{"id":3690,"date":"2026-09-26T12:53:06","date_gmt":"2026-09-26T12:53:06","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.tomat-pomidor.com\/en\/?p=3690"},"modified":"2026-09-26T12:54:04","modified_gmt":"2026-09-26T12:54:04","slug":"general-kornilov","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.tomat-pomidor.com\/en\/general-kornilov\/","title":{"rendered":"General Kornilov 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;3690&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;General Kornilov 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): General Kornilov<\/h3>\n<ul>\n<li>\ud83c\udf0d <strong>Origin:<\/strong> Pink heirloom variety from Russia.<\/li>\n<li>\ud83c\udf3f <strong>Plant Habit:<\/strong> Indeterminate. Can be kept to a moderate 4 ft (1.2 m) out in the open ground, but turns into an absolute monster &#8220;tree&#8221; in a greenhouse, easily shooting past 6.5 ft (2 m). Very vigorous.<\/li>\n<li>\ud83c\udf45 <strong>Fruit Characteristics:<\/strong> Large pink elongated plums (or eggplant-shaped) tomatoes. Weight varies from 7-9 oz (200-250 g) up to massive 17 oz (500 g) fruits. Very dense and meaty.<\/li>\n<li>\ud83d\udc45 <strong>Flavor:<\/strong> Highly praised for being incredibly sweet &#8211; some even call it candy-sweet &#8211; with a rich, meaty texture similar to oxheart varieties.<\/li>\n<li>\ud83d\udcc8 <strong>Growing Traits:<\/strong> Heavy yielder that sets fruit reliably without dropping blossoms. Highly resistant to blossom end rot, though it may split if subjected to heavy, irregular rains outdoors.<\/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>Seeds from the Chelyabinsk collector T.V. Afanasyeva. A moderate indeterminate, out in the open ground it reached a height of 4 ft (1.2 m). Mid-season. Heavy yielder. The tomatoes are large plums (or eggplant-shaped), pink in color. I really liked the taste, it&#8217;s similar to oxheart varieties. Meaty, juicy with a nice touch of sweetness. It sets 3 to 5 fruits per truss, every 2 leaves. Not disease-prone, not fussy at all. I liked it very much \ud83d\udc4d.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.tomat-pomidor.com\/uploads\/newforum\/attachments01\/61324_be8d49b8c3258a2f57b15f05abfe9ebf2bfc9bf6.jpg\" alt=\"General Kornilov pink plum tomatoes on the vine\" width=\"569\" height=\"680\" \/><br \/>\n<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.tomat-pomidor.com\/uploads\/newforum\/attachments01\/61326_118d5c8d487b5c950c181c0bd4ee819cf0470a00.jpg\" alt=\"Sliced General Kornilov tomato showing dense meaty flesh\" width=\"657\" height=\"492\" \/><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"forum-post\">\n<div class=\"author-header\">\n<div class=\"forum-avatar\">C<\/div>\n<div class=\"author-meta\">\n<div class=\"author-name\">cat2008 (Oksana) <span class=\"author-stats\">\u2b50 Pro Grower (5,827 posts)<\/span><\/div>\n<div class=\"author-geo\">\ud83d\udccd Orsha, Belarus (USDA Zone 4\/5)<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"post-content\">\n<p>Svetlanochka, huge thanks for the seeds! \ud83c\udf38 In the high tunnel, it grew to almost 6.5 ft (2 m).. Fruits weighed anywhere from 10 to 17 oz (300 to 500 g).. \ud83d\udc4d<\/p>\n<p><small><em>Edited November 26, 2015 by Drosera<\/em><\/small><\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.tomat-pomidor.com\/uploads\/newforum\/galleries\/99\/12397-241115173143.jpeg\" alt=\"General Kornilov large pink tomato on scale\" width=\"1000\" height=\"600\" \/><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"forum-post\">\n<div class=\"author-header\">\n<div class=\"forum-avatar\">T<\/div>\n<div class=\"author-meta\">\n<div class=\"author-name\">Tomatanya (Tatyana) <span class=\"author-stats\">\ud83d\udee1\ufe0f Forum Moderator (10,246 posts)<\/span><\/div>\n<div class=\"author-geo\">\ud83d\udccd Sinyavino-2, Leningrad Region (USDA Zone 4)<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"post-content\">\n<p>Sveta, thanks for the seeds, I really loved the variety. Everything matches your description perfectly, only in my greenhouse it got pretty tall &#8211; definitely grew to 6 ft (1.8 m).<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.tomat-pomidor.com\/uploads\/newforum\/galleries\/138\/30-100816091542.jpeg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.tomat-pomidor.com\/uploads\/newforum\/galleries\/138\/thumb_30-100816091542.jpeg\" alt=\"General Kornilov tomatoes hanging on vine\" width=\"160\" height=\"120\" \/><\/a><br \/>\n<a href=\"https:\/\/www.tomat-pomidor.com\/uploads\/newforum\/galleries\/138\/30-100816094743.jpeg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.tomat-pomidor.com\/uploads\/newforum\/galleries\/138\/thumb_30-100816094743.jpeg\" alt=\"Close up of pink plum tomato\" width=\"160\" height=\"120\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"forum-post\">\n<div class=\"author-header\">\n<div class=\"forum-avatar\">Y<\/div>\n<div class=\"author-meta\">\n<div class=\"author-name\">Yulya (Yulia) <span class=\"author-stats\">\u2b50 Pro Grower (27,032 posts)<\/span><\/div>\n<div class=\"author-geo\">\ud83d\udccd Near Alexandrov (USDA Zone 4)<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"post-content\">\n<p>My seeds are from our Angelina, huge thanks to her!