{"id":3484,"date":"2026-09-24T14:54:28","date_gmt":"2026-09-24T14:54:28","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.tomat-pomidor.com\/en\/?p=3484"},"modified":"2026-09-24T14:54:28","modified_gmt":"2026-09-24T14:54:28","slug":"gardeners-delight","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.tomat-pomidor.com\/en\/gardeners-delight\/","title":{"rendered":"Gardener&#8217;s Delight 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;3484&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;Gardener\\u0026#039;s Delight 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): Gardener&#8217;s Delight (Vostorg Sadovoda)<\/h3>\n<ul>\n<li>\ud83c\udf0d <strong>Origin:<\/strong> A world-famous old European commercial variety (originally German\/British). In the Russian and Ukrainian seed collector circuits, it often circulates under the translated name &#8220;Vostorg Sadovoda&#8221; or slightly misspelled as &#8220;Gardeneros Delight&#8221;.<\/li>\n<li>\ud83c\udf3f <strong>Plant Habit:<\/strong> Indeterminate. It produces a relatively sturdy, dependable vine. Growers note that it stays somewhat manageable for an indet, reaching about 4-4.5 feet (1.2-1.3 m) by the end of the season.<\/li>\n<li>\ud83c\udf45 <strong>Fruit Characteristics:<\/strong> Red, round cherry tomatoes that run on the larger side for a cherry. Some fruits can take on a slightly blocky\/squarish-round shape. The flesh is dense and very firm.<\/li>\n<li>\ud83d\udc45 <strong>Flavor Warning:<\/strong> While this variety is globally famous for being incredibly sweet, the Russian growers in this thread found it to be completely average or even flat-out bland. It produces heavily and rarely drops blossoms, but it might struggle to develop its famous sugars in cooler, shorter summers.<\/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\">A<\/div>\n<div class=\"author-meta\">\n<div class=\"author-name\">Alena <span class=\"author-stats\">\u2b50 Pro Grower (10,109 posts)<\/span><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"post-content\">\n<p>Seeds from Dukhov (Ukraine). Mid-season variety, I picked the first ripe fruit on August 2nd from seeds sowed on March 9th.<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><strong>Bush appearance:<\/strong> mid-early, indet (indeterminate), relatively sturdy vine.<\/li>\n<li><strong>Fruit set:<\/strong> perfect, didn&#8217;t drop any blossoms.<\/li>\n<li><strong>Bush height:<\/strong> on Aug 2nd it was about 4 feet (1.2 m), and on Sept 6th it was 4.2 feet (1.3 m).<\/li>\n<li><strong>Trusses:<\/strong> dense, 3 to 6 maters per cluster.<\/li>\n<li><strong>Fruit:<\/strong> roundish-square, red.<\/li>\n<li><strong>Density of ripe fruit:<\/strong> high.<\/li>\n<li><strong>Taste:<\/strong> your standard tomato flavor, juicy, sweetness is a 4 out of 5.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>First impression: just a standard little cherry mater.<\/p>\n<p>My ratings: seedlings got a B- (4-), bush got a B (4), fruit got a B (4), overall variety rating is a B- (4-).<\/p>\n<p><em>Edited February 14, 2016 by Drosera<\/em><\/p>\n<div class=\"post-images\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.tomat-pomidor.com\/uploads\/newforum\/galleries\/80\/14108-020815113812.jpeg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.tomat-pomidor.com\/uploads\/newforum\/galleries\/80\/thumb_14108-020815113812.jpeg\" alt=\"Gardener's Delight tomato plant\" width=\"120\" height=\"160\" \/><\/a><br \/>\n<a href=\"https:\/\/www.tomat-pomidor.com\/uploads\/newforum\/galleries\/80\/14108-010815070909.jpeg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.tomat-pomidor.com\/uploads\/newforum\/galleries\/80\/thumb_14108-010815070909.jpeg\" alt=\"Tomato truss thumbnail\" width=\"120\" height=\"160\" \/><\/a><br \/>\n<a href=\"https:\/\/www.tomat-pomidor.com\/uploads\/newforum\/galleries\/80\/14108-020815113857.jpeg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.tomat-pomidor.com\/uploads\/newforum\/galleries\/80\/thumb_14108-020815113857.jpeg\" alt=\"Red cherry tomato thumbnail\" width=\"120\" height=\"160\" \/><\/a><br \/>\n<a