{"id":2886,"date":"2026-09-18T11:34:49","date_gmt":"2026-09-18T11:34:49","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.tomat-pomidor.com\/en\/?p=2886"},"modified":"2026-09-18T11:34:49","modified_gmt":"2026-09-18T11:34:49","slug":"bunte-pflaume","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.tomat-pomidor.com\/en\/bunte-pflaume\/","title":{"rendered":"Bunte Pflaume 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;2886&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;Bunte Pflaume 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): Bunte Pflaume<\/h3>\n<ul>\n<li>\ud83c\udf0d <strong>Origin:<\/strong> A German heirloom variety whose name translates to &#8220;Colorful Plum&#8221; or &#8220;Variegated Plum&#8221;. Widely circulated among Russian collectors (such as V. Popenko).<\/li>\n<li>\ud83c\udf3f <strong>Plant Habit:<\/strong> Indeterminate. Height varies depending on growing conditions: reaches about 180 cm (6 ft) in a greenhouse, but stays a more compact 1 m (3.3 ft) when grown outdoors in open ground. Shows good overall disease resistance.<\/li>\n<li>\ud83c\udf45 <strong>Fruit Characteristics:<\/strong> A beautiful Green-When-Ripe (GWR) bicolor with red\/pink blushing. Growers note that the fruit shape can vary significantly even on the same plant, producing both oblate (flattened-round) and heart-shaped tomatoes.<\/li>\n<li>\ud83d\udc45 <strong>Flavor:<\/strong> Sweet, juicy, and fairly firm. Very highly rated for its taste.<\/li>\n<li>\u23f3 <strong>Yield:<\/strong> Generally rated as good to average, though some growers in hotter southern climates report lower yields.<\/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\">SvetaR (Svetlana) <span class=\"author-stats\">\u2b50 Pro Grower (27,468 posts)<\/span><\/div>\n<div class=\"author-geo\">\ud83d\udccd Moscow region (USDA Zone 4)<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"post-content\">\n<p>Seeds from Popenko. A beautiful green-when-ripe (GWR) bicolor. Shape &#8211; I had both oblate and heart-shaped ones. Taste &#8211; I liked it, juicy, sweet, quite firm. Good health, resisted all the diseases I had in the greenhouse this season. Height &#8211; about 180 cm (6 ft), indeterminate. Yield &#8211; good. Pruned to a single main stem. A real beauty.<\/p>\n<p><i><small>Edited November 15, 2016 by Drosera<\/small><\/i><\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.tomat-pomidor.com\/uploads\/newforum\/galleries\/153\/11894-151116114349.jpeg\" alt=\"Sliced Bunte Pflaume green and red bicolor tomato\" width=\"1000\" height=\"750\" \/><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"forum-post\">\n<div class=\"author-header\">\n<div class=\"forum-avatar\">G<\/div>\n<div class=\"author-meta\">\n<div class=\"author-name\">galka68 <span class=\"author-stats\">\u2b50 Pro Grower (24,651 posts)<\/span><\/div>\n<div class=\"author-geo\">\ud83d\udccd Belarus (USDA Zone 5)<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"post-content\">\n<p>Holy cow! Very beautiful, Svet, but how about the taste?<\/p>\n<p><i><small>Edited September 27, 2016 by Drosera<\/small><\/i><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"forum-post\">\n<div class=\"author-header\">\n<div class=\"forum-avatar\">G<\/div>\n<div class=\"author-meta\">\n<div class=\"author-name\">galka68 <span class=\"author-stats\">\u2b50 Pro Grower (24,651 posts)<\/span><\/div>\n<div class=\"author-geo\">\ud83d\udccd Belarus (USDA Zone 5)<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"post-content\">\n<p>I meant, are the ones from the bottom trusses and the top trusses equally tasty?<\/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\">Lvovna (Anna) <span class=\"author-stats\">\u2b50 Pro Grower (2,131 posts)<\/span><\/div>\n<div class=\"author-geo\">\ud83d\udccd Yalta, Crimea (USDA Zone 8)<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"post-content\">\n<p>And Svetochka gifted her extra seedling to me! \ud83d\udc83 \ud83d\udc83 \ud83d\udc83 My reviews on the variety are exactly the same, except I trained it to 2 stems &#8211; also did well. (Svetochka &#8211; thaaank youuu! \ud83d\ude18)<\/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\">Shevyachok (Lyudmila) <span class=\"author-stats\">\u2b50 Moderator (12,052 posts)<\/span><\/div>\n<div class=\"author-geo\">\ud83d\udccd Omsk region (USDA Zone 3)<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"post-content\">\n<blockquote><p><strong>SvetaR said:<\/strong><br \/>\nSeeds from Popenko. A beautiful green-when-ripe (GWR) bicolor. Shape &#8211; I had both oblate and heart-shaped ones.