people manage to take pretty photos? (Rhetorical question) \ud83d\ude04<\/p>\n<p>My Bychiy Lob pumped out a total of 24.7 lbs (11 kg 228g) this year, beating my Pink Fig record from 2019. Honestly, I didn&#8217;t think it would beat Fig, since the bush topped itself (terminated with flower trusses) at around 6.2 &#8211; 6.5 ft (1.9 &#8211; 2m). Meaning, absolutely no canopy growing along the greenhouse roof, sadly.<\/p>\n<p>But the tomatoes themselves are pretty dense and heavy. Red color, standard tomato taste. Some of the blossoms were megablooms (catfaced); at first I was pinching them off, but then I just let them be. Picked the last tomatoes during the final harvest in mid-October. Grew to 5 stems! Since the fruits ripened very gradually, the plant didn&#8217;t have any nutrient lockout issues, all the tomatoes colored up evenly and correctly. The biggest mater weighed 1.15 lbs (526g). Photos:<\/p>\n<p>The ugly photos show the bottom two trusses*, early August.<\/p>\n<p>*already picked, meaning they aren&#8217;t there anymore.<\/p>\n<p><em>Edited November 14, 2020 by Loshadka<\/em><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.tomat-pomidor.com\/uploads\/monthly_2020_11\/20201113_184742_cr.jpg.eb747dab7cba6f52d737c27a0a189ac1.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.tomat-pomidor.com\/uploads\/monthly_2020_11\/20201113_184742_cr.thumb.jpg.ed2298bdfabf17fae7b617f9225b471d.jpg\" alt=\"Bychiy Lob stems\" width=\"300\" height=\"109\" \/><\/a><br \/>\n<a href=\"https:\/\/www.tomat-pomidor.com\/uploads\/monthly_2020_11\/943431566_-1.jpg.ebf4878c3ab56f5b6a37a1a248ed4561.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.tomat-pomidor.com\/uploads\/monthly_2020_11\/1324043122_-1.thumb.jpg.1148c78fdb116ed6b360aa7947acdd96.jpg\" alt=\"Harvested tomatoes\" width=\"300\" height=\"225\" \/><\/a><br \/>\n<a href=\"https:\/\/www.tomat-pomidor.com\/uploads\/monthly_2020_11\/407588038_-2.jpg.4dc6461ba84b650618e3ca9862dd38ce.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.tomat-pomidor.com\/uploads\/monthly_2020_11\/2002775946_-2.thumb.jpg.abac54d31c26ec8f65cfa6faf19ccfb0.jpg\" alt=\"Ugly bottom truss\" width=\"224\" height=\"300\" \/><\/a><br \/>\n<a href=\"https:\/\/www.tomat-pomidor.com\/uploads\/monthly_2020_11\/1664745172_-3.jpg.7160978eccde8a4c6f1ec4a530717df6.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.tomat-pomidor.com\/uploads\/monthly_2020_11\/719202294_-3.thumb.jpg.f1f8ad909efdcccb89b4b7a7310d5cba.jpg\" alt=\"Large catfaced tomato\" width=\"290\" height=\"300\" \/><\/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\">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>Good, heavy yielding variety. Tomatoes are large, 10 oz (300g) and up. Good classic tomato taste. Meaty, juicy.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.tomat-pomidor.com\/uploads\/monthly_2022_10\/large.1988318218_.jpg.6b367f79f252647b075215c0ad8ab458.jpg\" alt=\"Bull's Forehead cross section\" width=\"338\" height=\"600\" \/><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>\ud83d\udccc Quick Summary (TL;DR): Bychiy Lob (Bull&#8217;s Forehead) \ud83c\udf0d Origin: A commercial Siberian variety released by the Russian seed company &#8220;Siberian Garden&#8221; (SibSad). The name translates to &#8220;Bull&#8217;s Forehead&#8221; in English. \ud83c\udf3f Plant Habit: Indeterminate, though some growers report that it occasionally self-tops (terminates with a flower truss) around 6.5 ft (2m) in the greenhouse. &#8230; <a title=\"Bull&#8217;s Forehead (Bychiy Lob) Siberian Tomato Review\" class=\"read-more\" href=\"https:\/\/www.tomat-pomidor.com\/en\/bulls-forehead\/\" aria-label=\"Read more about Bull&#8217;s Forehead (Bychiy Lob) Siberian Tomato Review\">Read more<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":2815,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1,438,211,5],"tags":[72,30,11,33,82,49,45,75],"class_list":["post-2815","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-beefsteak-large-slicers","category-red-tomatoes","category-ribbed-tomatoes","category-russian-eastern-european-heirlooms","tag-greenhouse-tomato","tag-heavy-yielder","tag-huge-tomato","tag-indeterminate","tag-meaty-tomato","tag-open-ground","tag-siberian-heirloom","tag-siberian-variety"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.tomat-pomidor.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2815","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=2815"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/www.tomat-pomidor.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2815\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2817,"href":"https:\/\/www.tomat-pomidor.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2815\/revisions\/2817"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.tomat-pomidor.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2815"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.tomat-pomidor.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2815"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.tomat-pomidor.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2815"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.tomat-pomidor.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2815"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}