{"id":3999,"date":"2026-09-30T09:21:06","date_gmt":"2026-09-30T09:21:06","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.tomat-pomidor.com\/en\/?p=3999"},"modified":"2026-09-30T09:31:30","modified_gmt":"2026-09-30T09:31:30","slug":"dacostas-portuguese","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.tomat-pomidor.com\/en\/dacostas-portuguese\/","title":{"rendered":"DaCosta&#8217;s Portuguese 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;3999&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;DaCosta\\u0026#039;s Portuguese 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): DaCosta&#8217;s Portuguese<\/h3>\n<ul>\n<li>\ud83c\udf0d <strong>Origin:<\/strong> A highly prized heirloom variety originally sourced from Portugal, widely distributed among private seed collectors globally. Known for producing absolutely massive, deeply colored pink\/magenta beefsteaks.<\/li>\n<li>\ud83c\udf3f <strong>Plant Habit:<\/strong> Indeterminate. A generative plant type, meaning it focuses its energy on setting heavy fruit rather than pushing massive amounts of foliage. Interestingly, growers frequently report this variety segregating into both <strong>Regular Leaf (RL)<\/strong> and <strong>Potato Leaf (PL)<\/strong> versions, with both producing excellent fruit.<\/li>\n<li>\ud83c\udf45 <strong>Fruit Characteristics:<\/strong> Giant, deeply ribbed, dark pink\/raspberry beefsteaks. They often exceed 1-1.5 lbs (450-700 g). The flesh is incredibly dense, buttery, and meaty, often containing almost no seeds.<\/li>\n<li>\ud83d\udc45 <strong>Flavor:<\/strong> A classic, rich, old-fashioned tomato flavor. Sweet but perfectly balanced with enough acidity to make it complex.<\/li>\n<li>\u26a0\ufe0f <strong>Grower Notes:<\/strong> Due to their sheer size and meaty nature, saving seeds can be very difficult (some massive fruits only contain 3-4 seeds total!). Susceptible to green\/yellow shoulders if exposed to extreme heat or if lacking Potassium.<\/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\">ElenaN (Elena) <span class=\"author-stats\">\u2b50 Pro Grower (28,513 posts)<\/span><\/div>\n<div class=\"author-geo\">\ud83d\udccd Kostroma, Russia (USDA Zone 4)<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"post-content\">\n<p>DaCosta&#8217;s Portuguese. A productive and very tasty slicing variety. Grown outdoors in the open ground, the fruits weighed around 7-10.5 oz (200-300 grams). I pruned them to a double leader (2 stems). The color of the fruits is very beautiful and unusual, a deep dark pink. The tomatoes are juicy, and in mid-summer, they had a very rich, true tomato flavor with a great sweetness.<\/p>\n<p>Towards late fall, the taste definitely changed for the worse, but I think the reason is that I completely stopped feeding and fertilizing them. The very first fruits cracked slightly at the blossom end, but the subsequent ones were perfectly smooth. I would classify it as a mid-season variety. It has definitely entered my favorites list \ud83d\ude0b! Unfortunately, I didn&#8217;t get a photo of them on the vine. \ud83e\udd2b And I&#8217;m already completely out of seeds.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.tomat-pomidor.com\/uploads\/newforum\/galleries\/0\/thumb_111-281013102417.jpeg\" alt=\"Ripe DaCosta's Portuguese tomatoes\" width=\"160\" height=\"128\" \/><br \/>\n<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.tomat-pomidor.com\/uploads\/newforum\/attachments01\/59797_7b670592d2dca5f176dce5d043e18f6068427d72.jpg\" alt=\"Dark pink DaCosta's Portuguese tomato\" width=\"282\" height=\"293\" \/><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"forum-post\">\n<div class=\"author-header\">\n<div class=\"forum-avatar\">G<\/div>\n<div class=\"author-meta\">\n<div class=\"author-name\">Garmoniya (Irina) <span class=\"author-stats\">\u2b50 Pro Grower (2,337 posts)<\/span><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"post-content\">\n<p>I am very happy with DaCosta. Productive, tasty, with sugary-sweet flesh. My largest fruit was 16 oz (450g), pruned to 2 stems. I grow it regularly.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.tomat-pomidor.com\/uploads\/newforum\/galleries\/3\/thumb_11403-041213044444.jpeg\" alt=\"Weighing a large DaCosta's Portuguese tomato\" width=\"160\" height=\"120\" \/><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"forum-post\">\n<div class=\"author-header\">\n<div class=\"forum-avatar\">A<\/div>\n<div class=\"author-meta\">\n<div class=\"author-name\">AlexanderS (Alexander) <span class=\"author-stats\">\u2b50 Pro Grower (9,879 posts)<\/span><\/div>\n<div class=\"author-geo\">\ud83d\udccd Yaroslavl Region, Russia (USDA Zone 4)<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"post-content\">\n<p>Ladies, could you tell me please, I assume it&#8217;s an indeterminate since you&#8217;re pruning it to 2 stems?<\/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\">ElenaN (Elena) <span class=\"author-stats\">\u2b50 Pro Grower (28,513 posts)<\/span><\/div>\n<div class=\"author-geo\">\ud83d\udccd Kostroma, Russia (USDA Zone 4)<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"post-content\">\n<p>Yes, I totally forgot to mention that it is an indeterminate variety.<\/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\">vikysia <span class=\"author-stats\">\u2b50 Pro Grower (2,865 posts)<\/span><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"post-content\">\n<p>It set fruit beautifully and ripened perfectly for me outdoors. Large, meaty, and sweet. I really liked it! \ud83d\udc4d<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"forum-post\">\n<div class=\"author-header\">\n<div class=\"forum-avatar\">R<\/div>\n<div class=\"author-meta\">\n<div class=\"author-name\">Russi (Anna) <span class=\"author-stats\">\u2b50 Pro Grower (1,275 posts)<\/span><\/div>\n<div class=\"author-geo\">\ud83d\udccd Ramensky District, Russia (USDA Zone 4)<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"post-content\">\n<p>My DaCosta (seeds from Popenko) grew in the hoop house. Extremely happy with this variety.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.tomat-pomidor.com\/uploads\/newforum\/galleries\/7\/thumb_11867-270114130521.jpeg\" alt=\"Beautiful pink DaCosta's Portuguese tomato\" width=\"157\" height=\"160\" \/><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"forum-post\">\n<div class=\"author-header\">\n<div class=\"forum-avatar\">A<\/div>\n<div class=\"author-meta\">\n<div class=\"author-name\">Avis-s (Nina) <span class=\"author-stats\">\ud83d\udc64 User (252 posts)<\/span><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"post-content\">\n<p>I like it too, seeds also from Popenko. Grew it for the first time last year, had ones hitting 1.7 lbs (800 g) and bigger. Planted it again this year)<\/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 (Svetlana) <span class=\"author-stats\">\u2b50 Pro Grower (29,374 posts)<\/span><\/div>\n<div class=\"author-geo\">\ud83d\udccd Stupino District, Russia (USDA Zone 4)<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"post-content\">\n<p>Seeds from ElenaN \ud83c\udf38 Grew in the greenhouse, amazing yield on 3 main stems \ud83d\udc4d\ud83d\udc4d\ud83d\udc4d I even needed to add extra stakes and string them up to the ceiling because the vines were collapsing onto all the neighbors under the weight of the fruit \ud83d\ude04 Taste is a solid 4 out of 5. They got yellow shoulders from too much sun, we barely had any rain this summer \ud83d\ude1b<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.tomat-pomidor.com\/uploads\/newforum\/galleries\/33\/thumb_166-070914133348.jpeg\" alt=\"Heavy cluster of DaCosta's Portuguese tomatoes\" width=\"120\" height=\"160\" \/><br \/>\n<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.tomat-pomidor.com\/uploads\/newforum\/galleries\/33\/thumb_166-070914133149.jpeg\" alt=\"Yellow shoulders on DaCosta's Portuguese\" width=\"160\" height=\"120\" \/><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"forum-post\">\n<div class=\"author-header\">\n<div class=\"forum-avatar\">G<\/div>\n<div class=\"author-meta\">\n<div class=\"author-name\">Galina P. (Galina) <span class=\"author-stats\">\u2b50 Pro Grower (37,710 posts)<\/span><\/div>\n<div class=\"author-geo\">\ud83d\udccd Chekhov District, Russia (USDA Zone 4)<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"post-content\">\n<p>My seeds were also from Elena, but I had almost no yellow shoulders. And almost no seeds either! \ud83d\ude42 A really good tomato! \ud83d\udc4d Grew outdoors.