{"id":2857,"date":"2026-09-18T10:25:43","date_gmt":"2026-09-18T10:25:43","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.tomat-pomidor.com\/en\/?p=2857"},"modified":"2026-09-18T10:25:56","modified_gmt":"2026-09-18T10:25:56","slug":"grandmas-joy","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.tomat-pomidor.com\/en\/grandmas-joy\/","title":{"rendered":"Grandma&#8217;s Joy (Babushkina Radost) 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;2857&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;Grandma\\u0026#039;s Joy (Babushkina Radost) 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<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): Babushkina Radost (Grandma&#8217;s Joy)<\/h3>\n<ul>\n<li>\ud83c\udf0d <strong>Origin:<\/strong> A highly regarded heirloom variety circulated by Russian and Ukrainian private seed collectors (originally sourced from a Ukrainian grape growers&#8217; forum and popularized by Vera Monakhova). The name translates to &#8220;Grandma&#8217;s Joy&#8221;.<\/li>\n<li>\ud83c\udf3f <strong>Plant Habit:<\/strong> Indeterminate. A tall, vigorous plant that easily reaches 2 meters (6.5 ft) in a greenhouse. Performs exceptionally well both indoors and outside in open ground, showing good heat tolerance.<\/li>\n<li>\ud83c\udf45 <strong>Fruit Characteristics:<\/strong> Large to very large, round to oblate beefsteaks. The color is a beautiful raspberry-red. Fruits have a tender skin, very meaty flesh with few seeds, and often feature slight pleating\/ribbing at the stem end (shoulders).<\/li>\n<li>\ud83d\udc45 <strong>Flavor:<\/strong> Highly praised for its classic, sweet, and rich tomato flavor. Very juicy.<\/li>\n<li>\u23f3 <strong>Maturity &amp; Yield:<\/strong> Mid-season, leaning towards mid-late. Yields are above average. Growers note it sets fruit reliably even in less-than-ideal conditions and has strong trusses that support the heavy tomatoes well.<\/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\">E<\/div>\n<div class=\"author-meta\">\n<div class=\"author-name\">ElenaN (Elena) <span class=\"author-stats\">\u2b50 Pro Grower (28,513 posts)<\/span><\/div>\n<div class=\"author-geo\">\ud83d\udccd Kostroma (USDA Zone 4)<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"post-content\">\n<p>Variety from Vera Monakhova. Indeterminate variety, mid-season, closer to late. In the greenhouse, it reached a height of 2 meters (6.5 ft). The yield is above average, the fruits are large and very large, of good quality, round, red-raspberry color. There are few seeds in the fruits, the skin is not tough, it&#8217;s tender. Classic tomato flavor. I really liked the variety.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.tomat-pomidor.com\/uploads\/newforum\/galleries\/42\/111-221114080537.jpeg\" alt=\"Large raspberry red Babushkina Radost tomato on the vine\" width=\"378\" height=\"479\" \/><\/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\">ElenaN (Elena) <span class=\"author-stats\">\u2b50 Pro Grower (28,513 posts)<\/span><\/div>\n<div class=\"author-geo\">\ud83d\udccd Kostroma (USDA Zone 4)<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"post-content\">\n<p>Continuation.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.tomat-pomidor.com\/uploads\/newforum\/galleries\/42\/111-221114080551.jpeg\" alt=\"Harvested Grandma's Joy tomatoes\" width=\"489\" height=\"397\" \/><br \/>\n<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.tomat-pomidor.com\/uploads\/newforum\/galleries\/42\/111-221114080501.jpeg\" alt=\"Close up of a sliced pink beefsteak tomato\" width=\"529\" height=\"333\" \/><br \/>\n<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.tomat-pomidor.com\/uploads\/newforum\/galleries\/42\/111-221114080448.jpeg\" alt=\"Meaty interior of Babushkina Radost tomato\" width=\"526\" height=\"360\" \/><\/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\">Rok5 (Valeriy) <span class=\"author-stats\">\u2b50 Pro Grower (4,482 posts)<\/span><\/div>\n<div class=\"author-geo\">\ud83d\udccd Kolomna (USDA Zone 4)<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"post-content\">\n<p>UNREAL how beautiful and appetizing! However, as always!!! \ud83d\udc4d \ud83e\udd20<\/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\">Leka (Olga) <span class=\"author-stats\">\u2b50 Pro Grower (10,488 posts)<\/span><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"post-content\">\n<p>I will definitely plant it! But all of mine are grown out in open ground. Will it like the heat or not? I&#8217;ll have to wait and see.<\/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\">mopsdad1 (Mikhail) <span class=\"author-stats\">\u2b50 Pro Grower (6,123 posts)<\/span><\/div>\n<div class=\"author-geo\">\ud83d\udccd Stary Oskol (USDA Zone 5)<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"post-content\">\n<p>It performed very well for me in open ground. Very productive and tasty. I&#8217;ve sent it out to many people here on the forum. I personally received it from Ukraine via a grape growers&#8217; forum. The variety has become a permanent resident in my garden.<\/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 Pro 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>In the greenhouse, the Babushkina Radost variety turned out to be productive, tall (2 meters \/ 6.5 ft), and mid-season in maturity. The fruits were large, raspberry-colored, and oblate in shape. Tasty, juicy-meaty, and sweet.