{"id":3667,"date":"2026-09-26T11:43:18","date_gmt":"2026-09-26T11:43:18","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.tomat-pomidor.com\/en\/?p=3667"},"modified":"2026-09-26T11:43:18","modified_gmt":"2026-09-26T11:43:18","slug":"calabrese-gigante","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.tomat-pomidor.com\/en\/calabrese-gigante\/","title":{"rendered":"Calabrese Gigante 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;3667&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;Calabrese Gigante 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): Calabrese Gigante<\/h3>\n<ul>\n<li>\ud83c\udf0d <strong>Origin:<\/strong> A fantastic heirloom tomato originating from the Calabria region in southern Italy.<\/li>\n<li>\ud83c\udf3f <strong>Plant Habit:<\/strong> Indeterminate (tall). Very productive and boasts a long harvest window, often producing well into the fall.<\/li>\n<li>\ud83c\udf45 <strong>Fruit Characteristics:<\/strong> Deep red, slightly elongated (almost giant plum or pear-shaped) beefsteaks with light ribbing at the shoulders. They are massive, often weighing between <strong>1.1 to 1.5 lbs (500\u2013700 g)<\/strong> or more. Very dense, meaty, and known for having an excellent shelf life once picked.<\/li>\n<li>\u23f3 <strong>Maturity:<\/strong> Mid-season.<\/li>\n<li>\ud83d\udc45 <strong>Flavor:<\/strong> A rich, well-balanced traditional tomato flavor that heavily leans towards the sweet side.<\/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<h2 id=\"forum-reviews\">Grower Reviews &amp; Photos<\/h2>\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\">Gavrik (Liliya) <span class=\"author-stats\">\u2b50 Pro Grower (4,842 posts)<\/span><\/div>\n<div class=\"author-geo\">\ud83d\udccd Novosibirsk, Siberia (USDA Zone 3)<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"post-content\">\n<p>Another giant from Italy! Indet, mid-season maturity, grew it in the greenhouse and pruned it to 2 stems.<\/p>\n<p>The dense, meaty fruits have a rich, well-balanced flavor (sweetness was the dominant note for me). They have a slight ribbing, are somewhat elongated, and take on a deep, saturated red hue as they ripen. These tomatoes hold their flavor and market quality (shelf life) for a very long time.<\/p>\n<p>Large fruits, reaching up to <strong>1.1\u20131.5 lbs (500\u2013700 g)<\/strong> and even more. It kept producing all the way until mid-September. Seeds from Natalya Drazhakova.<\/p>\n<p><em>Edited February 8, 2023 by Gavrik<\/em><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.tomat-pomidor.com\/uploads\/monthly_2023_02\/IMG_20220727_195019.jpg.9327161d1d8fe6e663527ce7476aa1d8.jpg.56ddb6dbbce0bca5b155e29f4d3abd7c.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.tomat-pomidor.com\/uploads\/monthly_2023_02\/IMG_20220727_195019.jpg.9327161d1d8fe6e663527ce7476aa1d8.jpg.56ddb6dbbce0bca5b155e29f4d3abd7c.jpg\" alt=\"Green Calabrese Gigante tomatoes hanging on vine\" width=\"200\" height=\"266\" \/><\/a><br \/>\n<a href=\"https:\/\/www.tomat-pomidor.com\/uploads\/monthly_2023_02\/IMG_20220902_131244.jpg.1fba87bbd9f0f081c1e43180464eb597.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.tomat-pomidor.com\/uploads\/monthly_2023_02\/IMG_20220902_131244.thumb.jpg.e69f411d22fb0e9ea307f4a9f62586f7.jpg\" alt=\"Sliced solid meaty Italian tomato\" width=\"225\" height=\"300\" \/><\/a><br \/>\n<a href=\"https:\/\/www.tomat-pomidor.com\/uploads\/monthly_2023_02\/IMG_20220807_201745.jpg.d2556c4b9b9a12f8cf4330f1eb190002.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.tomat-pomidor.com\/uploads\/monthly_2023_02\/IMG_20220807_201745.thumb.jpg.b80a5455a0ca401f523b3751ad0721df.jpg\" alt=\"Massive slightly elongated red beefsteak on scale\" width=\"225\" height=\"300\" \/><\/a><br \/>\n<a href=\"https:\/\/www.tomat-pomidor.com\/uploads\/monthly_2023_02\/IMG_20220807_201633.jpg.c5de6b496488aa44318f73dbdcc46717.