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.tomat-pomidor.com\/uploads\/newforum\/galleries\/43\/thumb_125-021214112819.jpeg\" alt=\"Meaty slice of DaCosta's Portuguese with no seeds\" width=\"160\" height=\"89\" \/><br \/>\n<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.tomat-pomidor.com\/uploads\/newforum\/galleries\/43\/thumb_125-021214112740.jpeg\" alt=\"Large slice of DaCosta tomato\" width=\"160\" height=\"89\" \/><br \/>\n<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.tomat-pomidor.com\/uploads\/newforum\/galleries\/43\/thumb_125-021214112656.jpeg\" alt=\"DaCosta's Portuguese on scale\" width=\"160\" height=\"89\" \/><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"forum-post\">\n<div class=\"author-header\">\n<div class=\"forum-avatar\">P<\/div>\n<div class=\"author-meta\">\n<div class=\"author-name\">PanIrina <span class=\"author-stats\">\u2b50 Pro Grower (1,208 posts)<\/span><\/div>\n<div class=\"author-geo\">\ud83d\udccd Nizhny Novgorod Region, Russia (USDA Zone 4)<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"post-content\">\n<p>I loved this variety \ud83d\udc4d Beautiful, large, and very delicious tomatoes.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.tomat-pomidor.com\/uploads\/newforum\/galleries\/28\/thumb_12435-040814033554.jpeg\" alt=\"Beautiful pink DaCosta's Portuguese tomato\" width=\"160\" height=\"120\" \/><\/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\">ElenaN (Elena) <span class=\"author-stats\">\u2b50 Pro Grower (28,513 posts)<\/span><\/div>\n<div class=\"author-geo\">\ud83d\udccd Kostroma, Russia (USDA Zone 4)<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"post-content\">\n<p>This year I grew DaCosta in the greenhouse, not outdoors like last year. Maybe that&#8217;s why the taste wasn&#8217;t a perfect 5 for me this time, but a 4+, just like for Svetlana.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.tomat-pomidor.com\/uploads\/newforum\/galleries\/40\/thumb_111-091114034934.jpeg\" alt=\"Harvested DaCosta tomatoes\" width=\"160\" height=\"105\" \/><br \/>\n<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.tomat-pomidor.com\/uploads\/newforum\/galleries\/40\/thumb_111-091114033410.jpeg\" alt=\"Huge DaCosta tomato on the plant\" width=\"125\" height=\"160\" \/><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"forum-post\">\n<div class=\"author-header\">\n<div class=\"forum-avatar\">A<\/div>\n<div class=\"author-meta\">\n<div class=\"author-name\">AlexanderS (Alexander) <span class=\"author-stats\">\u2b50 Pro Grower (9,879 posts)<\/span><\/div>\n<div class=\"author-geo\">\ud83d\udccd Yaroslavl Region, Russia (USDA Zone 4)<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"post-content\">\n<p>My DaCosta also grew in the greenhouse, seeds also from ElenaN \ud83c\udf38 &#8211; tasty, large tomatoes with an average weight of 10.4 oz (295g)&#8230; only one downside for me, I didn&#8217;t get that long-awaited &#8220;neon&#8221; glow from the skin \ud83d\ude09<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.tomat-pomidor.com\/uploads\/newforum\/galleries\/28\/thumb_10507-300714050958.jpeg\" alt=\"DaCosta tomato weighing 295g\" width=\"120\" height=\"160\" \/><br \/>\n<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.tomat-pomidor.com\/uploads\/newforum\/galleries\/30\/thumb_10507-090814025118.jpeg\" alt=\"Harvest of DaCosta's Portuguese tomatoes\" width=\"160\" height=\"120\" \/><\/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\">IrinaA (Irina) <span class=\"author-stats\">\u2b50 Pro Grower (5,492 posts)<\/span><\/div>\n<div class=\"author-geo\">\ud83d\udccd Sverdlovsk Region, Russia (USDA Zone 3)<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"post-content\">\n<p>Loved the variety! Thanks ElenaN for the seeds. Grew it to two stems, very productive, massive fruits. A couple of the bottom ones cracked, but the rest didn&#8217;t. I won&#8217;t comment on the taste, our weather was completely awful, and it ruined the flavor of everything.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.tomat-pomidor.com\/uploads\/newforum\/galleries\/30\/thumb_12-120814101202.jpeg\" alt=\"Large DaCosta tomato\" width=\"120\" height=\"160\" \/><br \/>\n<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.tomat-pomidor.com\/uploads\/newforum\/galleries\/31\/thumb_12-190814104658.jpeg\" alt=\"Basket of DaCosta tomatoes\" width=\"160\" height=\"120\" \/><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"forum-post\">\n<div class=\"author-header\">\n<div class=\"forum-avatar\">P<\/div>\n<div class=\"author-meta\">\n<div class=\"author-name\">Pani Tomat (Irina) <span class=\"author-stats\">\u2b50 Pro Grower (8,773 posts)<\/span><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"post-content\">\n<p>I liked the variety, productive and tasty, plus it sets fruit really well in a hoop house.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.tomat-pomidor.com\/uploads\/newforum\/attachments01\/62243_4896481c565863583591391abb786821f0443ad0.jpg\" alt=\"DaCosta's Portuguese on scale\" width=\"700\" height=\"526\" \/><\/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\">Sadovod (Vladimir) <span class=\"author-stats\">\ud83d\udc64 User (72 posts)<\/span><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"post-content\">\n<p>Dear Elena N, thank you for DaCosta&#8217;s Portuguese. It was my #1 tomato in the greenhouse in 2014.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"forum-post\">\n<div class=\"author-header\">\n<div class=\"forum-avatar\">P<\/div>\n<div class=\"author-meta\">\n<div class=\"author-name\">Pani Tomat (Irina) <span class=\"author-stats\">\u2b50 Pro Grower (8,773 posts)<\/span><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"post-content\">\n<p>DaCosta&#8217;s Portuguese 2015:<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.tomat-pomidor.com\/uploads\/newforum\/galleries\/78\/13618-260715152502.jpeg\" alt=\"Beautiful pink DaCosta's Portuguese tomato\" width=\"750\" height=\"1000\" \/><\/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\">ilja (Ilya) <span class=\"author-stats\">\ud83d\udc64 User (758 posts)<\/span><\/div>\n<div class=\"author-geo\">\ud83d\udccd Klin District, Moscow Region (USDA Zone 4)<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"post-content\">\n<p>DaCosta made me really happy with a delicious harvest too. I will be planting it again next season.<\/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\">elsa30 (Natalya) <span class=\"author-stats\">\u2b50 Pro Grower (5,117 posts)<\/span><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"post-content\">\n<p>DaCosta is just something else!!!! The discovery of the year for us! It was one of the earliest to ripen, and one of the absolute sweetest. And it gave me my biggest tomato of the year, almost 2 lbs (900g). The plant is indeterminate, not flimsy at all, but not a huge sprawling monster either, just medium vigor. It sets massive fruits. Right now they have green shoulders, but that&#8217;s probably my fault in managing the climate&#8230;<\/p>\n<p>The sugar levels are off the charts (the only thing sweeter was Orange Russian). Long story short, this variety is staying with me forever!!!!<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.tomat-pomidor.com\/uploads\/newforum\/galleries\/88\/thumb_12016-030915015212.jpeg\" alt=\"Giant DaCosta tomato\" width=\"111\" height=\"160\" \/><br \/>\n<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.tomat-pomidor.com\/uploads\/newforum\/galleries\/84\/thumb_12016-190815073230.jpeg\" alt=\"DaCosta tomato weighing close to 900g\" width=\"89\" height=\"160\" \/><br \/>\n<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.tomat-pomidor.com\/uploads\/newforum\/galleries\/81\/thumb_12016-070815034148.jpeg\" alt=\"Green shoulders on DaCosta tomato\" width=\"89\" height=\"160\" \/><br \/>\n<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.tomat-pomidor.com\/uploads\/newforum\/galleries\/88\/thumb_12016-030915015144.jpeg\" alt=\"Slice of DaCosta tomato\" width=\"160\" height=\"150\" \/><\/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\">Lana_s_Kavkaza (Svetlana) <span class=\"author-stats\">\u2b50 Pro Grower (19,268 posts)<\/span><\/div>\n<div class=\"author-geo\">\ud83d\udccd Pyatigorsk, Russia (USDA Zone 6)<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"post-content\">\n<p>Liked the variety, did great both in the greenhouse and outdoors. Only thing is it didn&#8217;t ripen early for me; it acted as a mid-season inside and was late outdoors.