{"id":3703,"date":"2026-09-26T13:11:37","date_gmt":"2026-09-26T13:11:37","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.tomat-pomidor.com\/en\/?p=3703"},"modified":"2026-09-26T13:11:37","modified_gmt":"2026-09-26T13:11:37","slug":"giant-sweater","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.tomat-pomidor.com\/en\/giant-sweater\/","title":{"rendered":"Giant Sweater 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;3703&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;Giant Sweater 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): Gigant Svitera (Giant Sweater)<\/h3>\n<ul>\n<li>\ud83c\udf0d <strong>Origin:<\/strong> Claimed to be from the USA, but circulated in Russia under the translated name &#8220;Gigant Svitera&#8221;. It is highly likely a renamed or mistranslated classic American paste tomato.<\/li>\n<li>\ud83c\udf3f <strong>Plant Habit:<\/strong> Indeterminate (tall). Very vigorous and powerful grower that can easily reach the roof of a high tunnel and keep growing along the ceiling.<\/li>\n<li>\ud83c\udf45 <strong>Fruit Characteristics:<\/strong> Exists in two shapes in the Russian seed market: one is an elongated plum with a nipple, the other is a long pepper-shape. Fruits typically weigh 2.8-6 oz (80-170 g). The flesh is extremely dense with very few seeds.<\/li>\n<li>\ud83d\udc45 <strong>Usage:<\/strong> Solid meat! This is the ultimate paste and canning tomato, perfect for making thick sauces or pickling whole.<\/li>\n<li>\u23f3 <strong>Maturity:<\/strong> Late season. It is often the very last variety to start ripening in the greenhouse. Susceptible to Blossom End Rot (BER) in fluctuating conditions.<\/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\">E<\/div>\n<div class=\"author-meta\">\n<div class=\"author-name\">ElenaPr (Elena) <span class=\"author-stats\">\u2b50 Pro Grower (3,433 posts)<\/span><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"post-content\">\n<p>Giant Sweater (USA) &#8211; seeds from Redko. Her description: Tall plant, fruits are elongated plums with a little point\/nipple on the end, 6-8 per truss, dense, weighing 2.8-4.2 oz (80-120 g). Harmonious tomato flavor. The fruits have very few seeds, it&#8217;s just solid meat. Great for canning.<\/p>\n<p>The tomato is very tasty, growing in the greenhouse. It turned out to be a heavy yielder for me, it set fruit on every single truss.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.tomat-pomidor.com\/uploads\/newforum\/galleries\/82\/13195-090815135932.jpeg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.tomat-pomidor.com\/uploads\/newforum\/galleries\/82\/thumb_13195-090815135932.jpeg\" alt=\"Gigant Svitera elongated plum tomato\" width=\"160\" height=\"120\" \/><\/a><br \/>\n<a href=\"https:\/\/www.tomat-pomidor.com\/uploads\/newforum\/galleries\/83\/13195-120815085745.jpeg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.tomat-pomidor.com\/uploads\/newforum\/galleries\/83\/thumb_13195-120815085745.jpeg\" alt=\"Gigant Svitera cross-section showing dense meat\" 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\">O<\/div>\n<div class=\"author-meta\">\n<div class=\"author-name\">Ovechka (Lyudmila) <span class=\"author-stats\">\ud83c\udfc6 Forum Pioneer (13,966 posts)<\/span><\/div>\n<div class=\"author-geo\">\ud83d\udccd Russia<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"post-content\">\n<blockquote><p><strong>Galya-64 said:<\/strong><br \/>\nFor me, Giant Sweater was the lowest-yielding variety &#8211; I didn&#8217;t get a single fruit on it, never even got to try it.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<blockquote><p><strong>Svetikk said on August 13, 2013:<\/strong><br \/>\nLena, how was Giant Sweater in terms of yield and taste, and where did you grow it? Galya-64 didn&#8217;t get a single fruit off it.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<blockquote><p><strong>Lisenok said:<\/strong><br \/>\nThe yield certainly wasn&#8217;t what I hoped for, but the little tomatoes are very beautiful and tasty, I&#8217;ll give it a second chance next year.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<blockquote><p><strong>Lidia said:<\/strong><br \/>\nPlease tell me, I want to figure out my taste preferences, how did you like the Giant Sweater tomato?<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<blockquote><p><strong>Ninulia said:<\/strong><br \/>\nLida, I haven&#8217;t tried it yet &#8211; just set some aside for seeds. But it turned out to be extremely vigorous for me, it reached the top of the greenhouse and probably grew another 3 ft (1 m) higher along the roof. And it&#8217;s a late-season ripener; it was the absolute last one to start ripening in the greenhouse.