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>Svetochka, thank you for the seeds!!! \ud83d\ude18 Here is what grew for me. I kept it on the vine for seeds, it cracked, so I pulled it off the bush, and now I&#8217;m tormented by doubts\u2014is it ready or not??? This is my first time dealing with GWR tomatoes&#8230;<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.tomat-pomidor.com\/uploads\/newforum\/galleries\/186\/22760-090817093042.jpeg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.tomat-pomidor.com\/uploads\/newforum\/galleries\/186\/22760-090817093042.jpeg\" alt=\"Ripe Bunte Pflaume with slight cracking\" width=\"750\" height=\"1000\" \/><\/a><\/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\">SvetaR (Svetlana) <span class=\"author-stats\">\u2b50 Pro Grower (27,468 posts)<\/span><\/div>\n<div class=\"author-geo\">\ud83d\udccd Moscow region (USDA Zone 4)<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"post-content\">\n<p>Lyud, give it a gentle squeeze\/feel, you&#8217;ll know right away. By the looks of it, it&#8217;s ready.<\/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\">Shevyachok (Lyudmila) <span class=\"author-stats\">\u2b50 Moderator (12,052 posts)<\/span><\/div>\n<div class=\"author-geo\">\ud83d\udccd Omsk region (USDA Zone 3)<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"post-content\">\n<p>We ate it today, very tasty! I&#8217;ll grab another one for seeds.<\/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\">irysska <span class=\"author-stats\">\ud83c\udf45 Member (291 posts)<\/span><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"post-content\">\n<p>Love, love this variety. Beautiful, sweet tomato + the bushes out in the garden (open ground) were 1 m (3.3 ft) tall.<\/p>\n<p><i><small>Edited January 8, 2019 by irysska<\/small><\/i><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.tomat-pomidor.com\/uploads\/monthly_2019_01\/69074325_SDC19623!.JPG.952b5226e6dee80afa4f790cbc679b75.JPG\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.tomat-pomidor.com\/uploads\/monthly_2019_01\/1424053951_SDC19623!.thumb.JPG.16a41c254d244010bb2a89499a94c1e2.JPG\" alt=\"Green and red Bunte Pflaume tomatoes\" width=\"300\" height=\"225\" \/><\/a><br \/>\n<a href=\"https:\/\/www.tomat-pomidor.com\/uploads\/monthly_2019_01\/1668307397_SDC19571!.JPG.e07b36bc7d270535eaecc7b770542b9e.JPG\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.tomat-pomidor.com\/uploads\/monthly_2019_01\/927345709_SDC19571!.thumb.JPG.f69c9586c5aab51919a7987ab601f463.JPG\" alt=\"Heart shaped Bunte Pflaume\" width=\"300\" height=\"225\" \/><\/a><br \/>\n<a href=\"https:\/\/www.tomat-pomidor.com\/uploads\/monthly_2019_01\/IMG_20180811_172449.jpg.4092e2e298507999098719dbb29c4d1c.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.tomat-pomidor.com\/uploads\/monthly_2019_01\/IMG_20180811_172449.thumb.jpg.afb74064a71d6754e11ef70cbb975bdb.jpg\" alt=\"Sliced green and red tomato\" width=\"300\" height=\"225\" \/><\/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\">Lena Vanyushka (Elena) <span class=\"author-stats\">\u2b50 Pro Grower (628 posts)<\/span><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"post-content\">\n<blockquote><p><strong>irysska said:<\/strong><br \/>\nLove, love this variety. Beautiful, sweet tomato + the bushes out in the garden (open ground) were 1 m (3.3 ft) tall.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>Does it look like Krasnaya Mishen (Red Target)?<\/p>\n<p><i><small>Edited February 5, 2019 by Drosera<\/small><\/i><\/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 (19,266 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>Beautiful, tasty, but the yield was low for me.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.svetlanaf-ecosemena.ru\/image\/cache\/catalog\/tomat\/1184-Bunte%20Pflaume-500x500.JPG\" alt=\"Bunte Pflaume tomatoes in hand\" width=\"500\" height=\"500\" \/><br \/>\n<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.svetlanaf-ecosemena.ru\/image\/cache\/catalog\/tomat\/1184-2-bunte%20pflaume-500x500.JPG\" alt=\"Interior of Bunte Pflaume tomato\" width=\"500\" height=\"500\" \/><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>\ud83d\udccc Quick Summary (TL;DR): Bunte Pflaume \ud83c\udf0d Origin: A German heirloom variety whose name translates to &#8220;Colorful Plum&#8221; or &#8220;Variegated Plum&#8221;. Widely circulated among Russian collectors (such as V. Popenko). \ud83c\udf3f Plant Habit: Indeterminate. 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