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.tomat-pomidor.com\/uploads\/newforum\/galleries\/84\/thumb_5102-170815155856.jpeg\" alt=\"DaCosta tomatoes on the vine\" width=\"160\" height=\"120\" \/><br \/>\n<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.tomat-pomidor.com\/uploads\/newforum\/galleries\/88\/thumb_5102-020915154214.jpeg\" alt=\"Harvested DaCosta's Portuguese tomatoes\" width=\"120\" height=\"160\" \/><\/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\">Valeriy1968 (Valeriy) <span class=\"author-stats\">\u2b50 Pro Grower (1,504 posts)<\/span><\/div>\n<div class=\"author-geo\">\ud83d\udccd Vologda, Russia (USDA Zone 3)<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"post-content\">\n<p>I am totally surprised by this variety. The first fruits just started ripening. Not only is it one of the heaviest yielders, but the taste is super! In this rotten, damp summer, DaCosta delivered a very bright, sharp tomato flavor packed with sweetness. Grew in a poly greenhouse, pruned to 2 stems, yield was about 11 lbs (5 kg) per plant. I&#8217;m just kicking myself that I only planted three bushes. It&#8217;s permanently on my grow list now! \ud83d\udc4f<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"forum-post\">\n<div class=\"author-header\">\n<div class=\"forum-avatar\">A<\/div>\n<div class=\"author-meta\">\n<div class=\"author-name\">Andreevna (Irina) <span class=\"author-stats\">\ud83d\udc64 User (183 posts)<\/span><\/div>\n<div class=\"author-geo\">\ud83d\udccd Vologda Region, Russia (USDA Zone 3)<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"post-content\">\n<p>Could you guys advise me&#8230; is it too late to sow DaCosta right now? I just got my hands on the seeds&#8230;<\/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\">elsa30 (Natalya) <span class=\"author-stats\">\u2b50 Pro Grower (5,117 posts)<\/span><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"post-content\">\n<blockquote><p><strong>Andreevna said:<\/strong><br \/>\nCould you guys advise me&#8230; is it too late to sow DaCosta right now? I just got my hands on the seeds&#8230;<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>I think you&#8217;re fine to plant it, Irina! It acts like an early variety.<\/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\">Katya iz Kieva (Katya) <span class=\"author-stats\">\u2b50 Pro Grower (7,028 posts)<\/span><\/div>\n<div class=\"author-geo\">\ud83d\udccd 40 km west of Paris, France (USDA Zone 8)<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"post-content\">\n<p>My DaCosta is from ElenaN. Huge thanks to her for the seeds! A very productive and beautiful tomato. Pretty tasty, but honestly almost too big to eat just like that (the first truss had 3 tomatoes weighing over a pound \/ 500g each!). The largest one ended up being almost 1.5 lbs (700 grams)!<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.tomat-pomidor.com\/uploads\/newforum\/galleries\/146\/thumb_826-180916064716-146572497.jpeg\" alt=\"Massive DaCosta tomato on plant\" width=\"160\" height=\"120\" \/><br \/>\n<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.tomat-pomidor.com\/uploads\/newforum\/galleries\/146\/thumb_826-180916080206.jpeg\" alt=\"DaCosta tomatoes harvested\" width=\"160\" height=\"120\" \/><br \/>\n<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.tomat-pomidor.com\/uploads\/newforum\/galleries\/146\/thumb_826-180916090928.jpeg\" alt=\"Huge sliced DaCosta tomato\" width=\"160\" height=\"120\" \/><br \/>\n<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.tomat-pomidor.com\/uploads\/newforum\/galleries\/146\/thumb_826-180916085718.jpeg\" alt=\"Scale showing 700g DaCosta tomato\" width=\"120\" height=\"160\" \/><br \/>\n<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.tomat-pomidor.com\/uploads\/newforum\/galleries\/146\/thumb_826-180916064715-1465612272.jpeg\" alt=\"Giant pink beefsteak tomato\" width=\"160\" height=\"120\" \/><br \/>\n<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.tomat-pomidor.com\/uploads\/newforum\/galleries\/146\/thumb_826-180916075901.jpeg\" alt=\"Dense meaty tomato slice\" width=\"160\" height=\"120\" \/><\/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\">Olga Sh (Olga) <span class=\"author-stats\">\ud83d\udee1\ufe0f Moderator (2,748 posts)<\/span><\/div>\n<div class=\"author-geo\">\ud83d\udccd Tula, Russia (USDA Zone 4)<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"post-content\">\n<p>I am also very happy with DaCosta. This year it was even more productive, larger, and just as tasty as last year. I will absolutely keep planting it. This was my biggest tomato.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.tomat-pomidor.com\/uploads\/newforum\/galleries\/146\/thumb_13710-190916092318-1465732387.jpeg\" alt=\"Giant DaCosta tomato held in hand\" width=\"89\" height=\"160\" \/><br \/>\n<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.tomat-pomidor.com\/uploads\/newforum\/galleries\/146\/thumb_13710-160916161146-1464181480.jpeg\" alt=\"Massive DaCosta tomato hanging on vine\" width=\"89\" height=\"160\" \/><\/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\">Olgunchik (Olga) <span class=\"author-stats\">\ud83d\udc64 User (36 posts)<\/span><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"post-content\">\n<p>I liked the variety too, it&#8217;s wonderful&#8230; \ud83d\ude0b Sveta, thank you!!!<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"forum-post\">\n<div class=\"author-header\">\n<div class=\"forum-avatar\">A<\/div>\n<div class=\"author-meta\">\n<div class=\"author-name\">Aglaya (Olga) <span class=\"author-stats\">\u2b50 Pro Grower (3,132 posts)<\/span><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"post-content\">\n<p>Tell me, is this variety super juicy or is it more meaty\/sugary? Does it have at least a little bit of acidity\/tang?<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"forum-post\">\n<div class=\"author-header\">\n<div class=\"forum-avatar\">Z<\/div>\n<div class=\"author-meta\">\n<div class=\"author-name\">zastenchivaya (Elena) <span class=\"author-stats\">\u2b50 Pro Grower (2,986 posts)<\/span><\/div>\n<div class=\"author-geo\">\ud83d\udccd Lipetsk, Russia (USDA Zone 5)<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"post-content\">\n<p>The tomatoes are juicy, there is definitely a tang, and the flavor is very well balanced \ud83d\ude0b\ud83d\ude0b\ud83d\ude0b Here is mine grown from a fused megabloom.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.tomat-pomidor.com\/uploads\/newforum\/galleries\/136\/13880-020816150730.jpeg\" alt=\"Giant misshapen DaCosta's Portuguese from a megabloom\" width=\"1000\" height=\"561\" \/><\/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\">Elena 62 (Elena) <span class=\"author-stats\">\u2b50 Pro Grower (2,063 posts)<\/span><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"post-content\">\n<p>DaCosta grew in the greenhouse, pruned to a single leader just like everything else I grew this year. Large tomatoes, tasty and beautiful. I was really pleased with how early they ripened, which is a huge plus in our climate zone. It only had about 3 tomatoes per cluster, but they were quite heavy. \ud83e\udd37\u200d\u2640\ufe0f I&#8217;ll definitely plant it again.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.tomat-pomidor.com\/uploads\/newforum\/galleries\/151\/thumb_17239-301016150059.jpeg\" alt=\"DaCosta tomatoes ripening on vine\" width=\"160\" height=\"89\" \/><\/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\">ilja (Ilya) <span class=\"author-stats\">\ud83d\udc64 User (758 posts)<\/span><\/div>\n<div class=\"author-geo\">\ud83d\udccd Klin District, Moscow Region (USDA Zone 4)<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"post-content\">\n<p>Excellent, productive variety. This past season it rewarded me with delicious fruits once again.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.tomat-pomidor.com\/uploads\/newforum\/attachments01\/65288_0446d0560e4422305456fc99f67f447ad9924c60.jpg\" alt=\"Beautiful pink DaCosta's Portuguese tomatoes\" width=\"500\" height=\"500\" \/><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"forum-post\">\n<div class=\"author-header\">\n<div class=\"forum-avatar\">M<\/div>\n<div class=\"author-meta\">\n<div class=\"author-name\">Myaus (Olga) <span class=\"author-stats\">\u2b50 Pro Grower (1,991 posts)<\/span><\/div>\n<div class=\"author-geo\">\ud83d\udccd Ivanovo, Russia (USDA Zone 4)<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"post-content\">\n<p>Can anyone tell me what leaf type DaCosta is supposed to have? I have two seedlings with Regular Leaf and one with Potato Leaf. Which one is correct? Growing it for the first time.<\/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\">Nik <span class=\"author-stats\">\u2b50 Pro Grower (1,732 posts)<\/span><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"post-content\">\n<blockquote><p><strong>Myaus said:<\/strong><br \/>\nCan anyone tell me what leaf type DaCosta is supposed to have? I have two seedlings with Regular Leaf and one with Potato Leaf. Which one is correct?<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>Mine is Regular Leaf, not PL. I&#8217;m growing it for the third year, it&#8217;s the real deal.<\/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\">EvgeniyaM (Evgeniya) <span class=\"author-stats\">\ud83d\udc64 User (428 posts)<\/span><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"post-content\">\n<p>I sowed it this year too. Do you guys need to support\/tie up the fruit trusses?