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>Giant Sweater (USA) &#8211; tall plant. The fruits are elongated plums, 6-8 per truss, dense, weighing 3.5-4.2 oz (100-120 g). Few seeds in the fruits, just solid meat. I planted Giant Sweater in 2013 on March 27. It suffered from BER (blossom end rot). Fruits weighed up to 6 oz (170 g).<\/p>\n<p>This is what mine looked like.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.tomat-pomidor.com\/uploads\/newforum\/galleries\/163\/66-160217072816.jpeg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.tomat-pomidor.com\/uploads\/newforum\/galleries\/163\/thumb_66-160217072816.jpeg\" alt=\"Gigant Svitera ripe tomatoes on vine\" width=\"120\" height=\"160\" \/><\/a><br \/>\n<a href=\"https:\/\/www.tomat-pomidor.com\/uploads\/newforum\/galleries\/163\/66-160217072949.jpeg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.tomat-pomidor.com\/uploads\/newforum\/galleries\/163\/thumb_66-160217072949.jpeg\" alt=\"Harvest of Gigant Svitera paste tomatoes\" 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\">O<\/div>\n<div class=\"author-meta\">\n<div class=\"author-name\">Ovechka (Lyudmila) <span class=\"author-stats\">\ud83c\udfc6 Forum Pioneer (13,966 posts)<\/span><\/div>\n<div class=\"author-geo\">\ud83d\udccd Russia<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"post-content\">\n<p>And now it seems we have 2 versions of Giant Sweater circulating around the world. One produces plum-shaped fruits, the other is pepper-shaped.<\/p>\n<p>Dukhov&#8217;s version is pepper-shaped, and the one linked here is pepper-shaped too.<\/p>\n<p>I grew it in 2013, which means people were growing it before me in 2012. For those of you who grew it before me, what shape were your fruits?<\/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\">Katrinka (Ekaterina) <span class=\"author-stats\">\u2b50 Pro Grower (5,735 posts)<\/span><\/div>\n<div class=\"author-geo\">\ud83d\udccd Volgograd (USDA Zone 6)<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"post-content\">\n<p>I grew it in 2020. Mine was pepper-shaped.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.tomat-pomidor.com\/uploads\/monthly_2020_09\/IMG_20200805_173453.jpg.3ba8a53ea0783d13041a0ab71189b4eb.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.tomat-pomidor.com\/uploads\/monthly_2020_09\/IMG_20200805_173453.thumb.jpg.5595dffab192914eee9a4cafd2fd0220.jpg\" alt=\"Pepper shaped Gigant Svitera\" width=\"300\" height=\"225\" \/><\/a><br \/>\n<a href=\"https:\/\/www.tomat-pomidor.com\/uploads\/monthly_2020_09\/20200805_184720.jpg.d3dc1476545e18e8bc9f1606a8cc627f.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.tomat-pomidor.com\/uploads\/monthly_2020_09\/20200805_184720.thumb.jpg.96a5655600f6ed3401feca15bc2f11c1.jpg\" alt=\"Long red pepper shaped paste tomato\" width=\"300\" height=\"225\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"editor-note\" style=\"background: #eef7ff; padding: 15px; border-left: 4px solid #2196F3; margin-top: 25px; font-size: 1.1em; border-radius: 4px;\"><strong>\ud83d\udc68\u200d\ud83c\udf3e Editor&#8217;s Note on &#8220;Lost in Translation&#8221; Varieties:<\/strong><br \/>\nIf you&#8217;re wondering why you&#8217;ve never heard of a US heirloom called &#8220;Giant Sweater&#8221;\u2014you aren&#8217;t alone! In the Russian and Eastern European seed markets, English names are often poorly translated or transliterated based on how they sound.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;Sweater&#8221; in Russian is spelled and pronounced <em>&#8220;Sviter&#8221;<\/em>. It&#8217;s highly likely that this variety was originally introduced from the US as a family heirloom named something like <strong>Switzer&#8217;s Giant<\/strong> or <strong>Sweitzer&#8217;s<\/strong>, and the name morphed into &#8220;Sweater&#8221;. Over time, it appears seeds got crossed or mixed up in the Russian market, resulting in two distinct shapes: a classic elongated paste plum, and a long pepper-shape that, as Katrinka noted.<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>\ud83d\udccc Quick Summary (TL;DR): Gigant Svitera (Giant Sweater) \ud83c\udf0d Origin: Claimed to be from the USA, but circulated in Russia under the translated name &#8220;Gigant Svitera&#8221;. It is highly likely a renamed or mistranslated classic American paste tomato. \ud83c\udf3f Plant Habit: Indeterminate (tall). 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