<\/p>\n<p>I didn&#8217;t grow a bush, I grew a tree! A massive, vigorous tree! Definitely over 6.5 ft (2 m) tall. First it hit the roof and bent along the ceiling, then I directed it sideways to make it easier to tie up. It was growing as a double leader, then decided to throw out a third stem, and I didn&#8217;t even try to argue with it &#8211; such a vigorous plant can easily support that load. It was loaded with large tomatoes from top to bottom. The flavor is very! sweet, almost candy-sweet. Overall, a real beauty \ud83d\udd25<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.tomat-pomidor.com\/uploads\/monthly_2019_08\/IMG_20190803_140611.jpg.03b3eb4d938ac224f2e89b315aa11f68.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.tomat-pomidor.com\/uploads\/monthly_2019_08\/IMG_20190803_140611.thumb.jpg.513af6e39399ab40badd52dc1008b0e4.jpg\" alt=\"Vigorous General Kornilov plant in greenhouse\" width=\"225\" height=\"300\" \/><\/a><br \/>\n<a href=\"https:\/\/www.tomat-pomidor.com\/uploads\/monthly_2019_08\/1612136503_.jpg.32cbced5b264d5a2e77102ca5b986331.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.tomat-pomidor.com\/uploads\/monthly_2019_08\/1642611551_.thumb.jpg.59db76c6703fafbc04a19da9856109c7.jpg\" alt=\"General Kornilov heavy fruit set\" width=\"225\" height=\"300\" \/><\/a><br \/>\n<a href=\"https:\/\/www.tomat-pomidor.com\/uploads\/monthly_2019_08\/1503279230_2.jpg.55c72aaf3b149ee79bee24da2c47ae58.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.tomat-pomidor.com\/uploads\/monthly_2019_08\/875882242_2.thumb.jpg.001ba05925054b9491b427c9ba2bacb3.jpg\" alt=\"Beautiful pink elongated General Kornilov tomato\" width=\"225\" height=\"300\" \/><\/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\">elja1968 (Elya) <span class=\"author-stats\">\u2b50 Pro Grower (1,914 posts)<\/span><\/div>\n<div class=\"author-geo\">\ud83d\udccd Bashkortostan (USDA Zone 3)<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"post-content\">\n<p>I liked the variety. The tomatoes have a beautiful shape, and a gorgeous pearly-pink color&#8230; I didn&#8217;t get any massive ones, they were about 7-9 oz (200-250 g), but it set its trusses without dropping any blossoms.. Thanks for the seeds Tanyusha @Tomatanya<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.tomat-pomidor.com\/uploads\/monthly_2019_10\/IMG_20190828_155817_097.jpg.1fb22cfa53a5a3013d1bb1fc7417f432.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.tomat-pomidor.com\/uploads\/monthly_2019_10\/IMG_20190828_155817_097.thumb.jpg.e7c31bceb4c35322cfdb73eef1ff8e6e.jpg\" alt=\"Pearly pink General Kornilov tomatoes\" width=\"272\" height=\"300\" \/><\/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\">Svetikk <span class=\"author-stats\">\u2b50 Pro Grower (29,373 posts)<\/span><\/div>\n<div class=\"author-geo\">\ud83d\udccd Moscow, south of Moscow Region, Stupinsky District (USDA Zone 4)<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"post-content\">\n<p>General Kornilov. One of the best pink varieties of the season! Indeterminate, I grew 2 plants pruned to 2 stems in the greenhouse, and they were such heavy yielders that I wore myself out tying them up \ud83d\ude01 Loaded from top to bottom \ud83d\udc4b with large pink plums weighing 7-9 oz (200-250 g). Very tasty, sweet, absolutely no BER, and a long harvest window. Seeds from Masha @Murka \ud83d\ude4f<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.tomat-pomidor.com\/uploads\/monthly_2021_09\/IMG_20210813_140603.jpg.91ef2667765667863994465f1bf8234c.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.tomat-pomidor.com\/uploads\/monthly_2021_09\/IMG_20210813_140603.thumb.jpg.c5bca3b20accd3c781468b712c9b715d.jpg\" alt=\"General Kornilov heavy yield on vine\" width=\"300\" height=\"225\" \/><\/a><br \/>\n<a href=\"https:\/\/www.tomat-pomidor.com\/uploads\/monthly_2021_09\/IMG_20210813_161038.jpg.ba153d3cce34c2a4191a9de991766b43.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.tomat-pomidor.com\/uploads\/monthly_2021_09\/IMG_20210813_161038.thumb.jpg.82057891f7a30cc7da501c80215fd2ce.jpg\" alt=\"Harvest of pink General Kornilov plum tomatoes\" 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\">I<\/div>\n<div class=\"author-meta\">\n<div class=\"author-name\">Inn@ (Inna) <span class=\"author-stats\">\u2b50 Pro Grower (6,399 posts)<\/span><\/div>\n<div class=\"author-geo\">\ud83d\udccd Sverdlovsk Region, Arti (USDA Zone 3)<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"post-content\">\n<p>Once again, one of my absolute favorites of the 2021 season. A very tasty, highly productive variety. The tomatoes are dense, hefty, heavy, pink plum-bombs. They don&#8217;t crack and don&#8217;t get BER. It was one of the very first to start ripening.