<\/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\">Tata55 (Natalya) <span class=\"author-stats\">\ud83d\udc64 User (404 posts)<\/span><\/div>\n<div class=\"author-geo\">\ud83d\udccd Lukhovitsy District, Moscow Region (USDA Zone 4)<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"post-content\">\n<p>I really wanted this variety. First time growing it. I have 2 plants in the greenhouse. Both from the same seed source. Both plants are doing great, setting fruit without dropping blossoms, the bush structure and leaf type are identical. BUT&#8230; one is producing oblate (flattened) fruits, and the other is throwing hearts. Which one is true? Which one should I save seeds from?<\/p>\n<p>I guess I&#8217;ll decide based on the final ripe fruit? (If we actually get any this season&#8230;)<\/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\">Cherry (Olga) <span class=\"author-stats\">\u2b50 Pro Grower (6,822 posts)<\/span><\/div>\n<div class=\"author-geo\">\ud83d\udccd Baranovichi, Belarus (USDA Zone 5)<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"post-content\">\n<blockquote><p><strong>Tata55 said:<\/strong><br \/>\n&#8230;BUT&#8230; one is producing oblate (flattened) fruits, and the other is throwing hearts. Which one is true? Which one should I save seeds from?<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>The true one is oblate.<\/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\">Tata55 (Natalya) <span class=\"author-stats\">\ud83d\udc64 User (404 posts)<\/span><\/div>\n<div class=\"author-geo\">\ud83d\udccd Lukhovitsy District, Moscow Region (USDA Zone 4)<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"post-content\">\n<p>Thank you!<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"forum-post\">\n<div class=\"author-header\">\n<div class=\"forum-avatar\">A<\/div>\n<div class=\"author-meta\">\n<div class=\"author-name\">ALIANNA (Galina) <span class=\"author-stats\">\u2b50 Pro Grower (8,189 posts)<\/span><\/div>\n<div class=\"author-geo\">\ud83d\udccd Stavropol Territory, Russia (USDA Zone 6)<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"post-content\">\n<p>A wonderful variety &#8211; productive and incredibly tasty, it&#8217;s earned a permanent spot in my garden.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"forum-post\">\n<div class=\"author-header\">\n<div class=\"forum-avatar\">U<\/div>\n<div class=\"author-meta\">\n<div class=\"author-name\">una (Natalya) <span class=\"author-stats\">\ud83d\udc64 User (963 posts)<\/span><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"post-content\">\n<p>Grew it for the first time this year. I was deeply impressed, saved seeds, and it will be one of my favorites for many years to come, I hope.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"forum-post\">\n<div class=\"author-header\">\n<div class=\"forum-avatar\">M<\/div>\n<div class=\"author-meta\">\n<div class=\"author-name\">Myaus (Olga) <span class=\"author-stats\">\u2b50 Pro Grower (1,991 posts)<\/span><\/div>\n<div class=\"author-geo\">\ud83d\udccd Ivanovo, Russia (USDA Zone 4)<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"post-content\">\n<p>Excellent variety! But my seeds ended up segregating into Regular Leaf and Potato Leaf. I only had one seedling of each, so I kept both. The Potato Leaf version turned out to be earlier and more productive. I saved seeds from both, and will definitely plant them both again next season.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"forum-post\">\n<div class=\"author-header\">\n<div class=\"forum-avatar\">A<\/div>\n<div class=\"author-meta\">\n<div class=\"author-name\">amarant (Alla) <span class=\"author-stats\">\u2b50 Pro Grower (4,069 posts)<\/span><\/div>\n<div class=\"author-geo\">\ud83d\udccd Nizhny Novgorod, Russia (USDA Zone 4)<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"post-content\">\n<p>I grew DaCosta for the first time this year. Loved the taste and the yield, and the size totally blew me away. ALL the fruits were massive, not just on the bottom clusters, but all the way up the top of the vine too. Set fruit very well, barely dropped any blossoms. And despite the sheer size, it was actually one of my earliest to ripen. I will definitely repeat it.<\/p>\n<p>By the way, my single biggest tomato this season came from DaCosta. A total giant. The rest of the fruits were also ranging from 1 to 1.5 lbs (500-700 g). Also, despite being so huge, I barely managed to scrape any seeds out of them. Some fruits had literally zero seeds in them. \ud83e\udd37\u200d\u2640\ufe0f Well, here are photos of the plant.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.tomat-pomidor.com\/uploads\/newforum\/galleries\/185\/13612-010817160524.jpeg\" alt=\"Massive DaCosta tomato on the vine\" width=\"1000\" height=\"562\" \/><br \/>\n<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.tomat-pomidor.com\/uploads\/newforum\/galleries\/185\/13612-030817154106.jpeg\" alt=\"Large cluster of DaCosta's Portuguese tomatoes\" width=\"1000\" height=\"562\" \/><br \/>\n<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.tomat-pomidor.com\/uploads\/newforum\/galleries\/185\/13612-030817153744.jpeg\" alt=\"DaCosta tomatoes ripening in greenhouse\" width=\"1000\" height=\"562\" \/><br \/>\n<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.tomat-pomidor.com\/uploads\/newforum\/galleries\/185\/13612-010817160413.jpeg\" alt=\"Heavy yield of DaCosta tomatoes\" width=\"1000\" height=\"562\" \/><\/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\">TatianaSh (Tatiana) <span class=\"author-stats\">\u2b50 Pro Grower (5,471 posts)<\/span><\/div>\n<div class=\"author-geo\">\ud83d\udccd Ramensky District, Moscow Region (USDA Zone 4)<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"post-content\">\n<p>My single biggest fruit came from DaCosta this year too.<\/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\">Tatiana Kemerovo (Tatiana) <span class=\"author-stats\">\u2b50 Pro Grower (2,694 posts)<\/span><\/div>\n<div class=\"author-geo\">\ud83d\udccd Kemerovo, Russia (USDA Zone 3)<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"post-content\">\n<p>Well, thank God, third time&#8217;s the charm&#8211;DaCosta finally worked out for me! I had tried sowing seeds from different sources. This year the seeds were from Tomatinka (Vera). It was finally productive, tasty, and beautiful. I always pinch off fused megablooms. The fruits turned out uniformly large, over 10.5 oz (300g). Big thanks to Vera and the ladies who shared seeds with me! Now I&#8217;ll be planting from my own saved stash. \ud83c\udfa9<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.tomat-pomidor.com\/uploads\/newforum\/galleries\/194\/thumb_13391-280917022552.jpeg\" alt=\"Beautiful uniform DaCosta tomatoes\" width=\"120\" height=\"160\" \/><br \/>\n<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.tomat-pomidor.com\/uploads\/newforum\/galleries\/194\/thumb_13391-280917022747.jpeg\" alt=\"Harvest of DaCosta's Portuguese tomatoes\" width=\"120\" height=\"160\" \/><br \/>\n<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.tomat-pomidor.com\/uploads\/newforum\/galleries\/194\/thumb_13391-280917023050.jpeg\" alt=\"Meaty cross section of DaCosta tomato\" width=\"120\" height=\"160\" \/><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"forum-post\">\n<div class=\"author-header\">\n<div class=\"forum-avatar\">A<\/div>\n<div class=\"author-meta\">\n<div class=\"author-name\">ALIANNA (Galina) <span class=\"author-stats\">\u2b50 Pro Grower (8,189 posts)<\/span><\/div>\n<div class=\"author-geo\">\ud83d\udccd Stavropol Territory, Russia (USDA Zone 6)<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"post-content\">\n<p>The variety has absolutely no flaws, only merits: productive, beautiful, tasty, resistant to diseases and weather anomalies. Grew outdoors in the open ground.<\/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\">m_Kallista (Yulia) <span class=\"author-stats\">\u2b50 Pro Grower (9,801 posts)<\/span><\/div>\n<div class=\"author-geo\">\ud83d\udccd Neftegorsk, Russia (USDA Zone 4)<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"post-content\">\n<blockquote><p><strong>TatianaSh said:<\/strong><br \/>\nMy single biggest fruit came from DaCosta this year too.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>Ladies (Tanya and Alla)! I&#8217;ve been dying of curiosity but was too shy to ask &#8211; were your DaCostas grown from my seeds? If I&#8217;m not mistaken, I mailed you some. I&#8217;m just always curious to see what comes of my &#8220;offspring&#8221; \ud83d\ude0a and negative results are just as important to me, I want to know about them. My DaCosta was grown in the absolute best spot in the garden (in terms of soil fertility), it never got sick, so I confidently shared seeds from it. My original source was Irina from Kuban.<\/p>\n<p>Olga (Myaus), was that genetic segregation from my seeds too? \ud83d\udcdd<\/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\">TatianaSh (Tatiana) <span class=\"author-stats\">\u2b50 Pro Grower (5,471 posts)<\/span><\/div>\n<div class=\"author-geo\">\ud83d\udccd Ramensky District, Moscow Region (USDA Zone 4)<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"post-content\">\n<p>Yulia, my DaCosta wasn&#8217;t from your seeds, someone else gifted them to me earlier. Yours are still sitting in my stash, I will definitely plant them.