{"id":3013,"date":"2026-09-19T16:54:36","date_gmt":"2026-09-19T16:54:36","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.tomat-pomidor.com\/en\/?p=3013"},"modified":"2026-09-19T16:54:36","modified_gmt":"2026-09-19T16:54:36","slug":"white-oxheart","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.tomat-pomidor.com\/en\/white-oxheart\/","title":{"rendered":"White Oxheart (Bychye Serdtse Beloye) 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;3013&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;White Oxheart (Bychye Serdtse Beloye) 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): Bychye Serdtse Beloye (White Oxheart)<\/h3>\n<ul>\n<li>\ud83c\udf0d <strong>Origin:<\/strong> A Russian\/Eastern European strain of the classic White Oxheart. Note: Like almost all &#8220;white&#8221; tomatoes, it is not pure paper-white; it ripens to a pale lemon-yellow or ivory, sometimes developing a slight pinkish blush or orange marbling at the blossom end when fully ripe.<\/li>\n<li>\ud83c\udf3f <strong>Plant Habit:<\/strong> Indeterminate, but generally manageable (averaging around 1.5\u20131.6 m \/ 5 ft). It features classic oxheart traits: wispy, drooping, somewhat wimpy-looking foliage with relatively short internodes.<\/li>\n<li>\ud83c\udf45 <strong>Fruit Characteristics:<\/strong> Medium-to-large, pale ivory-yellow hearts, typically weighing 100\u2013300g (3.5\u201310.5 oz). Very meaty with few seeds.<\/li>\n<li>\ud83d\udc45 <strong>Flavor:<\/strong> <em>Highly divisive!<\/em> White tomatoes are notorious for lacking acidity. Growers who give them plenty of sun report an incredibly sweet, delicate, jelly-like (marmalade) flavor with hints of fruit. However, in cooler\/shadier conditions, or if ripened indoors, many growers complain they taste entirely bland and washed out.<\/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>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"post-content\">\n<p>I am very happy with this variety \ud83d\udc4d. The color is closer to lemon-yellow. My seeds came from Ruslan Sirotin.<\/p>\n<p>To be fair, the germination rate was terrible. Out of five seeds sown, only two barely sprouted, and one of those kicked the bucket shortly after \ud83d\ude22. The surviving one grew quite well and was planted out in my hoop-house on May 5. It was one of the very first to start setting fruit.<\/p>\n<p>I pruned it to two main stems. It didn&#8217;t throw out too many suckers, and the height stayed under 1.6m (5 ft). The trusses had 4-5 medium-sized fruits each. The plant isn&#8217;t overly wimpy, it\u2019s sturdy enough but has sparse foliage. Tomato weights ranged from 100g to 250g (3.5-9 oz). Some fruits are completely seedless, while others have a normal amount of seeds.<\/p>\n<p>To me, the flavor is extremely good\u2014almost jelly-like (marmalade-like), but <strong>only<\/strong> if it fully ripens on the vine. If you pick it early and let it ripen indoors, the flavor degrades and becomes rather bland. The very first fruit I tasted fresh off the vine only had three seeds inside; it was amazingly tender, delicate, sweet, with a light tomato aroma. I will definitely be planting it again.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.tomat-pomidor.com\/uploads\/newforum\/attachments\/58586_98419645a25b101d163df0a264c9888857f2cc9b.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.tomat-pomidor.com\/uploads\/newforum\/attachments\/58586_98419645a25b101d163df0a264c9888857f2cc9b.jpg\" alt=\"Lemon yellow White Oxheart tomatoes clustered on vine\" width=\"778\" height=\"500\" \/><\/a><br \/>\n<a href=\"https:\/\/www.tomat-pomidor.com\/uploads\/newforum\/attachments\/58588_7366bb31c4a0db148e797ba3fa586360046aa984.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.tomat-pomidor.com\/uploads\/newforum\/attachments\/58588_7366bb31c4a0db148e797ba3fa586360046aa984.jpg\" alt=\"Bychye Serdtse Beloye harvested pale tomatoes\" width=\"730\" height=\"547\" \/><\/a><br \/>\n<a href=\"https:\/\/www.tomat-pomidor.com\/uploads\/newforum\/attachments\/58590_fa9b05ef7d76dda2faf021d2dded73820b40242b.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.tomat-pomidor.com\/uploads\/newforum\/attachments\/58590_fa9b05ef7d76dda2faf021d2dded73820b40242b.jpg\" alt=\"Sliced White Oxheart tomato showing meaty seedless interior\" width=\"730\" height=\"547\" \/><\/a><\/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>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"post-content\">\n<p>My White Oxheart seeds were from Solana. I grew it outdoors in open ground (like everything else). It&#8217;s an indet, but the internodes were quite short, so the bushes stayed fairly compact. The foliage has a grayish tint to it. Mid-season. Average yield. For my taste\u2014it was too bland.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.tomat-pomidor.com\/uploads\/newforum\/attachments\/58972_0e7a47ac4b7dc432122976f711cc081046d52e05.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.tomat-pomidor.com\/uploads\/newforum\/attachments\/58972_0e7a47ac4b7dc432122976f711cc081046d52e05.jpg\" alt=\"White Oxheart growing outdoors\" width=\"426\" height=\"600\" \/><\/a><br \/>\n<a href=\"https:\/\/www.tomat-pomidor.com\/uploads\/newforum\/attachments\/58978_a61c2cc80f9b8dc84b6aa408ebb57ee5721f5e2d.