{"id":4626,"date":"2026-10-07T09:44:05","date_gmt":"2026-10-07T09:44:05","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.tomat-pomidor.com\/en\/?p=4626"},"modified":"2026-10-07T09:46:57","modified_gmt":"2026-10-07T09:46:57","slug":"iyunskiy","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.tomat-pomidor.com\/en\/iyunskiy\/","title":{"rendered":"Iyunskiy (June) Tomato Review: Ultra-Early Dwarf"},"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;4626&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;Iyunskiy (June) Tomato Review: Ultra-Early Dwarf&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): Iyunskiy (June)<\/h3>\n<ul>\n<li>\ud83c\udf0d <strong>Origin:<\/strong> A legendary ultra-early Russian community heirloom. <strong>Note:<\/strong> There is a commercial variety sold by Sedek with the same name, but this thread specifically documents the famous &#8220;Forum Iyunskiy&#8221; circulated by the grower Sweet from St. Petersburg.<\/li>\n<li>\ud83c\udf3f <strong>Plant Habit:<\/strong> Ultra-early dwarf (determinate). A stout, sturdy, compact little bush that rarely exceeds 15-20 inches (40-50 cm). Highly resistant to cold and poor weather. Can be grown tightly spaced outdoors, or perfectly adapted for 1-to-2-gallon containers.<\/li>\n<li>\ud83c\udf45 <strong>Fruit Characteristics:<\/strong> Red, oblate fruits with slight ribbing. Weights range from 1.8 to 2.8 oz (50-80 g). <strong>Important tip:<\/strong> The first tomatoes from the bottom trusses often have zero seeds inside!<\/li>\n<li>\ud83d\udc45 <strong>Flavor:<\/strong> Excellent for an ultra-early variety. While it won&#8217;t beat a mid-season beefsteak, it has a distinct sweetness and lacks the harsh acidity typical of other early container varieties.<\/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\">S<\/div>\n<div class=\"author-meta\">\n<div class=\"author-name\">Svetikk (Svetlana) <span class=\"author-stats\">\u2b50 Pro Grower (29,382 posts)<\/span><\/div>\n<div class=\"author-geo\">\ud83d\udccd Moscow Region, South \/ Stupino (USDA Zone 4)<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"post-content\">\n<p>Seeds originally came from Sveta-Sweet from St. Pete via Lyuba-Vasilyevna \ud83c\udf3a<\/p>\n<p>Iyunskiy (June) &#8211; early det, compact sturdy little bush up to 15-20 inches (40-50 cm), fruits are red, oblate with slight ribbing, 1.8-2.8 oz (50-80 g). It doesn&#8217;t get leggy as a seedling, you can seed it in February for an early harvest (best under grow lights). I grew it for 2 years in the greenhouse, planted at the feet of my cucumbers, barely suckered it at all.<\/p>\n<p>Sowed at the end of February, and it started ripening for me around July 7-8th. But if you grow the seedlings in a larger pot than my 16 oz (0.5 L) cups and seed it earlier, you can absolutely get red tomatoes in June.<\/p>\n<p>The taste is good for an early variety, not sour. The very first fruits have practically zero seeds &#8211; most likely a trait of the variety, that&#8217;s how it reacts to day\/night temperature swings during blooming. The variety is excellent for an early crop, and by early August you can honestly just pull the bush out.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.tomat-pomidor.com\/uploads\/newforum\/galleries\/64\/166-180515085446.jpeg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.tomat-pomidor.com\/uploads\/newforum\/galleries\/64\/thumb_166-180515085446.jpeg\" alt=\"Iyunskiy dwarf tomato seedling\" width=\"120\" height=\"160\" \/><\/a><br \/>\n<a href=\"https:\/\/www.tomat-pomidor.com\/uploads\/newforum\/galleries\/18\/166-100614121331.jpeg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.tomat-pomidor.com\/uploads\/newforum\/galleries\/18\/thumb_166-100614121331.jpeg\" alt=\"Green tomatoes on compact bush\" width=\"160\" height=\"120\" \/><\/a><br \/>\n<a href=\"https:\/\/www.tomat-pomidor.com\/uploads\/newforum\/galleries\/24\/166-130714124550.jpeg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.tomat-pomidor.com\/uploads\/newforum\/galleries\/24\/thumb_166-130714124550.jpeg\" alt=\"Ripe red Iyunskiy tomatoes\" width=\"120\" height=\"160\" \/><\/a><br \/>\n<a href=\"https:\/\/www.tomat-pomidor.com\/uploads\/newforum\/galleries\/75\/166-160715071937.jpeg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.tomat-pomidor.com\/uploads\/newforum\/galleries\/75\/thumb_166-160715071937.jpeg\" alt=\"Harvested early red tomatoes\" width=\"160\" height=\"120\" \/><\/a><\/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\">Semechka <span class=\"author-stats\">\u2b50 Pro Grower (23,539 posts)<\/span><\/div>\n<div class=\"author-geo\">\ud83d\udccd Krasnoyarsk Suburbs, Siberia (USDA Zone 3)<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"post-content\">\n<p>I am very happy with Iyunskiy (seeds were from Ninulia), it was the absolute earliest &#8211; a May tomato. Great for early planting due to its compactness and speed.