{"id":3856,"date":"2026-09-28T12:28:38","date_gmt":"2026-09-28T12:28:38","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.tomat-pomidor.com\/en\/?p=3856"},"modified":"2026-09-28T12:28:38","modified_gmt":"2026-09-28T12:28:38","slug":"gosudar-f1","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.tomat-pomidor.com\/en\/gosudar-f1\/","title":{"rendered":"Gosudar F1 (Sovereign) 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;3856&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;Gosudar F1 (Sovereign) 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): Gosudar F1 (Sovereign)<\/h3>\n<ul>\n<li>\ud83c\udf0d <strong>Origin:<\/strong> A commercial Russian F1 hybrid. (Note: Because it is a true F1 hybrid, seeds saved from this tomato will not grow true to type next year).<\/li>\n<li>\ud83c\udf3f <strong>Plant Habit:<\/strong> Determinate (bush). Seed packets rate it at 2.3-2.6 ft (70-80 cm), but grown under cover in a greenhouse, it easily pushes up to 3.3-4.5 ft (100-140 cm).<\/li>\n<li>\ud83c\udf45 <strong>Fruit Characteristics:<\/strong> Smooth, evenly red, round fruits with a cute little &#8220;beak&#8221; (tip) on the blossom end. They are extremely dense, multi-locular, and have very thick walls. Weight is around 5.3-6.3 oz (150-180 g).<\/li>\n<li>\ud83d\udc45 <strong>Flavor &amp; Quirks:<\/strong> An incredible lesson in tomato patience! Early in the season, it can taste hard and sour (like a winter supermarket tomato). But if given enough late-summer heat, that thick wall softens into a meaty, tangy, and fabulously delicious slicing tomato that doesn&#8217;t turn to mush.<\/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\">N<\/div>\n<div class=\"author-meta\">\n<div class=\"author-name\">Nata N. (Natalya) <span class=\"author-stats\">\u2b50 Pro Grower (37,044 posts)<\/span><\/div>\n<div class=\"author-geo\">\ud83d\udccd Dmitrovka, Moscow Region (USDA Zone 4)<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"post-content\">\n<p>Seed packet description: <em>&#8220;Early ripening hybrid for open ground and plastic hoop houses. Time from germination to fruiting is 95-100 days. Determinate plant, 2.3-2.6 ft (70-80 cm) tall. Fruits are round with a &#8216;beak&#8217; on the blossom end, smooth, very dense, multi-locular, evenly red. Weight is 5.3-6.3 oz (150-180 g). Beautiful and tasty fruits with an attractive shape. High firmness and great shelf life. Good for salads\/slicing.&#8221;<\/em><\/p>\n<p>My photos: A beautifully shaped bush, fruits well. It was the very first one to set fruit, but the ripening happens a bit slower than Bull&#8217;s Heart. Height in the greenhouse is 3.3-4.5 ft (100-140 cm). We picked the first ripe fruits on day 103. The taste is on the sour side.<\/p>\n<div class=\"post-images\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.tomat-pomidor.com\/uploads\/newforum\/galleries\/126\/18804-270616005237-126411467.jpeg\"><br \/>\n<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.tomat-pomidor.com\/uploads\/newforum\/galleries\/126\/thumb_18804-270616005237-126411467.jpeg\" alt=\"Gosudar F1 seed packet\" width=\"85\" height=\"160\" \/><br \/>\n<\/a><br \/>\n<a href=\"https:\/\/www.tomat-pomidor.com\/uploads\/newforum\/galleries\/127\/18804-010716073915.jpeg\"><br \/>\n<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.tomat-pomidor.com\/uploads\/newforum\/galleries\/127\/thumb_18804-010716073915.jpeg\" alt=\"Green tomatoes with a blossom end beak\" width=\"160\" height=\"119\" \/><br \/>\n<\/a><br \/>\n<a href=\"https:\/\/www.tomat-pomidor.com\/uploads\/newforum\/galleries\/128\/18804-020716132755-1278891121.jpeg\"><br \/>\n<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.tomat-pomidor.com\/uploads\/newforum\/galleries\/128\/thumb_18804-020716132755-1278891121.jpeg\" alt=\"Red Gosudar F1 tomato ripening on vine\" width=\"160\" height=\"160\" \/><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\">Nata N. (Natalya) <span class=\"author-stats\">\u2b50 Pro Grower (37,044 posts)<\/span><\/div>\n<div class=\"author-geo\">\ud83d\udccd Dmitrovka, Moscow Region (USDA Zone 4)<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"post-content\">\n<p>Photo of the sliced fruit: I don&#8217;t like the taste at all. I even let it ripen longer on the vine\u2014this one hung there fully ripe for about 10 days.<\/p>\n<p>It tastes like those glassy store-bought tomatoes. And I have 11 of these bushes growing \ud83d\ude22 \ud83d\ude22 in a prime greenhouse spot. I will never plant this again.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.tomat-pomidor.com\/uploads\/newforum\/galleries\/129\/18804-070716030254.jpeg\"><br \/>\n<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.tomat-pomidor.com\/uploads\/newforum\/galleries\/129\/thumb_18804-070716030254.jpeg\" alt=\"Sliced thick walled Gosudar tomato\" width=\"160\" height=\"119\" \/><br \/>\n<\/a><\/p>\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\">Nata N. (Natalya) <span class=\"author-stats\">\u2b50 Pro Grower (37,044 posts)<\/span><\/div>\n<div class=\"author-geo\">\ud83d\udccd Dmitrovka, Moscow Region (USDA Zone 4)<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"post-content\">\n<p>Boys and girls, I want to add an update: by the end of August, it became fabulously delicious!<\/p>\n<p>My family specifically picks this one out in the greenhouse now\u2014it&#8217;s not overly mushy like the thin-skinned varieties. The thick, meaty walls have a nice tang and excellent flavor. Once again, it confirms the theory that there are no bad-tasting tomatoes, some just need more time (and heat) than others.<\/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 F1 Hybrids &amp; Summer Heat:<\/strong><br \/>\nNatalya&#8217;s thread is the perfect example of why you should never judge a tomato by its first flush!<\/p>\n<p>Commercial F1 hybrids like <strong>Gosudar<\/strong> are intentionally bred with thick walls and high firmness so they have a long shelf life and don&#8217;t crack. Early in the season (June\/July), when the sun isn&#8217;t at its absolute peak, these thick-walled hybrids simply don&#8217;t have the heat units required to convert their starches into sugars, leaving them tasting like &#8220;glassy supermarket tomatoes.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>But if you leave those exact same thick-walled tomatoes on the vine during the blistering heat of August? The intense sun finally breaks down those starches, transforming the hard walls into a rich, tangy, meaty slicer that holds up perfectly on a sandwich without turning to mush!<\/p><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>\ud83d\udccc Quick Summary (TL;DR): Gosudar F1 (Sovereign) \ud83c\udf0d Origin: A commercial Russian F1 hybrid. (Note: Because it is a true F1 hybrid, seeds saved from this tomato will not grow true to type next year). \ud83c\udf3f Plant Habit: Determinate (bush). 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