{"id":3853,"date":"2026-09-28T12:25:57","date_gmt":"2026-09-28T12:25:57","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.tomat-pomidor.com\/en\/?p=3853"},"modified":"2026-09-28T12:25:57","modified_gmt":"2026-09-28T12:25:57","slug":"gigant-chernomorskiy","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.tomat-pomidor.com\/en\/gigant-chernomorskiy\/","title":{"rendered":"Gigant Chernomorskiy (Black Sea Giant) 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;3853&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;Gigant Chernomorskiy (Black Sea Giant) 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): Gigant Chernomorskiy (Black Sea Giant)<\/h3>\n<ul>\n<li>\ud83c\udf0d <strong>Origin:<\/strong> A fantastic commercial\/heirloom variety from Russia\/Ukraine. The name translates directly to &#8220;Black Sea Giant&#8221;.<\/li>\n<li>\ud83c\udf3f <strong>Plant Habit:<\/strong> Indeterminate (tall), usually growing to about 5.5 to 6 ft (1.7 &#8211; 1.8 m) in a greenhouse. It is vigorous enough to be pruned to 2 or 3 main stems while still producing massive fruit.<\/li>\n<li>\ud83c\udf45 <strong>Fruit Characteristics:<\/strong> Huge, dark-pink to raspberry colored beefsteaks. They are very dense and meaty, frequently weighing anywhere from 10.5 oz up to a massive 1.5 lbs (300-700 g).<\/li>\n<li>\ud83d\udc45 <strong>Flavor:<\/strong> Highly rated for its complex, balanced old-school flavor. Growers note it has a great mix of sweetness and acidity, and is never bland.<\/li>\n<li>\u23f3 <strong>Maturity:<\/strong> Mid-season. A very reliable producer of large fruits by mid-summer if started early enough indoors.<\/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\">L<\/div>\n<div class=\"author-meta\">\n<div class=\"author-name\">Lidiya <span class=\"author-stats\">\u2b50 Pro Grower (16,152 posts)<\/span><\/div>\n<div class=\"author-geo\">\ud83d\udccd Unknown Location<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"post-content\">\n<p>Gigant Chernomorskiy &#8211; mid-season variety, grew in the greenhouse, height 5.5 ft (1.7 m), fruit weight from 10.5 oz to 1.5 lbs (300 to 700 g). The color is dark pink, meaty, delicious.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.tomat-pomidor.com\/uploads\/newforum\/attachments01\/59807_2e4a5fae66ea7483ef93577355282dd7f49b01a1.jpg\"><br \/>\n<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.tomat-pomidor.com\/uploads\/newforum\/attachments01\/59807_2e4a5fae66ea7483ef93577355282dd7f49b01a1.jpg\" alt=\"Gigant Chernomorskiy dark pink beefsteak tomato\" width=\"450\" height=\"800\" \/><br \/>\n<\/a><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"forum-post\">\n<div class=\"author-header\">\n<div class=\"forum-avatar\">L<\/div>\n<div class=\"author-meta\">\n<div class=\"author-name\">Lidiya <span class=\"author-stats\">\u2b50 Pro Grower (16,152 posts)<\/span><\/div>\n<div class=\"author-geo\">\ud83d\udccd Unknown Location<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"post-content\">\n<p>\ud83d\ude42<\/p>\n<div class=\"post-images\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.tomat-pomidor.com\/uploads\/newforum\/attachments01\/59811_923f8fa523ed516830e31baf77e3f58b6103b602.jpg\"><br \/>\n<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.tomat-pomidor.com\/uploads\/newforum\/attachments01\/59811_923f8fa523ed516830e31baf77e3f58b6103b602.jpg\" alt=\"Beautiful dark pink Black Sea Giant tomato\" width=\"434\" height=\"450\" \/><br \/>\n<\/a><br \/>\n<a href=\"https:\/\/www.tomat-pomidor.com\/uploads\/newforum\/attachments01\/59809_9ac0bddffb67a90e6499908f9e6f7b04ddd3a71a.jpg\"><br \/>\n<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.tomat-pomidor.com\/uploads\/newforum\/attachments01\/59809_9ac0bddffb67a90e6499908f9e6f7b04ddd3a71a.jpg\" alt=\"Massive slice of meaty pink beefsteak tomato\" width=\"800\" height=\"450\" \/><br \/>\n<\/a><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"forum-post\">\n<div class=\"author-header\">\n<div class=\"forum-avatar\">N<\/div>\n<div class=\"author-meta\">\n<div class=\"author-name\">Nadine (Nadezhda) <span class=\"author-stats\">\u2b50 Pro Grower (11,454 posts)<\/span><\/div>\n<div class=\"author-geo\">\ud83d\udccd Volgograd, Russia (USDA Zone 6)<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"post-content\">\n<p>2016 Season. Chernomorskiy Gigant, grew to three stems, about 6 ft (1.8 m) tall, mid-season. Around July 10 the second truss was ripe (I planted it out around April 20, sowed seeds on February 10).