href=\"https:\/\/www.tomat-pomidor.com\/uploads\/newforum\/galleries\/80\/14108-020815113938.jpeg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.tomat-pomidor.com\/uploads\/newforum\/galleries\/80\/thumb_14108-020815113938.jpeg\" alt=\"Sliced red cherry tomato\" width=\"160\" height=\"120\" \/><\/a><br \/>\n<a href=\"https:\/\/www.tomat-pomidor.com\/uploads\/newforum\/galleries\/80\/14108-020815114101.jpeg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.tomat-pomidor.com\/uploads\/newforum\/galleries\/80\/thumb_14108-020815114101.jpeg\" alt=\"Red cherry tomato cross section\" width=\"160\" height=\"120\" \/><\/a><\/div>\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, Russia (USDA Zone 4)<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"post-content\">\n<p>Gardeneros Delight (Vostorg Sadovoda). Indeterminate mid-season cherry variety. The fruits are red, round, and quite large for a cherry. The flavor turned out to be totally bland. Good yield though.<\/p>\n<div class=\"post-images\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.tomat-pomidor.com\/uploads\/newforum\/galleries\/109\/111-120216021925.jpeg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.tomat-pomidor.com\/uploads\/newforum\/galleries\/109\/thumb_111-120216021925.jpeg\" alt=\"Large red cherry tomatoes on plant\" width=\"153\" height=\"160\" \/><\/a><br \/>\n<a href=\"https:\/\/www.tomat-pomidor.com\/uploads\/newforum\/galleries\/109\/111-120216021852.jpeg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.tomat-pomidor.com\/uploads\/newforum\/galleries\/109\/thumb_111-120216021852.jpeg\" alt=\"Gardener's Delight tomato\" width=\"160\" height=\"126\" \/><\/a><br \/>\n<a href=\"https:\/\/www.tomat-pomidor.com\/uploads\/newforum\/galleries\/109\/111-120216021939.jpeg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.tomat-pomidor.com\/uploads\/newforum\/galleries\/109\/thumb_111-120216021939.jpeg\" alt=\"Red cherry tomatoes thumbnail\" width=\"139\" height=\"160\" \/><\/a><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>\ud83d\udccc Quick Summary (TL;DR): Gardener&#8217;s Delight (Vostorg Sadovoda) \ud83c\udf0d Origin: A world-famous old European commercial variety (originally German\/British). In the Russian and Ukrainian seed collector circuits, it often circulates under the translated name &#8220;Vostorg Sadovoda&#8221; or slightly misspelled as &#8220;Gardeneros Delight&#8221;. \ud83c\udf3f Plant Habit: Indeterminate. It produces a relatively sturdy, dependable vine. Growers note that &#8230; <a title=\"Gardener&#8217;s Delight Tomato Review\" class=\"read-more\" href=\"https:\/\/www.tomat-pomidor.com\/en\/gardeners-delight\/\" aria-label=\"Read more about Gardener&#8217;s Delight Tomato Review\">Read more<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":3484,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[3,94,438],"tags":[874,30,33,23,49,76],"class_list":["post-3484","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-cherry-grape-tomatoes","category-heirloom-other","category-red-tomatoes","tag-bland-flavor","tag-heavy-yielder","tag-indeterminate","tag-mid-season","tag-open-ground","tag-red-cherry-tomato"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.tomat-pomidor.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3484","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=3484"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/www.tomat-pomidor.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3484\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":3486,"href":"https:\/\/www.tomat-pomidor.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3484\/revisions\/3486"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.tomat-pomidor.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3484"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.tomat-pomidor.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=3484"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.tomat-pomidor.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=3484"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.tomat-pomidor.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=3484"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}