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.tomat-pomidor.com\/uploads\/newforum\/galleries\/101\/7892-131215024821.jpeg\" alt=\"Iyunskiy early red tomato on scale\" width=\"500\" height=\"500\" \/><br \/>\n<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.tomat-pomidor.com\/uploads\/newforum\/galleries\/65\/7892-280515060252.jpeg\" alt=\"Dwarf tomato plant heavily loaded with fruit\" width=\"660\" height=\"481\" \/><\/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\">Zulfiya <span class=\"author-stats\">\u2b50 Pro Grower (15,967 posts)<\/span><\/div>\n<div class=\"author-geo\">\ud83d\udccd Ufa (USDA Zone 4)<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"post-content\">\n<p>The taste leans towards sweet &#8211; excellent for an early tomato grown under cover. You can also grow it tightly spaced outdoors in the dirt, it&#8217;ll just be mid-season there. It&#8217;s highly recommended to stake both stems so they don&#8217;t snap from the weight of the harvest. The green fruits from a snapped truss counter-ripened and still tasted sweet.<\/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\">SvetaR (Svetlana) <span class=\"author-stats\">\u2b50 Pro Grower (27,477 posts)<\/span><\/div>\n<div class=\"author-geo\">\ud83d\udccd Moscow Region (USDA Zone 4)<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"post-content\">\n<p>Good little mater for early crops. Sat in the greenhouse at the feet of my indets. Pulled them out mid-July. I grew one bush in a bucket and the other in the ground. All the fruits in the bucket got hit by Blossom End Rot (BER). The one in the ground &#8211; not a single sick tomato. The dirt for the bucket was scooped right from the greenhouse bed. The one in the bucket started ripening a week earlier (maybe it got more sun).<\/p>\n<p>First photo &#8211; in the bucket, mid-June, starting to ripen (no BER yet, it showed up as they ripened), second photo &#8211; in the ground.<\/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\">Veronika <span class=\"author-stats\">\u2b50 Pro Grower (3,436 posts)<\/span><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"post-content\">\n<p>I&#8217;m looking at Iyunskiy, and it reminds me so much of Boni M! If I didn&#8217;t know Iyunskiy existed, I would have mistaken it for Boni M..<\/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\">Zulfiya <span class=\"author-stats\">\u2b50 Pro Grower (15,967 posts)<\/span><\/div>\n<div class=\"author-geo\">\ud83d\udccd Ufa (USDA Zone 4)<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"post-content\">\n<p>The catalog for <a href=\"https:\/\/www.tomat-pomidor.com\/en\/boni-mm\/\">Boni M<\/a> says it lacks the dark green striping, and is tart, or at best, has an ordinary taste. Iyunskiy has a very pronounced sweetness to its flavor.<\/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. <span class=\"author-stats\">\u2b50 Pro Grower (37,710 posts)<\/span><\/div>\n<div class=\"author-geo\">\ud83d\udccd Chekhov District, Moscow Region (USDA Zone 4)<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"post-content\">\n<p>My Iyunskiy in 2014. Grew outdoors in the dirt. Taste was just an ordinary mater. Didn&#8217;t notice any particular sweetness. But it had almost zero seeds in it \ud83d\ude32 I&#8217;d even say the vast majority of the tomatoes had absolutely no seeds at all.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.tomat-pomidor.com\/uploads\/newforum\/galleries\/43\/125-021214062146.jpeg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.tomat-pomidor.com\/uploads\/newforum\/galleries\/43\/thumb_125-021214062146.jpeg\" alt=\"Seedless Iyunskiy tomato slice\" width=\"160\" height=\"89\" \/><\/a><br \/>\n<a href=\"https:\/\/www.tomat-pomidor.com\/uploads\/newforum\/galleries\/43\/125-021214062046.jpeg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.tomat-pomidor.com\/uploads\/newforum\/galleries\/43\/thumb_125-021214062046.jpeg\" alt=\"Red Iyunskiy tomatoes on scale\" width=\"160\" height=\"89\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"forum-post\">\n<div class=\"author-header\">\n<div class=\"forum-avatar\">L<\/div>\n<div class=\"author-meta\">\n<div class=\"author-name\">Lisa (Nataliya) <span class=\"author-stats\">\u2b50 Pro Grower (756 posts)<\/span><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"post-content\">\n<p>Could you tell me how it germinates? Mine is just dead silence. Should I keep waiting or just give up? An early harvest is probably out of the question now anyway.