<\/p>\n<p>I did plant Kursk Black from your seeds\u2014absolutely loved the flavor, but it wasn&#8217;t very productive. However, our summer was terrible \ud83d\ude23, and it was growing outdoors. I&#8217;ll definitely repeat it, but in the greenhouse next time.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"forum-post\">\n<div class=\"author-header\">\n<div class=\"forum-avatar\">M<\/div>\n<div class=\"author-meta\">\n<div class=\"author-name\">Myaus (Olga) <span class=\"author-stats\">\u2b50 Pro Grower (1,991 posts)<\/span><\/div>\n<div class=\"author-geo\">\ud83d\udccd Ivanovo, Russia (USDA Zone 4)<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"post-content\">\n<p>Yulia, yes, mine were from you! I had three plants. The third one threw very interesting tomatoes, these large meaty plum shapes, we nicknamed them &#8220;Bobyshki&#8221; (pouches\/ruffles). They were early and productive. At first, I thought they were going to be a truffle shape, but they just kept growing and growing. I&#8217;ll be growing out all the variants next year.<\/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\">m_Kallista (Yulia) <span class=\"author-stats\">\u2b50 Pro Grower (9,801 posts)<\/span><\/div>\n<div class=\"author-geo\">\ud83d\udccd Neftegorsk, Russia (USDA Zone 4)<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"post-content\">\n<blockquote><p><strong>Myaus said:<\/strong><br \/>\nYulia, yes, mine were from you! I had three plants. The third one threw very interesting tomatoes, these large meaty plum shapes&#8230;<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>Olga, wow, that is crazy! Vova Putin was growing on one side of my DaCosta&#8230; I can&#8217;t even remember what was on the other side&#8230; but I have no idea where plum\/pouch shapes could have come from \ud83e\udd14 And there were no Potato Leaf varieties growing anywhere near it \ud83d\ude04 Thanks for the report!<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"forum-post\">\n<div class=\"author-header\">\n<div class=\"forum-avatar\">M<\/div>\n<div class=\"author-meta\">\n<div class=\"author-name\">Murka (Masha) <span class=\"author-stats\">\u2b50 Pro Grower (9,718 posts)<\/span><\/div>\n<div class=\"author-geo\">\ud83d\udccd Nizhny Novgorod Region, Russia (USDA Zone 4)<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"post-content\">\n<blockquote><p><strong>m_Kallista said:<\/strong><br \/>\n&#8230;And there were no Potato Leaf varieties growing anywhere near it \ud83d\ude04 Thanks for the report!<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>Yulia, I had 1 seed from your batch come up as a Potato Leaf, but it died outdoors. The second plant grew into these sweet, raspberry-pink truffles with very thin skin. They weren&#8217;t huge, but they were so sweet that my family devoured every single one, I couldn&#8217;t even save any seeds! \ud83d\ude42<\/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\">m_Kallista (Yulia) <span class=\"author-stats\">\u2b50 Pro Grower (9,801 posts)<\/span><\/div>\n<div class=\"author-geo\">\ud83d\udccd Neftegorsk, Russia (USDA Zone 4)<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"post-content\">\n<blockquote><p><strong>Murka said:<\/strong><br \/>\n&#8230;The second plant grew into these sweet, raspberry-pink truffles with very thin skin. They weren&#8217;t huge, but they were so sweet&#8230;<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>Masha, thanks for letting me know! Otherwise, I would have never known about this crazy genetic soap opera with my seeds. Now I&#8217;m itching to sow my own saved DaCosta seeds\u2014I have about 5 left, I&#8217;ll plant them side-by-side with Irina&#8217;s original seeds just to compare. Very interesting!<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"forum-post\">\n<div class=\"author-header\">\n<div class=\"forum-avatar\">F<\/div>\n<div class=\"author-meta\">\n<div class=\"author-name\">FLOKSA (Olga) <span class=\"author-stats\">\ud83d\udc64 User (394 posts)<\/span><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"post-content\">\n<p>Yulia, I was also too shy to ask. One plant from your seeds gave me brown tomatoes with green shoulders, and another plant gave me red ones that almost seemed to have a neon glow. Both variants were oblate and super delicious, but the neon ones were all catfaced and misshapen. I saved seeds from both.<\/p>\n<p>Here are the ones I&#8217;m calling brown:<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.tomat-pomidor.com\/uploads\/newforum\/galleries\/197\/thumb_16640-311017090156.jpeg\" alt=\"Brown off-type DaCosta tomato\" width=\"89\" height=\"160\" \/><\/p>\n<p>And in the center of the table &#8211; the red (catfaced) ones:<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.tomat-pomidor.com\/uploads\/newforum\/galleries\/197\/thumb_16640-311017090530.jpeg\" alt=\"Red catfaced DaCosta off-type\" width=\"160\" height=\"89\" \/><\/p>\n<p>What color was your original? Wish I had a photo of them side by side, but they were distinctly different.<\/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\">m_Kallista (Yulia) <span class=\"author-stats\">\u2b50 Pro Grower (9,801 posts)<\/span><\/div>\n<div class=\"author-geo\">\ud83d\udccd Neftegorsk, Russia (USDA Zone 4)<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"post-content\">\n<p>Olga, brown?! That is insane&#8230; but darn it, that means it&#8217;s absolutely not my DaCosta. So this plant threw a complete surprise off-type cross. I&#8217;m 99% sure I couldn&#8217;t have mixed up the seeds, meaning it&#8217;s not just a mislabeled packet&#8230; unless my kids were messing around while the seeds were drying on the counter&#8230; but they don&#8217;t usually do that. And I&#8217;m extremely meticulous about labeling everything during fermentation and drying. Waiting to hear from Alla now \ud83d\ude04<\/p>\n<p>Here is the bush that produced my surprise-DaCosta:<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.tomat-pomidor.com\/uploads\/newforum\/galleries\/132\/15021-180716111757.jpeg\" alt=\"DaCosta plant growing in greenhouse\" width=\"1000\" height=\"750\" \/><\/p>\n<p>And the tomato itself:<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.tomat-pomidor.com\/uploads\/newforum\/galleries\/136\/15021-010816034730.jpeg\" alt=\"Beautiful true-to-type DaCosta tomato\" width=\"1000\" height=\"750\" \/><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"forum-post\">\n<div class=\"author-header\">\n<div class=\"forum-avatar\">A<\/div>\n<div class=\"author-meta\">\n<div class=\"author-name\">amarant (Alla) <span class=\"author-stats\">\u2b50 Pro Grower (4,069 posts)<\/span><\/div>\n<div class=\"author-geo\">\ud83d\udccd Nizhny Novgorod, Russia (USDA Zone 4)<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"post-content\">\n<p>Yulia, hi. I replied to you in a PM after checking my garden log for this year. But then I went digging in my seed stash. I DO have DaCosta from you, but the ones I actually planted this year were from Elsa30.<\/p>\n<p>It&#8217;s just so hard to find room to plant everything people gift and mail you! But your seeds are safe, their time will come eventually. \ud83c\udf38<\/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\">m_Kallista (Yulia) <span class=\"author-stats\">\u2b50 Pro Grower (9,801 posts)<\/span><\/div>\n<div class=\"author-geo\">\ud83d\udccd Neftegorsk, Russia (USDA Zone 4)<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"post-content\">\n<p>Alla, got it! That means my memory isn&#8217;t totally failing me yet \ud83d\ude04 I completely understand, I have so many unplanted seeds too &#8211; it&#8217;s our shared disease, don&#8217;t even worry about it \ud83d\ude09 I will definitely plant my own saved DaCosta\u2014I need to see what happened, if it was cross-pollination or something else. The spot where those tomatoes grew was absolutely swarming with bumblebees&#8230; but now we have a different yard, it&#8217;ll be much more sheltered, not out in an open field like before \ud83d\ude04<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"forum-post\">\n<div class=\"author-header\">\n<div class=\"forum-avatar\">Z<\/div>\n<div class=\"author-meta\">\n<div class=\"author-name\">zjuli (Svetlana) <span class=\"author-stats\">\ud83d\udc64 User (5 posts)<\/span><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"post-content\">\n<p>I planted DaCosta&#8217;s Portuguese this year. Seeds from Svetlana Trifonova. The tomatoes turned out shaped like truffles. Not very big, but productive, with thin pink skin. Sweet and meaty. The bush grew outdoors. I saved seeds, going to try growing them in the greenhouse next year.