<\/p>\n<p>Seeds from Natalya Pavlovna @Yaroslavna, thank you!<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.tomat-pomidor.com\/uploads\/monthly_2021_06\/large.20210629_205139.jpg.e9a35e9a3622814241b691dcec88b5d0.jpg\" alt=\"General Kornilov green fruit developing\" width=\"354\" height=\"600\" \/><br \/>\n<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.tomat-pomidor.com\/uploads\/monthly_2021_07\/large.717131951_.jpg.e6446bf025a8038fd04a133689e3379a.jpg\" alt=\"General Kornilov cluster starting to blush\" width=\"377\" height=\"599\" \/><br \/>\n<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.tomat-pomidor.com\/uploads\/monthly_2021_08\/large.1546709579_1.jpg.ceb3f7ba0e8602c577933ecf2fc3f421.jpg\" alt=\"Basket of heavy pink plum bombs\" width=\"678\" height=\"599\" \/><br \/>\n<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.tomat-pomidor.com\/uploads\/monthly_2021_08\/large.337813020_.jpg.378dd4370262e1139e4f2a795ce0044c.jpg\" alt=\"General Kornilov large pink tomato sliced open\" width=\"514\" height=\"599\" \/><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"forum-post\">\n<div class=\"author-header\">\n<div class=\"forum-avatar\">C<\/div>\n<div class=\"author-meta\">\n<div class=\"author-name\">CUCSA (Larisa) <span class=\"author-stats\">\u2b50 Pro Grower (7,216 posts)<\/span><\/div>\n<div class=\"author-geo\">\ud83d\udccd Lipetsk (USDA Zone 5)<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"post-content\">\n<p>Well, for me out in the open ground, it cracked really badly. We had almost no rain all summer, just got a couple of downpours at the end of the summer right when the tomatoes were swelling up. General Kornilov couldn&#8217;t handle it and split. Even though varieties with a similar fruit shape (Lida and Kolupaevsky) growing right next to it held up perfectly.<\/p>\n<p><small><em>Edited October 13, 2021 by CUCSA<\/em><\/small><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.tomat-pomidor.com\/uploads\/monthly_2021_10\/44632934_.jpg.b501065f2570a62c6ece9cc182b9ccd1.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.tomat-pomidor.com\/uploads\/monthly_2021_10\/994112907_.thumb.jpg.496b3e2531d67d41d97fcf9e2623bddf.jpg\" alt=\"General Kornilov tomato with splitting and cracking\" width=\"300\" height=\"300\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>\ud83d\udccc Quick Summary (TL;DR): General Kornilov \ud83c\udf0d Origin: Pink heirloom variety from Russia. \ud83c\udf3f Plant Habit: Indeterminate. Can be kept to a moderate 4 ft (1.2 m) out in the open ground, but turns into an absolute monster &#8220;tree&#8221; in a greenhouse, easily shooting past 6.5 ft (2 m). Very vigorous. \ud83c\udf45 Fruit Characteristics: Large &#8230; <a title=\"General Kornilov Tomato Review\" class=\"read-more\" href=\"https:\/\/www.tomat-pomidor.com\/en\/general-kornilov\/\" aria-label=\"Read more about General Kornilov Tomato Review\">Read more<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":3690,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[5,1,162],"tags":[50,11,33,82,10,15],"class_list":["post-3690","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-russian-eastern-european-heirlooms","category-beefsteak-large-slicers","category-plum-tomatoes","tag-high-yield","tag-huge-tomato","tag-indeterminate","tag-meaty-tomato","tag-paste-tomato","tag-sweet-flavor"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.tomat-pomidor.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3690","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=3690"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/www.tomat-pomidor.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3690\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":3692,"href":"https:\/\/www.tomat-pomidor.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3690\/revisions\/3692"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.tomat-pomidor.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3690"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.tomat-pomidor.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=3690"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.tomat-pomidor.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=3690"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.tomat-pomidor.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=3690"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}