<\/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\">Semechka <span class=\"author-stats\">\u2b50 Pro Grower (23,539 posts)<\/span><\/div>\n<div class=\"author-geo\">\ud83d\udccd Krasnoyarsk Suburbs, Siberia (USDA Zone 3)<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"post-content\">\n<p>You have my seeds, right? They germinated great this year. Reseed them. Mine popped up on day 5&#8230;<\/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\">Lisa (Nataliya) <span class=\"author-stats\">\u2b50 Pro Grower (756 posts)<\/span><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"post-content\">\n<blockquote><p><strong>Semechka:<\/strong> You have my seeds, right? They germinated great this year. Reseed them. Mine popped up on day 5&#8230;<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>No, Svetik, not yours.<\/p>\n<p>I was only planting them to get early tomatoes, so there&#8217;s probably no point now. I have enough for my main harvest anyway. Or will it still be early regardless?<\/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\">Semechka <span class=\"author-stats\">\u2b50 Pro Grower (23,539 posts)<\/span><\/div>\n<div class=\"author-geo\">\ud83d\udccd Krasnoyarsk Suburbs, Siberia (USDA Zone 3)<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"post-content\">\n<p>Natasha, if they aren&#8217;t mine, then I have no idea how it will turn out.<\/p>\n<p>When were you hoping to get your first tomatoes?<\/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\">Olena (Olga) <span class=\"author-stats\">\u2b50 Pro Grower (1,007 posts)<\/span><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"post-content\">\n<blockquote><p><strong>Lisa:<\/strong> Could you tell me how it germinates? Mine is just dead silence. Should I keep waiting or just give up? An early harvest is probably out of the question now anyway.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>My Iyunskiy took a very long time to sprout and struggled this year too.<\/p>\n<p>Timing-wise, it pushed out a truss 50 days after seeding (grew under lights).<\/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\">Sweet (Svetlana) <span class=\"author-stats\">\u2b50 Pro Grower (8,792 posts)<\/span><\/div>\n<div class=\"author-geo\">\ud83d\udccd Belgorod Region (USDA Zone 5)<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"post-content\">\n<p>I never seed it early (currently just sprouting, day 4 from seeding, old seeds), it&#8217;s naturally early on its own, why torture it? The flower truss appears after 30 days.<\/p>\n<p>50 days &#8211; that is incredibly late.<\/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\">Lisa (Nataliya) <span class=\"author-stats\">\u2b50 Pro Grower (756 posts)<\/span><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"post-content\">\n<blockquote><p><strong>Semechka:<\/strong> Natasha, if they aren&#8217;t mine, then I have no idea how it will turn out. When were you hoping to get your first tomatoes?<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>I was hoping for tomorrow \ud83d\ude02<\/p>\n<p>Realistically, for my conditions, ideally in the 20s of June, I guess. Last year my earliest was Mongolian Dwarf and Yamal in early July.<\/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\">salix (Iva) <span class=\"author-stats\">\u2b50 Pro Grower (631 posts)<\/span><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"post-content\">\n<p>I seeded my own saved seeds of Iyunskiy, from the very first ripe tomato on the bush. And out of all my saved seeds, it had the lowest germination rate, around 75%. I&#8217;m guessing some of the seeds might have been underdeveloped, even though they looked perfectly normal in size and appearance.<\/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\">Dzhina (Evgeniya) <span class=\"author-stats\">\u2b50 Pro Grower (6,798 posts)<\/span><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"post-content\">\n<p>Iyunskiy seeds from Ninulia sprouted on day four, all at once. It has interesting cotyledon leaves &#8211; rounder, wider, and shorter than usual tomatoes.<\/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\">Zulfiya <span class=\"author-stats\">\u2b50 Pro Grower (15,967 posts)<\/span><\/div>\n<div class=\"author-geo\">\ud83d\udccd Ufa (USDA Zone 4)<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"post-content\">\n<p>You should save seeds from Iyunskiy from the 3rd or even 4th truss, from fruits that set (!), bloomed, formed, and ripened OUTDOORS in their final spot, not while it was still a seedling indoors.<\/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\">Polosatik (Evgeniya) <span class=\"author-stats\">\u2b50 Pro Grower (6,392 posts)<\/span><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"post-content\">\n<blockquote><p><strong>Sweet:<\/strong> I never seed it early&#8230; The flower truss appears after 30 days. 50 days &#8211; that is incredibly late.