<\/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\">TatianaSh (Tatiana) <span class=\"author-stats\">\u2b50 Pro Grower (5,471 posts)<\/span><\/div>\n<div class=\"author-geo\">\ud83d\udccd Ramensky District, Moscow Region (USDA Zone 4)<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"post-content\">\n<blockquote><p><strong>zjuli said:<\/strong><br \/>\nThe tomatoes turned out shaped like truffles. Not very big&#8230;<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>That is definitely not DaCosta.<\/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\">Karamel (Irina) <span class=\"author-stats\">\u2b50 Pro Grower (2,004 posts)<\/span><\/div>\n<div class=\"author-geo\">\ud83d\udccd Tver Region, Russia (USDA Zone 4)<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"post-content\">\n<p>I really love DaCosta&#8217;s Portuguese. But there is one downside, or rather, a nuance: it has a catastrophically low seed count. And I forget about it every single year. \ud83e\udd26\u200d\u2640\ufe0f<\/p>\n<p>This year, an 11 oz (320g) tomato had exactly three seeds inside. And I had already picked and eaten all the others off the bush. I know it&#8217;s my own fault. \ud83d\ude21<\/p>\n<p>I&#8217;m writing this here so others don&#8217;t forget to play it safe &#8211; always save multiple tomatoes for seed, not just one.<\/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 Alexandrov, Russia (USDA Zone 4)<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"post-content\">\n<p>A total disappointment of a tomato \ud83d\ude1e A massive, tall bush, loaded with tomatoes from top to bottom. But the taste&#8230; at the beginning of ripening, it was completely sour, you could literally put it in tea instead of a lemon. Later on, it gained some sweetness, leaving only a very slight tang. But the flavor profile was still just&#8230; washed out and bland. Didn&#8217;t impress me at all.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.tomat-pomidor.com\/uploads\/newforum\/galleries\/239\/thumb_22591-110918023335.jpeg\" alt=\"Sliced DaCosta tomato showing meaty texture\" width=\"89\" height=\"160\" \/><br \/>\n<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.tomat-pomidor.com\/uploads\/newforum\/galleries\/239\/thumb_22591-110918023401.jpeg\" alt=\"Beautiful pink DaCosta beefsteak\" width=\"89\" height=\"160\" \/><br \/>\n<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.tomat-pomidor.com\/uploads\/newforum\/galleries\/239\/thumb_22591-110918023434.jpeg\" alt=\"Large ripe DaCosta tomato\" width=\"89\" height=\"160\" \/><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"forum-post\">\n<div class=\"author-header\">\n<div class=\"forum-avatar\">M<\/div>\n<div class=\"author-meta\">\n<div class=\"author-name\">Myaus (Olga) <span class=\"author-stats\">\u2b50 Pro Grower (1,991 posts)<\/span><\/div>\n<div class=\"author-geo\">\ud83d\udccd Ivanovo, Russia (USDA Zone 4)<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"post-content\">\n<p>Yulia, maybe it lacked Potassium? I agree, DaCosta&#8217;s flavor isn&#8217;t explosive compared to some other heirlooms. But you can&#8217;t call it tasteless. Though taste is subjective. It is less sweet than, say, Batyanya or Vater Rhein. But it has just a hint of acid, it&#8217;s a solid, meaty tomato. For me, it&#8217;s in my &#8220;workhorse&#8221; category-productive, and very early, my earliest large beefsteak. The first ones went into salads, the rest into juice\/ketchup.<\/p>\n<p>By the way, the first three I set aside for seeds had absolutely NO seeds inside. But starting from the 3rd truss, they had plenty, I saved a huge surplus.<\/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 Alexandrov, Russia (USDA Zone 4)<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"post-content\">\n<p>Olga, I don&#8217;t know what it lacked \ud83e\udd37\u200d\u2640\ufe0f It was growing right next to Babushkino and Zarevo, two delicious tomatoes. On the other side were Butylochnye (Bottle-shaped) and Shchedraya Slivka Tarasenko. Both tasted vastly better than DaCosta. This year I only had two major disappointments &#8211; DaCosta and African Vining. And practically everyone raves about both of them. But for me, they turned out, to put it mildly, tasteless. And that&#8217;s putting it very mildly. \ud83d\ude1e<\/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\">Tatiana Kemerovo (Tatiana) <span class=\"author-stats\">\u2b50 Pro Grower (2,694 posts)<\/span><\/div>\n<div class=\"author-geo\">\ud83d\udccd Kemerovo, Russia (USDA Zone 3)<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"post-content\">\n<p>For me this year, under the stress of extreme temperature swings (going from prolonged cold snaps straight into abnormal heat waves), DaCosta performed poorly. The fruits were fasciated (catfaced and ugly), and tasteless. They took forever to color up and had hard white cores inside. I think this is a variety for a milder climate. It&#8217;s a shame to drop it, but I need to prioritize varieties that handle temperature swings better.<\/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\">Karamel (Irina) <span class=\"author-stats\">\u2b50 Pro Grower (2,004 posts)<\/span><\/div>\n<div class=\"author-geo\">\ud83d\udccd Tver Region, Russia (USDA Zone 4)<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"post-content\">\n<blockquote><p><strong>Yulya said:<\/strong><br \/>\nI don&#8217;t know what it lacked \ud83e\udd37\u200d\u2640\ufe0f It was growing right next to Babushkino and Zarevo, two delicious tomatoes.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>See, I dropped Babushkino. The taste was just average for me. The fruits crack, and the moment the temperature rises, it drops all its blossoms.<\/p>\n<p>But I absolutely love DaCosta&#8217;s taste. Unobtrusive but perfectly balanced, and the flesh is like butter. You wouldn&#8217;t believe it, but my family ate our entire DaCosta harvest just on sandwiches. We&#8217;d take a piece of freshly baked wheat bread, throw a thick slab of DaCosta on top, and eat it just like that. Delicious. My granddaughter even started calling it the &#8220;butter tomato&#8221; \ud83d\ude02<\/p>\n<p>But my son hated it. He said it wasn&#8217;t firm enough and lacked acidity. I grow those old-school, acidic Soviet-style slicers just for him.<\/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 Alexandrov, Russia (USDA Zone 4)<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"post-content\">\n<blockquote><p><strong>Karamel said:<\/strong><br \/>\nSee, I dropped Babushkino. The taste was just average for me. The fruits crack, and the moment the temperature rises, it drops all its blossoms.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>It&#8217;s like we&#8217;re talking about two completely different varieties. My Babushkino is a highly productive, incredibly tasty workhorse. It didn&#8217;t crack at all, and it pumped out fruit all the way to the greenhouse ceiling without breaking a sweat.<\/p>\n<p>DaCosta started off as sour as a lemon, then lost the acid but never gained any sweetness. Although the yield was good. My other tasteless varieties this year were African Vining and Lyubimyi Malyshik. Everything else had varying degrees of acid and sweetness, but they were all delicious.<\/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 Alexandrov, Russia (USDA Zone 4)<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"post-content\">\n<p>\ud83d\ude04 Well, maybe I&#8217;ll try growing DaCosta one more time from a different seed source. But definitely not next year.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"forum-post\">\n<div class=\"author-header\">\n<div class=\"forum-avatar\">R<\/div>\n<div class=\"author-meta\">\n<div class=\"author-name\">Rozalinda (Marina) <span class=\"author-stats\">\ud83d\udc64 User (858 posts)<\/span><\/div>\n<div class=\"author-geo\">\ud83d\udccd Penza, Russia (USDA Zone 4)<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"post-content\">\n<p>Here is my DaCosta&#8217;s Portuguese. I searched for 2 years to find the &#8220;true&#8221; strain. Size, color, taste, meatiness &#8211; everything is top-notch. Such a beauty! The only catch is, I only get that beautiful bright color and that amazing taste if it fully vine-ripens, colors up completely, and hangs for just a bit longer. And it has to be warm and sunny. The late-season fruits that were ripening in the cold September weather were completely different and underwhelming&#8230;<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.tomat-pomidor.com\/uploads\/newforum\/galleries\/237\/25016-240818155236.jpeg\" alt=\"Sliced DaCosta tomato with dense flesh\" width=\"975\" height=\"1000\" \/><br \/>\n<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.tomat-pomidor.com\/uploads\/newforum\/galleries\/237\/25016-240818155134.jpeg\" alt=\"Beautiful uniform pink DaCosta's Portuguese tomato\" width=\"822\" height=\"1000\" \/><\/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\">Karamel (Irina) <span class=\"author-stats\">\u2b50 Pro Grower (2,004 posts)<\/span><\/div>\n<div class=\"author-geo\">\ud83d\udccd Tver Region, Russia (USDA Zone 4)<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"post-content\">\n<blockquote><p><strong>Rozalinda