{"id":3705,"date":"2026-09-26T13:15:00","date_gmt":"2026-09-26T13:15:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.tomat-pomidor.com\/en\/?p=3705"},"modified":"2026-09-26T13:15:00","modified_gmt":"2026-09-26T13:15:00","slug":"giant-rose","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.tomat-pomidor.com\/en\/giant-rose\/","title":{"rendered":"Giant Rose (Gigantskaya Roza) 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;3705&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 Rose (Gigantskaya Roza) 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): Gigantskaya Roza (Giant Rose)<\/h3>\n<ul>\n<li>\ud83c\udf0d <strong>Origin:<\/strong> A commercial variety from the Russian seed market. The name translates to &#8220;Giant Rose&#8221;.<\/li>\n<li>\ud83c\udf3f <strong>Plant Habit:<\/strong> Determinate, stout &#8220;tree-type&#8221; bush. It has thick, strong main stems and grows to about 3-3.3 ft (90-100 cm) tall. Highly vigorous and disease-resistant.<\/li>\n<li>\ud83c\udf45 <strong>Fruit Characteristics:<\/strong> Stunningly beautiful! Round beefsteaks that ripen to a raspberry pink\/red color with golden-orange stripes. Large size, often reaching 12-14 oz (350-400 g).<\/li>\n<li>\ud83d\udc45 <strong>Flavor:<\/strong> While commercial seed packets claim it has &#8220;high taste qualities,&#8221; forum growers strongly disagree. It is widely reported to be dry, mealy, and lacking sweetness or juice.<\/li>\n<li>\ud83d\udcc8 <strong>Growing Traits:<\/strong> Bred for excellent shelf life and shipping durability, which likely explains the firm, mealy texture.<\/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\">O<\/div>\n<div class=\"author-meta\">\n<div class=\"author-name\">Olya Pskovishna (Olga) <span class=\"author-stats\">\ud83d\udee1\ufe0f Forum Moderator (14,072 posts)<\/span><\/div>\n<div class=\"author-geo\">\ud83d\udccd Pskov, dacha 18 miles out (USDA Zone 4)<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"post-content\">\n<p>Seed packet description: A mid-season variety, stands out for its disease resistance, better keeping qualities, and shelf life\/shipping ability compared to other pink-fruited varieties. The bush is a stout tree-type, 3-3.3 ft (90-100 cm) tall. The fruits have an original, very beautiful coloring: raspberry pink with orange stripes, round, large, weighing up to 12-14 oz (350-400 g), meaty, with high taste and dietary qualities. The variety is perfectly suited for fresh eating, salads, and canning.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.tomat-pomidor.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/09\/wMGYU30jPRU.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-3707\" src=\"https:\/\/www.tomat-pomidor.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/09\/wMGYU30jPRU-225x300.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"225\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.tomat-pomidor.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/09\/wMGYU30jPRU-225x300.jpg 225w, https:\/\/www.tomat-pomidor.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/09\/wMGYU30jPRU-768x1024.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.tomat-pomidor.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/09\/wMGYU30jPRU-1152x1536.jpg 1152w, https:\/\/www.tomat-pomidor.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/09\/wMGYU30jPRU-1536x2048.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/www.tomat-pomidor.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/09\/wMGYU30jPRU.jpg 1620w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 225px) 100vw, 225px\" \/><\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/www.tomat-pomidor.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/09\/RVsmOLYQc8w.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-3706\" src=\"https:\/\/www.tomat-pomidor.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/09\/RVsmOLYQc8w-225x300.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"225\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.tomat-pomidor.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/09\/RVsmOLYQc8w-225x300.jpg 225w, https:\/\/www.tomat-pomidor.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/09\/RVsmOLYQc8w-768x1024.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.tomat-pomidor.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/09\/RVsmOLYQc8w-1152x1536.jpg 1152w, https:\/\/www.tomat-pomidor.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/09\/RVsmOLYQc8w-1536x2048.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/www.tomat-pomidor.