<\/p>\n<p>Very beautiful fruit color, dark pink. The taste is very good, there is both sweetness and acidity, not bland at all.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.tomat-pomidor.com\/uploads\/newforum\/galleries\/131\/14-140716171835.jpeg\"><br \/>\n<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.tomat-pomidor.com\/uploads\/newforum\/galleries\/131\/thumb_14-140716171835.jpeg\" alt=\"Nadine's Black Sea Giant harvest\" width=\"120\" height=\"160\" \/><br \/>\n<\/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;Days to Maturity&#8221;:<\/strong><br \/>\nNadezhda provides a fantastic seed-starting timeline here that explains how Northern and Eastern European growers manage to get massive 1.5 lb mid-season beefsteaks fully ripe by early July!<\/p>\n<p>Notice her dates: She sowed the seeds indoors on <strong>February 10<\/strong>, but didn&#8217;t plant them out into the greenhouse until <strong>April 20<\/strong>. That means she grew her seedlings indoors under lights for <em>10 full weeks<\/em> before transplanting! In the US, the standard advice is to start seeds 6 to 8 weeks before transplanting. But if you want to push your harvest earlier for giant varieties like <strong>Gigant Chernomorskiy<\/strong>, potting them up into larger 1-gallon pots indoors and growing them out for 10 weeks gives them a massive head start once they hit the dirt!<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>\ud83d\udccc Quick Summary (TL;DR): Gigant Chernomorskiy (Black Sea Giant) \ud83c\udf0d Origin: A fantastic commercial\/heirloom variety from Russia\/Ukraine. The name translates directly to &#8220;Black Sea Giant&#8221;. \ud83c\udf3f Plant Habit: Indeterminate (tall), usually growing to about 5.5 to 6 ft (1.7 &#8211; 1.8 m) in a greenhouse. It is vigorous enough to be pruned to 2 or &#8230; <a title=\"Gigant Chernomorskiy (Black Sea Giant) Tomato Review\" class=\"read-more\" href=\"https:\/\/www.tomat-pomidor.com\/en\/gigant-chernomorskiy\/\" aria-label=\"Read more about Gigant Chernomorskiy (Black Sea Giant) Tomato Review\">Read more<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":3853,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1,65,5],"tags":[272,72,11,82,23,15],"class_list":["post-3853","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-beefsteak-large-slicers","category-pink-tomatoes","category-russian-eastern-european-heirlooms","tag-dark-pink-beefsteak","tag-greenhouse-tomato","tag-huge-tomato","tag-meaty-tomato","tag-mid-season","tag-sweet-flavor"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.tomat-pomidor.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3853","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=3853"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/www.tomat-pomidor.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3853\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":3855,"href":"https:\/\/www.tomat-pomidor.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3853\/revisions\/3855"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.tomat-pomidor.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3853"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.tomat-pomidor.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=3853"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.tomat-pomidor.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=3853"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.tomat-pomidor.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=3853"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}