said:<\/strong><br \/>\nHere is my DaCosta&#8230;<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>Wow, look at all those seeds!!! (I&#8217;m so jealous! \ud83d\ude09) I got 3 seeds out of an entire plant (not just one fruit). My flesh has absolutely no &#8220;holes&#8221; (locules). It&#8217;s completely solid and uniform. It actually looks a bit weird. But that&#8217;s exactly what makes it slice like a block of butter. \ud83d\ude09<\/p>\n<p>I basically have zero seeds. And I already promised some to my friend, my neighbor, and my daughter-in-law. They all loved the taste and yield. I decided I&#8217;m going to start a seed super early in February and then take cuttings to propagate it. What else can I do? \ud83e\udd37\u200d\u2640\ufe0f<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.tomat-pomidor.com\/uploads\/newforum\/galleries\/237\/25016-240818155236.jpeg\" alt=\"Sliced DaCosta tomato\" width=\"975\" height=\"1000\" \/><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"forum-post\">\n<div class=\"author-header\">\n<div class=\"forum-avatar\">R<\/div>\n<div class=\"author-meta\">\n<div class=\"author-name\">Rozalinda (Marina) <span class=\"author-stats\">\ud83d\udc64 User (858 posts)<\/span><\/div>\n<div class=\"author-geo\">\ud83d\udccd Penza, Russia (USDA Zone 4)<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"post-content\">\n<p>I always read these stories about totally seedless tomatoes&#8230; \ud83d\ude33 I wish I could grow one like that just once! \ud83d\ude1e Maybe my DaCosta is the wrong strain, since it actually HAS seeds? \ud83e\udd14 Though, given the sheer size of the fruit, it&#8217;s still a relatively small amount of seeds&#8230;<\/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\">olyaka (Olga) <span class=\"author-stats\">\u2b50 Pro Grower (20,114 posts)<\/span><\/div>\n<div class=\"author-geo\">\ud83d\udccd Tula Region, Russia (USDA Zone 4)<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"post-content\">\n<p>Here is my DaCosta&#8217;s Portuguese. Grew in the greenhouse, excellent yield, large and very tasty tomatoes, buttery flesh. Not a lot of seeds, but I managed to save enough \ud83d\ude42<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.tomat-pomidor.com\/uploads\/newforum\/galleries\/244\/thumb_19052-211018032842.jpeg\" alt=\"Basket of harvested DaCosta tomatoes\" width=\"120\" height=\"160\" \/><br \/>\n<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.tomat-pomidor.com\/uploads\/newforum\/galleries\/244\/thumb_19052-211018032912.jpeg\" alt=\"Close up of pink DaCosta beefsteak\" width=\"120\" height=\"160\" \/><\/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\">Karamel (Irina) <span class=\"author-stats\">\u2b50 Pro Grower (2,004 posts)<\/span><\/div>\n<div class=\"author-geo\">\ud83d\udccd Tver Region, Russia (USDA Zone 4)<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"post-content\">\n<blockquote><p><strong>Rozalinda said:<\/strong><br \/>\nMaybe my DaCosta is the wrong strain, since it actually HAS seeds? \ud83e\udd14<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>Why would it be the wrong strain? Judging by the photo and description, it&#8217;s absolutely true to type. It&#8217;s just growing conditions. Maybe my DaCosta experiences more stress (I completely stop watering my tomatoes starting in late May\/early June), which is why it doesn&#8217;t produce seeds. \ud83d\ude09<\/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\">Cherry (Olga) <span class=\"author-stats\">\u2b50 Pro Grower (6,822 posts)<\/span><\/div>\n<div class=\"author-geo\">\ud83d\udccd Baranovichi, Belarus (USDA Zone 5)<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"post-content\">\n<p>I&#8217;ll stick up for DaCosta too\u2014it&#8217;s one of the tastiest tomatoes out there. And its yield is fantastic.<\/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\">Oksana Evgenievna (Oksana) <span class=\"author-stats\">\u2b50 Pro Grower (5,146 posts)<\/span><\/div>\n<div class=\"author-geo\">\ud83d\udccd Aktobe, Kazakhstan (USDA Zone 5)<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"post-content\">\n<p>I grew it in 2018. Both in the greenhouse and outdoors, and it was tasty and productive in both places. And that&#8217;s considering I neglected the outdoor ones and gave them minimal care, while the greenhouse ones suffered through 6 weeks of insane, brutal heat. I attached a photo of 3 tomatoes from a single outdoor truss\u2014and there were actually 5 on there! They either didn&#8217;t fit in the frame or were picked earlier.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.tomat-pomidor.com\/uploads\/monthly_2019_02\/IMG-20180813-WA0006.thumb.jpeg.d402cd2ea247113264a7d471fc49cb21.jpeg\" alt=\"Three massive DaCosta tomatoes held in hand\" width=\"168\" height=\"300\" \/><br \/>\n<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.tomat-pomidor.com\/uploads\/monthly_2019_02\/IMG-20180813-WA0028.thumb.jpeg.ba428839b9c57642fd1cc863540893e1.jpeg\" alt=\"Beautiful pink DaCosta's Portuguese tomato\" width=\"168\" height=\"300\" \/><\/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\">Oksana Evgenievna (Oksana) <span class=\"author-stats\">\u2b50 Pro Grower (5,146 posts)<\/span><\/div>\n<div class=\"author-geo\">\ud83d\udccd Aktobe, Kazakhstan (USDA Zone 5)<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"post-content\">\n<p>I can&#8217;t give you the exact yield per bush, but it was plenty (just average those 3 tomatoes out and multiply by 16-20 fruits total across 4-5 trusses). My bushes were partially laying on the ground because the heavy clusters were dragging the whole vine down to one side. In the greenhouse, I had one hit over 1.3 lbs (600g), but the average is closer to 10-12 oz (300-350g).<\/p>\n<p>The taste is very, very good &#8211; a balanced tomato profile with pronounced sweetness, but it has its own unique notes. A classic slicer, also great processed into juice. The outdoor ones ripened very uniformly, those 3 tomatoes in my photo were from the same cluster and were picked at the same time.<\/p>\n<p>I gutted the massive beauty sitting on my palm in the photo for seeds. It had a perfectly normal amount of seeds &#8211; not a ton, but not empty either. Since people here were complaining about seedless fruits, I didn&#8217;t experience that. But I also didn&#8217;t spray the blossoms with any fruit-setting hormones, Boron, or anything else.<\/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\">Oksana Evgenievna (Oksana) <span class=\"author-stats\">\u2b50 Pro Grower (5,146 posts)<\/span><\/div>\n<div class=\"author-geo\">\ud83d\udccd Aktobe, Kazakhstan (USDA Zone 5)<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"post-content\">\n<blockquote><p><strong>Rozalinda said:<\/strong><br \/>\nThe only catch is, I only get that beautiful bright color and that amazing taste if it fully vine-ripens, colors up completely, and hangs for just a bit longer. And it has to be warm and sunny.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>This statement is probably true for us as well, but I can&#8217;t verify it. The thing is, in our region, tomatoes almost always ripen fully on the vine, we don&#8217;t ripen them on the counter indoors. At all. Basically, in early August we top the bushes, pinch off all suckers, and whatever is left on the vine ripens in the sun. We basically never pick underripe or breaker-stage fruits.<\/p>\n<p>By the way, the fact that vine-ripened tomatoes taste better isn&#8217;t just true for DaCosta, it&#8217;s true for all tomatoes. It&#8217;s just that some varieties can ripen indoors without losing much flavor, while others can&#8217;t.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"forum-post\">\n<div class=\"author-header\">\n<div class=\"forum-avatar\">D<\/div>\n<div class=\"author-meta\">\n<div class=\"author-name\">Di (Diana) <span class=\"author-stats\">\ud83d\udc64 User (283 posts)<\/span><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"post-content\">\n<p>A juicy, sweet tomato with a slight tang. Great for salads, leaves a lot of sweet juice in the bowl, the texture is soft but doesn&#8217;t turn to mush. Delicious, all around.<\/p>\n<p>The fruits weigh around 1.1-1.3 lbs (500-600 grams).<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.tomat-pomidor.com\/uploads\/monthly_2019_08\/IMG_20190830_151652_compress95.thumb.jpg.7fb979c3d0258b2b671b828ef969e91c.jpg\" alt=\"Beautiful pink DaCosta's Portuguese tomato\" width=\"225\" height=\"300\" \/><br \/>\n<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.tomat-pomidor.com\/uploads\/monthly_2019_08\/IMG_20190830_151543_compress59.thumb.jpg.216fc74363d20d9eede8fb63db0fd679.jpg\" alt=\"Large slice of DaCosta tomato\" width=\"300\" height=\"225\" \/><\/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\">Valentina <span class=\"author-stats\">\ud83d\udc64 User (825 posts)<\/span><\/div>\n<div class=\"author-geo\">\ud83d\udccd Khakassia, Russia (USDA Zone 3)<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"post-content\">\n<p>Quick question about the variety. This year I grew a DaCosta that looked like hearts. Do you think this is the real one? I really loved the tomato. Just doubts gnawing at me&#8230; it was so tasty! Maybe there are several strains? Has anyone grown one shaped like this?