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/09\/RVsmOLYQc8w.jpg 1620w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 225px) 100vw, 225px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Gigantskaya Roza looked absolutely identical to the description on the outside, but&#8230; it was completely tasteless. Not juicy and not sweet. Did it lack potassium? I don&#8217;t know. The flesh was&#8230;. mealy, I guess. But it&#8217;s a beautiful, vigorous bush, and the little tomatoes are very festive, slightly striped, turning red with golden stripes as they ripen.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"forum-post\">\n<div class=\"author-header\">\n<div class=\"forum-avatar\">V<\/div>\n<div class=\"author-meta\">\n<div class=\"author-name\">vavladi (Valentina) <span class=\"author-stats\">\u2b50 Pro Grower (3,043 posts)<\/span><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"post-content\">\n<p>I grew this variety last year too&#8230; and my impression is exactly the same. Yes, it has a beautiful appearance, but the taste is absolutely terrible&#8230; it&#8217;s a real pity..<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.tomat-pomidor.com\/uploads\/monthly_2020_01\/1672957290_-2018.jpg.a5ea70cc60e35c9245cb5e2093716e8a.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.tomat-pomidor.com\/uploads\/monthly_2020_01\/1440484093_-2018.thumb.jpg.6a65b8cee2a1f307bc831e9d72c1ef11.jpg\" alt=\"Sliced Gigantskaya Roza tomatoes showing dry flesh\" width=\"300\" height=\"158\" \/><\/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: The &#8220;Shelf-Life&#8221; Curse &amp; Potassium<\/strong><br \/>\nIn her post, Olga wonders if her tasteless, mealy tomatoes were caused by a lack of potassium. While a severe potassium deficiency <em>can<\/em> cause uneven ripening and poor flavor, the real culprit here is right in the seed packet description: <em>&#8220;stands out for better keeping qualities and shipping ability.&#8221;<\/em><\/p>\n<p>To make a tomato survive long shipping routes and sit on a shelf for weeks, breeders often select for genes that make the cell walls extremely firm. In the home garden, these varieties frequently end up having a dry, &#8220;mealy&#8221; texture and lack the juicy acidity and sweetness we expect from an heirloom. In the US heirloom community, a beautiful but terribly tasting tomato like this is often jokingly called a <strong>&#8220;spitter&#8221;<\/strong> (because you want to spit it out)!<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>\ud83d\udccc Quick Summary (TL;DR): Gigantskaya Roza (Giant Rose) \ud83c\udf0d Origin: A commercial variety from the Russian seed market. The name translates to &#8220;Giant Rose&#8221;. \ud83c\udf3f Plant Habit: Determinate, stout &#8220;tree-type&#8221; bush. It has thick, strong main stems and grows to about 3-3.3 ft (90-100 cm) tall. Highly vigorous and disease-resistant. \ud83c\udf45 Fruit Characteristics: Stunningly beautiful! &#8230; <a title=\"Giant Rose (Gigantskaya Roza) Tomato Review\" class=\"read-more\" href=\"https:\/\/www.tomat-pomidor.com\/en\/giant-rose\/\" aria-label=\"Read more about Giant Rose (Gigantskaya Roza) Tomato Review\">Read more<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":3706,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1,52,65,5],"tags":[74,82,23,132,122,109],"class_list":["post-3705","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-beefsteak-large-slicers","category-bush-and-dwarf","category-pink-tomatoes","category-russian-eastern-european-heirlooms","tag-determinate-tomato","tag-meaty-tomato","tag-mid-season","tag-pink-beefsteak","tag-striped-tomato","tag-tree-type-tomato"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.tomat-pomidor.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3705","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=3705"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/www.tomat-pomidor.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3705\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":3709,"href":"https:\/\/www.tomat-pomidor.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3705\/revisions\/3709"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.tomat-pomidor.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/3706"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.tomat-pomidor.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=3705"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.tomat-pomidor.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=3705"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.tomat-pomidor.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=3705"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}