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>My Iyunskiy sprouted on Feb 28th, and I don&#8217;t see any trusses yet \ud83e\udd37\u200d\u2640\ufe0f The bush itself is squat and cute. I also have an Iyunskiy from Sedek, seeded a bit later. But that bush is already 1.5 times taller.<\/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\">Veronika <span class=\"author-stats\">\u2b50 Pro Grower (3,436 posts)<\/span><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"post-content\">\n<p>Bush is squat and sturdy. I&#8217;d even call it a dwarf &#8211; 6.5 inches (17 cm) tall. But buds are already visible. Tomorrow I&#8217;m taking it to the garden, going to plant it under a double layer of row cover. \ud83d\ude29<\/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\">salix (Iva) <span class=\"author-stats\">\u2b50 Pro Grower (631 posts)<\/span><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"post-content\">\n<blockquote><p><strong>Veronika:<\/strong> Bush is squat and sturdy&#8230; Tomorrow I&#8217;m taking it to the garden, going to plant it under a double layer of row cover. \ud83d\ude29<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>You&#8217;re brave with them. I didn&#8217;t risk it on Sunday, but I have a feeling I&#8217;ll plant them out next weekend too. Mine are already 16 inches (40 cm) tall, sturdy, bushy, covered in flowers, buds, and a few suckers. But they already dropped two flowers, which they never did last year, they always set immediately. I think it&#8217;s definitely time to get them in the dirt.<\/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\">Veronika <span class=\"author-stats\">\u2b50 Pro Grower (3,436 posts)<\/span><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"post-content\">\n<p>Already planted them out. Time to wean them off the bottle. \ud83d\ude02 Agribon 80 row cover and good luck to them! By the way, my Iyunskiy is the same size as Yamal. They are both sitting right across from each other. They are a long way off from your 16 inches! No open flowers, just distinct buds. And I&#8217;m glad, because mine always drop open flowers when I plant them out outdoors.<\/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\">\u2b50 Pro Grower (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>My Iyunskiys are sitting in 16 oz (0.5 L) cups. The first buds have opened. If the weather permits, I&#8217;ll plant them out in the hoop house next week.<\/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\">Nadija (Nadezhda) <span class=\"author-stats\">\u2b50 Pro Grower (5,505 posts)<\/span><\/div>\n<div class=\"author-geo\">\ud83d\udccd Ukraine (USDA Zone 5)<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"post-content\">\n<p>And my Iyunskiys, planted in the greenhouse on April 12th, are blooming!!! \ud83d\udc4d Sturdy, but not tall, around 12 inches (30 cm)&#8230;<\/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\/Abakan <span class=\"author-stats\">\ud83c\udf31 Guest<\/span><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"post-content\">\n<p>\ud83d\ude32 How did you do that? Teach me&#8230;.<\/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\">Nadija (Nadezhda) <span class=\"author-stats\">\u2b50 Pro Grower (5,505 posts)<\/span><\/div>\n<div class=\"author-geo\">\ud83d\udccd Ukraine (USDA Zone 5)<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"post-content\">\n<blockquote><p><strong>VALENTINA\/Abakan:<\/strong> \ud83d\ude32 How did you do that? Teach me&#8230;.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>Seeded Feb 15th, pricked out March 11th, and planted out April 12th. They were already super sturdy as seedlings, literally begging to go into the dirt!!! So I planted them!!! I needed to plant some short varieties at the feet of my indets anyway&#8230;<\/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\/Abakan <span class=\"author-stats\">\ud83c\udf31 Guest<\/span><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"post-content\">\n<p>Thanks, got it \ud83e\udd20 I gauge everything starting from March. I seeded on March 20th and mine aren&#8217;t even thinking about it yet. So even if they are ultra-earlies, you still have to seed them early \ud83d\udcdd adding that to my notebook&#8230;<\/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\">Nadija (Nadezhda) <span class=\"author-stats\">\u2b50 Pro Grower (5,505 posts)<\/span><\/div>\n<div class=\"author-geo\">\ud83d\udccd Ukraine (USDA Zone 5)<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"post-content\">\n<p>I seed my main crop in February, since I start planting out in the greenhouse around the 8th (after the Annunciation). And outdoors &#8211; around April 25th, until I get everything planted!!!<\/p>\n<p>In March I seed short varieties for canning, so I can plant them out in the second half of May.