{"id":4467,"date":"2026-10-05T16:45:39","date_gmt":"2026-10-05T16:45:39","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.tomat-pomidor.com\/en\/?p=4467"},"modified":"2026-10-05T16:45:39","modified_gmt":"2026-10-05T16:45:39","slug":"zasolochnoe-chudo","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.tomat-pomidor.com\/en\/zasolochnoe-chudo\/","title":{"rendered":"Zasolochnoe Chudo (Pickling Miracle) 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;4467&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;Zasolochnoe Chudo (Pickling Miracle) 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): Zasolochnoe Chudo (Pickling Miracle)<\/h3>\n<ul>\n<li>\ud83c\udf0d <strong>Origin:<\/strong> Commercial variety from the AGRO seed company. The name translates to &#8220;Pickling Miracle&#8221; or &#8220;Salting Miracle&#8221;.<\/li>\n<li>\ud83c\udf3f <strong>Plant Habit:<\/strong> Determinate (bush). Extremely compact and low maintenance. It requires absolutely no pruning (suckering). Highly praised for its excellent resistance to Late Blight.<\/li>\n<li>\ud83c\udf45 <strong>Fruit Characteristics:<\/strong> Small, red, elongated-oval (plum\/roma) fruits with smooth, tough skin. Standard weights range from 2.5 to 3.5 oz (70-100 g). They are very firm and boast an incredible shelf life after picking.<\/li>\n<li>\ud83d\udc45 <strong>Flavor:<\/strong> A classic, dense paste tomato profile. While decent for fresh eating, its true purpose is in the jar. Its firm structure makes it a top-tier choice for whole-fruit canning and traditional fermentation\/pickling.<\/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\">Lyubov. (Lyubov) <span class=\"author-stats\">\u2b50 Pro Grower (1,491 posts)<\/span><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"post-content\">\n<p>Here is the description for &#8220;Pickling Miracle&#8221; from the AGRO seed company packet: An early-season determinate variety. The bush is short and compact. The fruits are elongated-oval, red, smooth, and firm, weighing 2.5 to 3.5 oz (70-100 g). Valued for its stable yields, disease resistance, and excellent shelf life. Ideal for whole-fruit canning. Doesn&#8217;t get hit by Late Blight.<\/p>\n<p>They are incredibly convenient to grow since they require absolutely no pruning (suckering). Great for both canning and eating fresh. The yield is very good. I actually grew these from my own saved seeds that were 10 years old.<\/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\">Podmoskvichka (Natalia) <span class=\"author-stats\">\u2b50 Member (693 posts)<\/span><\/div>\n<div class=\"author-geo\">\ud83d\udccd Serpukhov District, Moscow Region (USDA Zone 4)<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"post-content\">\n<blockquote><p><strong>Quote from Lyubov.:<\/strong> &#8230;The fruits are elongated-oval, red, smooth, and firm, weighing 2.5 to 3.5 oz (70-100 g)&#8230; Ideal for whole-fruit canning.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>What do they look like sliced open? Are they meaty or do they have hollow cavities? I&#8217;m really curious if they will hold their shape if I try canning\/pickling them cut in halves.<\/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\">Anastasiya.B (Anastasiya) <span class=\"author-stats\">\u2b50 Member<\/span><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"post-content\">\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.tomat-pomidor.com\/uploads\/newforum\/galleries\/185\/21107-060817011850.jpeg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.tomat-pomidor.com\/uploads\/newforum\/galleries\/185\/21107-060817011850.jpeg\" alt=\"Clusters of red Pickling Miracle tomatoes on the plant\" width=\"800\" height=\"600\" \/><\/a><br \/>\n<a href=\"https:\/\/www.tomat-pomidor.com\/uploads\/newforum\/galleries\/185\/21107-060817011740.jpeg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.tomat-pomidor.com\/uploads\/newforum\/galleries\/185\/21107-060817011740.jpeg\" alt=\"Red plum tomatoes ripening outdoors\" width=\"800\" height=\"600\" \/><\/a><\/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 Note: &#8220;Pickling&#8221; vs. Canning<\/strong><br \/>\nThe name of this variety is &#8220;Zasolochnoe Chudo&#8221;, which directly translates to &#8220;Salting Miracle&#8221;. In Russian culinary tradition, &#8220;salting&#8221; refers to lacto-fermenting whole tomatoes in a saltwater brine with garlic and dill (similar to half-sour cucumber pickles), traditionally done in large oak barrels.<\/p>\n<p>To survive this fermentation process without turning to absolute mush, a tomato must have incredibly thick, firm flesh and a tough skin that resists cracking. When you see a Russian heirloom with &#8220;Zasolochnoe&#8221; (Pickling\/Salting) in the name, you know you are getting a bulletproof paste tomato that will hold its shape perfectly in jars!<\/p><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>\ud83d\udccc Quick Summary (TL;DR): Zasolochnoe Chudo (Pickling Miracle) \ud83c\udf0d Origin: Commercial variety from the AGRO seed company. The name translates to &#8220;Pickling Miracle&#8221; or &#8220;Salting Miracle&#8221;. \ud83c\udf3f Plant Habit: Determinate (bush). Extremely compact and low maintenance. It requires absolutely no pruning (suckering). Highly praised for its excellent resistance to Late Blight. \ud83c\udf45 Fruit Characteristics: Small, &#8230; <a title=\"Zasolochnoe Chudo (Pickling Miracle) Tomato Review\" class=\"read-more\" href=\"https:\/\/www.tomat-pomidor.com\/en\/zasolochnoe-chudo\/\" aria-label=\"Read more about Zasolochnoe Chudo (Pickling Miracle) Tomato Review\">Read more<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":4467,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[162,52,4,438],"tags":[56,1130,48,57,64,1110],"class_list":["post-4467","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-plum-tomatoes","category-bush-and-dwarf","category-paste-canning","category-red-tomatoes","tag-canning-tomato","tag-determinate-paste","tag-early-season","tag-late-blight-resistant","tag-no-pruning","tag-red-paste-tomato"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.tomat-pomidor.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4467","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=4467"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/www.tomat-pomidor.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4467\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":4469,"href":"https:\/\/www.tomat-pomidor.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4467\/revisions\/4469"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.tomat-pomidor.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4467"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.tomat-pomidor.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=4467"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.tomat-pomidor.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=4467"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.tomat-pomidor.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=4467"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}