<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/images.vfl.ru\/ii\/1575402154\/a16e7571\/28792801_m.jpg\" alt=\"Heart shaped DaCosta off-type tomatoes\" width=\"640\" height=\"320\" \/><br \/>\n<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/images.vfl.ru\/ii\/1575402208\/69fbec6a\/28792806_m.jpg\" alt=\"Pink heart-shaped off-type tomatoes\" width=\"640\" height=\"426\" \/><\/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\">Oksana Evgenievna (Oksana) <span class=\"author-stats\">\u2b50 Pro Grower (5,146 posts)<\/span><\/div>\n<div class=\"author-geo\">\ud83d\udccd Aktobe, Kazakhstan (USDA Zone 5)<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"post-content\">\n<blockquote><p><strong>Valentina said:<\/strong><br \/>\nMaybe there are several strains? Has anyone grown one shaped like this?<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>Why assume it&#8217;s a different strain? Some variance in shape is totally acceptable, the color is pink, what&#8217;s really different about it? The plant habit matches &#8211; it&#8217;s not a towering giant outdoors or inside, has sturdy stems, and the fruit weight depends on your personal feeding, soil, and climate. And on how well the strain has adapted to your yard.<\/p>\n<p>This year my DaCosta wasn&#8217;t as successful &#8211; the fruits were large but much more catfaced\/ugly than last year. And overall less productive. I suspect outdoors it shouldn&#8217;t be pruned so heavily; better to grow it almost like a determinate, leaving 7-9 stems with one truss each.<\/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\">Valentina <span class=\"author-stats\">\ud83d\udc64 User (825 posts)<\/span><\/div>\n<div class=\"author-geo\">\ud83d\udccd Khakassia, Russia (USDA Zone 3)<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"post-content\">\n<p>Understood, thank you.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"forum-post\">\n<div class=\"author-header\">\n<div class=\"forum-avatar\">Z<\/div>\n<div class=\"author-meta\">\n<div class=\"author-name\">Zolushka (Olya) <span class=\"author-stats\">\u2b50 Pro Grower (12,762 posts)<\/span><\/div>\n<div class=\"author-geo\">\ud83d\udccd Moscow Region, Russia (USDA Zone 4)<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"post-content\">\n<p>DaCosta &#8211; I&#8217;ve been planting it for several years in a row, I really like the variety. Large magenta tomatoes, meaty, with a rich true tomato flavor. My rating is a 4+ (a perfect 5 for me is something like Vater Rhein or Black Oxheart). If you provide enough Potassium, it colors up perfectly evenly (no green shoulders), doesn&#8217;t crack, and has no hard white cores inside. It just begs to be sliced into a salad \ud83d\ude0b<\/p>\n<p>The bush has a generative habit &#8211; it doesn&#8217;t waste energy pushing out crazy amounts of foliage, it&#8217;s focused on fruiting. My largest tomatoes usually come from this one and Vova Putin. Even the top trusses produce jumbos. In my first year growing it, it threw green shoulders, but that was entirely my fault &#8211; I didn&#8217;t feed it enough Potassium. And yes, the seed count in the fruits is generally very low.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.tomat-pomidor.com\/uploads\/monthly_2020_01\/224708046_20180724_124406(2).thumb.jpg.afceaa9b7c6481d78272710efa9d6ae5.jpg\" alt=\"Perfectly colored DaCosta tomato with no green shoulders\" width=\"300\" height=\"169\" \/><\/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\">Olga Sh (Olga) <span class=\"author-stats\">\ud83d\udee1\ufe0f Moderator (2,748 posts)<\/span><\/div>\n<div class=\"author-geo\">\ud83d\udccd Tula, Russia (USDA Zone 4)<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"post-content\">\n<p>I plant DaCosta every single year, very tasty tomatoes \ud83d\ude0b My yield varies from year to year, but the taste is always \ud83d\udc4d<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.tomat-pomidor.com\/uploads\/newforum\/galleries\/146\/13710-160916161146-1464181480.jpeg\" alt=\"Massive DaCosta tomato hanging on vine\" width=\"561\" height=\"1000\" \/><br \/>\n<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.tomat-pomidor.com\/uploads\/newforum\/galleries\/146\/13710-190916092318-1465732387.jpeg\" alt=\"Giant DaCosta tomato held in hand\" width=\"561\" height=\"1000\" \/><\/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\">Lyudmila D. <span class=\"author-stats\">\u2b50 Pro Grower (13,125 posts)<\/span><\/div>\n<div class=\"author-geo\">\ud83d\udccd Magnitogorsk, Russia (USDA Zone 3)<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"post-content\">\n<p>Beautiful, large, delicious tomatoes!!!! Thank you @tati9117 !!!!!<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/i.mycdn.me\/i?r=AyH4iRPQ2q0otWIFepML2LxRVs6ry4x6ju7tqftC5Lbwbg\" alt=\"Harvested DaCosta tomatoes\" width=\"436\" height=\"24\" \/><\/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\">Verchik (Vera) <span class=\"author-stats\">\u2b50 Pro Grower (2,489 posts)<\/span><\/div>\n<div class=\"author-geo\">\ud83d\udccd Udmurtia, Russia (USDA Zone 3)<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"post-content\">\n<blockquote><p><strong>Valentina said:<\/strong><br \/>\nI&#8217;ll show it again. Is this definitely not DaCosta? Or has anyone else had fruits like this&#8230;? Yes, it&#8217;s pink, meaty, resilient&#8230; but the fruits are heart-shaped for some reason. If anyone is an expert, show me one with fruits like this.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>I&#8217;m definitely no expert, but here is my DaCosta&#8217;s Portuguese from this year.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.tomat-pomidor.com\/uploads\/monthly_2021_01\/20200816_142401.thumb.jpg.11597b3e3a1612a028de8f7fdf0c16f0.jpg\" alt=\"Perfectly ripe DaCosta's Portuguese tomato\" width=\"168\" height=\"300\" \/><br \/>\n<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.tomat-pomidor.com\/uploads\/monthly_2021_01\/20200816_142430.thumb.jpg.0daed1e14e7344a58c2009e6ae3075b1.jpg\" alt=\"Meaty solid flesh of DaCosta tomato\" width=\"300\" height=\"168\" \/><\/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\">Elizara (Natalya) <span class=\"author-stats\">\u2b50 Pro Grower (1,465 posts)<\/span><\/div>\n<div class=\"author-geo\">\ud83d\udccd Orel, Russia (USDA Zone 4)<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"post-content\">\n<blockquote><p><strong>Myaus said:<\/strong><br \/>\nCan anyone tell me what leaf type DaCosta is supposed to have? I have two seedlings with Regular Leaf and one with Potato Leaf.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>Out of my three plants this year, one also came up with a Potato Leaf (PL). I&#8217;m also growing it for the first time.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"editor-note\" style=\"background: #eef7ff; padding: 15px; border-left: 4px solid #2196F3; margin-top: 15px; font-size: 1.2em;\"><strong>\ud83d\udc68\u200d\ud83c\udf3e Editor&#8217;s Notes:<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><strong>Seedless Beefsteaks:<\/strong> It is incredibly common for massive, meaty heirloom beefsteaks and oxhearts to have very few seeds. This happens because the locules (seed cavities) are small and squeezed out by solid flesh. If you want to save seeds from a variety like this, don&#8217;t rely on a single tomato! Pick several, and avoid the fused &#8220;megabloom&#8221; fruits, which often have even fewer viable seeds.<\/li>\n<li><strong>RL vs PL Segregation:<\/strong> Notice how several growers report planting seeds from a reliable source and getting a mix of Regular Leaf and Potato Leaf plants? This means an accidental cross-pollination happened a few generations ago, and the genetics are still segregating. The PL versions of famous RL heirlooms are highly sought after by collectors!<\/li>\n<li><strong>Potassium &amp; Green Shoulders:<\/strong> When growers complain about hard white cores, &#8220;neon&#8221; skin, and yellow\/green shoulders on heavy yielders like DaCosta, the culprit is usually Potassium (K) deficiency exacerbated by heat stress. Massive tomatoes pull a huge amount of K from the soil to ripen correctly!<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>\ud83d\udccc Quick Summary (TL;DR): DaCosta&#8217;s Portuguese \ud83c\udf0d Origin: A highly prized heirloom variety originally sourced from Portugal, widely distributed among private seed collectors globally. Known for producing absolutely massive, deeply colored pink\/magenta beefsteaks. \ud83c\udf3f Plant Habit: Indeterminate. 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