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.tomat-pomidor.com\/uploads\/monthly_2023_02\/IMG_20220807_201633.thumb.jpg.bdaba743ec50da21003a523720b2c1ae.jpg\" alt=\"Large red Calabrese Gigante tomato\" width=\"225\" height=\"300\" \/><\/a><br \/>\n<a href=\"https:\/\/www.tomat-pomidor.com\/uploads\/monthly_2023_02\/IMG_20220921_114353.jpg.29347ce2282ffc20e353e917dca256dd.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.tomat-pomidor.com\/uploads\/monthly_2023_02\/IMG_20220921_114353.thumb.jpg.d750513c5cb7f39741c02684aa11c97f.jpg\" alt=\"Ribbed shoulders of Italian heirloom tomato\" width=\"225\" height=\"300\" \/><\/a><br \/>\n<a href=\"https:\/\/www.tomat-pomidor.com\/uploads\/monthly_2023_02\/IMG_20220807_201620.jpg.727cde9dfe877d5b911d125a7e7016c4.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.tomat-pomidor.com\/uploads\/monthly_2023_02\/IMG_20220807_201620.thumb.jpg.9749d63fad365d5cb534e59fcaed8b22.jpg\" alt=\"Harvest of multiple Calabrese Gigante tomatoes\" width=\"225\" height=\"300\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"editor-note\" style=\"background: #D6DAE9; padding: 15px; border-left: 4px solid #2196F3; margin-top: 15px; font-size: 1.1em; border-radius: 4px;\"><strong>\ud83d\udc68\u200d\ud83c\udf3e Editor&#8217;s Note on Fruit Shape:<\/strong><br \/>\nUnlike perfectly round beefsteaks or sharp oxhearts, this variety produces slightly elongated, heavily ribbed fruits (often called &#8220;piriform&#8221; or pear-shaped beefsteaks). This morphology is a classic hallmark of old southern Italian heirlooms. Because these shapes traditionally contain less water and denser meat, they serve a fantastic dual purpose: they are incredibly sweet and juicy for fresh slicing, but can also be cooked down into thick, world-class pasta sauces (passata) very quickly!<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>\ud83d\udccc Quick Summary (TL;DR): Calabrese Gigante \ud83c\udf0d Origin: A fantastic heirloom tomato originating from the Calabria region in southern Italy. \ud83c\udf3f Plant Habit: Indeterminate (tall). Very productive and boasts a long harvest window, often producing well into the fall. \ud83c\udf45 Fruit Characteristics: Deep red, slightly elongated (almost giant plum or pear-shaped) beefsteaks with light ribbing &#8230; <a title=\"Calabrese Gigante Tomato Review\" class=\"read-more\" href=\"https:\/\/www.tomat-pomidor.com\/en\/calabrese-gigante\/\" aria-label=\"Read more about Calabrese Gigante Tomato Review\">Read more<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":3667,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[94,1,211],"tags":[46,72,33,35,82,23,15],"class_list":["post-3667","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-heirloom-other","category-beefsteak-large-slicers","category-ribbed-tomatoes","tag-giant-tomato","tag-greenhouse-tomato","tag-indeterminate","tag-italian-heirloom","tag-meaty-tomato","tag-mid-season","tag-sweet-flavor"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.tomat-pomidor.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3667","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=3667"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/www.tomat-pomidor.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3667\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":3669,"href":"https:\/\/www.tomat-pomidor.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3667\/revisions\/3669"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.tomat-pomidor.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3667"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.tomat-pomidor.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=3667"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.tomat-pomidor.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=3667"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.tomat-pomidor.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=3667"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}