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.tomat-pomidor.com\/uploads\/newforum\/attachments\/58978_a61c2cc80f9b8dc84b6aa408ebb57ee5721f5e2d.jpg\" alt=\"Close up of pale yellow oxheart fruit\" width=\"600\" height=\"569\" \/><\/a><\/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\">Alyona Latvia (Alyona) <span class=\"author-stats\">\u2b50 Pro Grower (1,366 posts)<\/span><\/div>\n<div class=\"author-geo\">\ud83d\udccd Latvia (USDA Zone 6)<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"post-content\">\n<p>I just picked 3 somewhat soft fruits, but they don&#8217;t look white-yellow at all; they are blushing white-pink. There is absolutely no yellow tint to them. Is this normal, or should I consider my plant an off-type (crossed seed)?<\/p>\n<p>I was pruning leaves today and didn&#8217;t want to leave them on the vine any longer\u2014the truss was buried in the second row, resting on the dirt, and I was terrified they would rot. The fruits aren&#8217;t large, they&#8217;re heavily deformed, and feel soft to the touch. I&#8217;ll let them sit on the counter to see if the color changes. But is a pinkish blush without any yellow even possible for this variety?<\/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\">elsa30 (Natalia) <span class=\"author-stats\">\u2b50 Pro Grower (5,117 posts)<\/span><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"post-content\">\n<p>I got my seeds from Galina (Esme). I didn&#8217;t like the taste at all: too bland. The color was pale yellow with zero hints of pink. But to be fair, the plant ended up growing in the shade, so maybe that caused all the above issues. The bush was medium height and very wimpy. Large fruits, average yield. I dropped it from my grow list.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.tomat-pomidor.com\/uploads\/newforum\/galleries\/26\/12016-230714094917.jpeg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.tomat-pomidor.com\/uploads\/newforum\/galleries\/26\/12016-230714094917.jpeg\" alt=\"Pale lemon yellow Bychye Serdtse Beloye on the vine\" width=\"1000\" height=\"750\" \/><\/a><\/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\">kae-2 (Irina) <span class=\"author-stats\">\u2b50 Pro Grower (4,537 posts)<\/span><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"post-content\">\n<blockquote><p><strong>Quote from elsa30:<\/strong><br \/>\nThe bush was medium height and very wimpy. Large fruits, average yield. I dropped it from my grow list.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>Exactly the same experience here\u2014a very wimpy plant, 250-300g fruits, and the taste was completely bland for me last year. Because of the poor flavor, I chose not to repeat it.<\/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 Klin District, Moscow Region (USDA Zone 4)<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"post-content\">\n<p>I grew White Oxheart in the greenhouse. For me, it was highly productive and reached about 1.5 meters (5 ft) tall. The fruits were heart-shaped, light yellow, large, and had an excellent taste\u2014sweet, meaty, and aromatic. It matured mid-season.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.tomat-pomidor.com\/uploads\/newforum\/attachments01\/67194_f329df9d5c19aca3bb92bc64a90a0b13be8b9311.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.tomat-pomidor.com\/uploads\/newforum\/attachments01\/67194_f329df9d5c19aca3bb92bc64a90a0b13be8b9311.jpg\" alt=\"Large pale yellow Bychye Serdtse Beloye on scale\" width=\"499\" height=\"499\" \/><\/a><br \/>\n<a href=\"https:\/\/www.tomat-pomidor.com\/uploads\/newforum\/attachments01\/67196_a2835b948852446191d4ef122b9fba21c9e0d912.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.tomat-pomidor.com\/uploads\/newforum\/attachments01\/67196_a2835b948852446191d4ef122b9fba21c9e0d912.jpg\" alt=\"Several White Oxheart tomatoes harvested\" width=\"499\" height=\"499\" \/><\/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 Kharkiv, Ukraine (USDA Zone 5b)<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"post-content\">\n<p>I absolutely loved White Oxheart! Honestly, I wasn&#8217;t expecting much because I&#8217;ve always had a slight prejudice against &#8220;white&#8221; varieties. But it turned out to be productive, delicious, and beautiful. I definitely want to repeat it. \ud83d\udc4d<\/p>\n<p>The fruits look absolutely stunning when you let them get slightly overripe\u2014they develop these little orange specks\/marbling, which you can clearly see in the cross-section photo.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.tomat-pomidor.com\/uploads\/newforum\/galleries\/231\/17371-280718162852.jpeg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.tomat-pomidor.com\/uploads\/newforum\/galleries\/231\/thumb_17371-280718162852.jpeg\" alt=\"White Oxheart ripening with an orange blush\" width=\"120\" height=\"160\" \/><\/a><br \/>\n<a href=\"https:\/\/www.tomat-pomidor.com\/uploads\/newforum\/galleries\/233\/17371-020818175443.jpeg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.tomat-pomidor.com\/uploads\/newforum\/galleries\/233\/thumb_17371-020818175443.jpeg\" alt=\"Cross section showing orange marbling in the flesh\" width=\"120\" height=\"160\" \/><\/a><br \/>\n<a href=\"https:\/\/www.tomat-pomidor.com\/uploads\/newforum\/galleries\/233\/17371-020818175347.jpeg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.tomat-pomidor.com\/uploads\/newforum\/galleries\/233\/thumb_17371-020818175347.jpeg\" alt=\"Meaty ivory flesh of the White Oxheart tomato\" width=\"160\" height=\"120\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>\ud83d\udccc Quick Summary (TL;DR): Bychye Serdtse Beloye (White Oxheart) \ud83c\udf0d Origin: A Russian\/Eastern European strain of the classic White Oxheart. 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