{"id":3000,"date":"2026-09-19T16:40:23","date_gmt":"2026-09-19T16:40:23","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.tomat-pomidor.com\/en\/?p=3000"},"modified":"2026-09-19T16:40:23","modified_gmt":"2026-09-19T16:40:23","slug":"bergamot","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.tomat-pomidor.com\/en\/bergamot\/","title":{"rendered":"Bergamot 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;3000&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;Bergamot 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): Bergamot<\/h3>\n<ul>\n<li>\ud83c\udf0d <strong>Origin:<\/strong> A Russian\/CIS variety circulated by heirloom seed collectors like Tamara Yashchenko and Lidia Ganzen.<\/li>\n<li>\ud83c\udf3f <strong>Plant Habit:<\/strong> Indeterminate, but relatively manageable in height (around 1.2\u20131.5m \/ 4\u20135 ft in open ground). It features sparse\/wispy foliage. The first fruit truss sets quite high (usually after the 11th leaf).<\/li>\n<li>\ud83c\udf45 <strong>Fruit Characteristics:<\/strong> <em>Controversial!<\/em> While official catalogs describe it as a striped, dark-pink, cone-shaped tomato, multiple growers report getting massive, solid pink, oblate (flat-round) beefsteaks reaching up to 400g (14 oz).<\/li>\n<li>\ud83d\udc45 <strong>Flavor:<\/strong> A good, classic tomato flavor with a noticeable acidic tang. Not intensely sweet, despite what some seed packets claim.<\/li>\n<li>\u23f3 <strong>Maturity:<\/strong> Mid to mid-late season. It is known for a concentrated ripening period, meaning it produces in heavy flushes rather than trickling in one by one.<\/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\">N<\/div>\n<div class=\"author-meta\">\n<div class=\"author-name\">NatNik (Natalia) <span class=\"author-stats\">\u2b50 Pro Grower (1,974 posts)<\/span><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"post-content\">\n<p>Mid-sized plant. The fruits are supposed to be pink and cone-shaped, up to 400g (14 oz). However, mine turned out to be mostly oblate (flat-round). The taste is good.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.tomat-pomidor.com\/uploads\/newforum\/galleries\/50\/64-220115071454.jpeg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.tomat-pomidor.com\/uploads\/newforum\/galleries\/50\/thumb_64-220115071454.jpeg\" alt=\"Large pink oblate Bergamot tomato on a scale\" width=\"119\" height=\"160\" \/><\/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\">Olvia (Olya) <span class=\"author-stats\">\u2b50 Pro Grower (1,829 posts)<\/span><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"post-content\">\n<p>Could you share a bit more detail? Plant height, yield, days to maturity, is it determinate or indeterminate?<\/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\">stolin (Elena) <span class=\"author-stats\">\u2b50 Pro Grower (1,513 posts)<\/span><\/div>\n<div class=\"author-geo\">\ud83d\udccd Stolin, Brest Region, Belarus (USDA Zone 6a)<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"post-content\">\n<p>Here is the description of this variety from collector Tamara Yashchenko&#8217;s catalog: <em>&#8220;BERGAMOT. Mid-sized plant. Fruits are dark pink with stripes, cone-shaped, up to 400g. Very sweet!&#8221;<\/em><\/p>\n<p>So I&#8217;d really love to hear more real-world details about Bergamot too! \ud83d\ude33<\/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\">NatNik (Natalia) <span class=\"author-stats\">\u2b50 Pro Grower (1,974 posts)<\/span><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"post-content\">\n<p>The seedling emerged on Feb 24, 2014. The first truss set high\u2014after the 11th leaf. It probably skipped the 9th leaf node (maybe due to stress\/blossom drop). Subsequent trusses formed every 3 leaves.<\/p>\n<p>The plant has sparse foliage. Height was around 120 cm (4 ft). The color and weight matched the description perfectly, but the shape definitely did not. They are tasty, but honestly, not very sweet!<\/p>\n<p><em>(First photo was taken on July 23, the second on July 6.)<\/em><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.tomat-pomidor.com\/uploads\/newforum\/galleries\/56\/64-070315102115.jpeg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.tomat-pomidor.com\/uploads\/newforum\/galleries\/56\/thumb_64-070315102115.jpeg\" alt=\"Bergamot tomatoes ripening on a sparse vine\" width=\"160\" height=\"119\" \/><\/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\">Oksana Evgenievna (Oksana) <span class=\"author-stats\">\u2b50 Pro Grower (5,146 posts)<\/span><\/div>\n<div class=\"author-geo\">\ud83d\udccd Aktobe, Kazakhstan (USDA Zone 4)<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"post-content\">\n<p>I grew it in 2018 from seeds sourced from Lidia Ganzen. Mine were also oblate, very large pink beefsteaks.<\/p>\n<p>The flavor is a classic tomato taste with a nice acidic tang; they are indeed not overly sweet. Very productive.<\/p>\n<p>The plant itself is an indeterminate, but outdoors in open ground, it stayed under 1.5 m (5 ft) for me. (To be fair, the tie broke, so the plant ended up sprawling on the ground for a while). As for maturity, it\u2019s somewhere between mid-season and mid-late (I sowed seeds March 21-22, and it started ripening in the first week of August). However, it has a very concentrated ripening period\u2014the tomatoes ripen uniformly, coming in batches of several fruits at once.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>\ud83d\udccc Quick Summary (TL;DR): Bergamot \ud83c\udf0d Origin: A Russian\/CIS variety circulated by heirloom seed collectors like Tamara Yashchenko and Lidia Ganzen. \ud83c\udf3f Plant Habit: Indeterminate, but relatively manageable in height (around 1.2\u20131.5m \/ 4\u20135 ft in open ground). It features sparse\/wispy foliage. 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