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.tomat-pomidor.com\/uploads\/newforum\/attachments01\/68764_b7532b8b89463c70a6a2a5eefd1079981c1c210a.jpg\" alt=\"Babushkina Radost tomatoes growing on the vine\" width=\"600\" height=\"600\" \/><br \/>\n<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.tomat-pomidor.com\/uploads\/newforum\/attachments01\/68766_682f250c9347d35e65ff747d62766097b6ca2b00.jpg\" alt=\"Beautiful oblate pink tomato\" width=\"600\" height=\"600\" \/><br \/>\n<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.tomat-pomidor.com\/uploads\/newforum\/attachments01\/68768_53bf40879e70497ed06c0718388c4e42bc7f0e8e.jpg\" alt=\"Cut pink tomato on a plate\" width=\"600\" height=\"600\" \/><\/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\">Mama Antona (Svetlana) <span class=\"author-stats\">\u2b50 Pro Grower (6,814 posts)<\/span><\/div>\n<div class=\"author-geo\">\ud83d\udccd Kemerovo (USDA Zone 3)<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"post-content\">\n<blockquote><p><strong>ElenaN said:<\/strong><br \/>\nIndeterminate variety, mid-season&#8230; In the greenhouse, it reached a height of 2 meters. Yield is above average, fruits are large and very large, of good quality, round, red-raspberry color, few seeds in the fruits, skin is not tough, tender. Classic tomato flavor. I really liked the variety&#8230;<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>It set fruit well in less than favorable conditions, and supported the trusses perfectly without kinking. The fruits are very beautiful, with a slight pleating\/gathering at the stem end (shoulders).<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.tomat-pomidor.com\/uploads\/monthly_2021_12\/1564166538_2021-07-3018-01-56.jpg.fb5a5908d05f583f1eedbdcd4348eefb.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.tomat-pomidor.com\/uploads\/monthly_2021_12\/78982665_2021-07-3018-01-56.thumb.jpg.8c1eaee83ba762a6168ee6182c7246ae.jpg\" alt=\"Green and ripening tomatoes on the vine\" width=\"225\" height=\"300\" \/><\/a><br \/>\n<a href=\"https:\/\/www.tomat-pomidor.com\/uploads\/monthly_2021_12\/2022470523_2021-08-0507-50-11.jpg.bf773b128599a0828d810b5c7bb11bb9.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.tomat-pomidor.com\/uploads\/monthly_2021_12\/1236679629_2021-08-0507-50-11.thumb.jpg.d50c0758afe67ba12e6bab0a988da217.jpg\" alt=\"Large ripe pink Grandma's Joy tomato\" width=\"225\" height=\"300\" \/><\/a><br \/>\n<a href=\"https:\/\/www.tomat-pomidor.com\/uploads\/monthly_2021_12\/179666828_2021-08-0508-13-49.jpg.36afabddaf5b1d2151b22821bf81cc84.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.tomat-pomidor.com\/uploads\/monthly_2021_12\/1799295966_2021-08-0508-13-49.thumb.jpg.1d315b7d9bf4b9fb8fb56ef4b2527fa6.jpg\" alt=\"Large pink beefsteak on a scale showing weight\" width=\"300\" height=\"225\" \/><\/a><br \/>\n<a href=\"https:\/\/www.tomat-pomidor.com\/uploads\/monthly_2021_12\/694615898_2021-08-1018-14-37.jpg.e36c223eff2f45b09e6ec347295025dd.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.tomat-pomidor.com\/uploads\/monthly_2021_12\/1962527516_2021-08-1018-14-37.thumb.jpg.0d44a171cb1ab58a809f755b19a414bc.jpg\" alt=\"Pleated shoulders of the Babushkina Radost tomato\" width=\"225\" height=\"300\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>\ud83d\udccc Quick Summary (TL;DR): Babushkina Radost (Grandma&#8217;s Joy) \ud83c\udf0d Origin: A highly regarded heirloom variety circulated by Russian and Ukrainian private seed collectors (originally sourced from a Ukrainian grape growers&#8217; forum and popularized by Vera Monakhova). The name translates to &#8220;Grandma&#8217;s Joy&#8221;. \ud83c\udf3f Plant Habit: Indeterminate. A tall, vigorous plant that easily reaches 2 meters &#8230; <a title=\"Grandma&#8217;s Joy (Babushkina Radost) Tomato Review\" class=\"read-more\" href=\"https:\/\/www.tomat-pomidor.com\/en\/grandmas-joy\/\" aria-label=\"Read more about Grandma&#8217;s Joy (Babushkina Radost) Tomato Review\">Read more<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":2857,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1,65,5],"tags":[72,50,11,16,38,49,777,15],"class_list":["post-2857","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-beefsteak-large-slicers","category-pink-tomatoes","category-russian-eastern-european-heirlooms","tag-greenhouse-tomato","tag-high-yield","tag-huge-tomato","tag-meaty","tag-mid-late-season","tag-open-ground","tag-raspberry-pink","tag-sweet-flavor"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.tomat-pomidor.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2857","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=2857"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/www.tomat-pomidor.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2857\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2858,"href":"https:\/\/www.tomat-pomidor.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2857\/revisions\/2858"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.tomat-pomidor.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2857"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.tomat-pomidor.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2857"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.tomat-pomidor.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2857"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.tomat-pomidor.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2857"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}