<\/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\">Veronika <span class=\"author-stats\">\u2b50 Pro Grower (3,436 posts)<\/span><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"post-content\">\n<p>My Iyunskiy, planted out on March 18th, survived the frosts. A few leaves got damaged, but it lived, and the buds survived. It&#8217;ll be a favorite if it manages to yield a crop despite that kind of torture. \ud83d\ude1b<\/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\">Semechka <span class=\"author-stats\">\u2b50 Pro Grower (23,539 posts)<\/span><\/div>\n<div class=\"author-geo\">\ud83d\udccd Krasnoyarsk Suburbs, Siberia (USDA Zone 3)<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"post-content\">\n<p>My Iyunskiy has had little fruits on it for a week now, but for some reason this year it is significantly SHORTER. A mystery.<\/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\">elena1984 (Elena) <span class=\"author-stats\">\u2b50 Pro Grower (7,703 posts)<\/span><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"post-content\">\n<p>My Iyunskiy also set its first fruit, but it&#8217;s still sitting inside in a pot. This year my Iyunskiys are actually taller than last year.<\/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\">Veronika <span class=\"author-stats\">\u2b50 Pro Grower (3,436 posts)<\/span><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"post-content\">\n<p>Lena, when did you seed them?<\/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\">Yeseniya (Lyudmila) <span class=\"author-stats\">\u2b50 Pro Grower (3,007 posts)<\/span><\/div>\n<div class=\"author-geo\">\ud83d\udccd Southern Krasnoyarsk Territory, Siberia (USDA Zone 3)<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"post-content\">\n<p>Found 2 breaker tomatoes on my Iyunskiy today, both from megablooms. We&#8217;ve had two days of heat, and boom, results! \ud83d\ude4c<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.tomat-pomidor.com\/uploads\/newforum\/galleries\/120\/5997-220516075530.jpeg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.tomat-pomidor.com\/uploads\/newforum\/galleries\/120\/thumb_5997-220516075530.jpeg\" alt=\"Iyunskiy tomato turning color\" width=\"131\" height=\"160\" \/><\/a><\/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\">irishk@ (Irina) <span class=\"author-stats\">\u2b50 Pro Grower (4,864 posts)<\/span><\/div>\n<div class=\"author-geo\">\ud83d\udccd Krasnodar Territory (USDA Zone 6)<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"post-content\">\n<p>My Iyunskiy, seeded Feb 6th, doesn&#8217;t even look like it wants to start turning yet.<\/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 Ramenskoye, Moscow Region (USDA Zone 4)<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"post-content\">\n<p>Not sure if this goes in this thread or if I need to start a new one&#8230; This year I planted Yellow Iyunskiy Usypnoy (Heavy Yielder) (from Angelina), we&#8217;ll see what kind of miracle this is. So far it&#8217;s growing as a short, tree-type dwarf with potato leaves.<\/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\">salix (Iva) <span class=\"author-stats\">\u2b50 Pro Grower (631 posts)<\/span><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"post-content\">\n<blockquote><p><strong>TatianaSh:<\/strong> This year I planted Yellow Iyunskiy Usypnoy&#8230;<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>Oh wow, I&#8217;ve never even heard of that one. I thought the store-bought Iyunskiy, the one not from the forum, was also red. Is this one supposed to be yellow?<\/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 Ramenskoye, Moscow Region (USDA Zone 4)<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"post-content\">\n<p>Supposed to be yellow. We&#8217;ll see what grows, I&#8217;ll definitely report back.<\/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\">Yanina (Olga) <span class=\"author-stats\">\u2b50 Pro Grower (3,125 posts)<\/span><\/div>\n<div class=\"author-geo\">\ud83d\udccd Uva, Udmurtia (USDA Zone 3)<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"post-content\">\n<p>Here is my Iyunskiy as of today in the greenhouse, seeded late January.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.tomat-pomidor.com\/uploads\/newforum\/galleries\/121\/5262-260516064453.jpeg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.tomat-pomidor.com\/uploads\/newforum\/galleries\/121\/thumb_5262-260516064453.jpeg\" alt=\"Iyunskiy early fruit set\" width=\"160\" height=\"110\" \/><\/a><\/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\">Olena (Olga) <span class=\"author-stats\">\u2b50 Pro Grower (1,007 posts)<\/span><\/div>\n<div class=\"author-geo\">\ud83d\udccd Moscow (USDA Zone 4)<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"post-content\">\n<p>Oops&#8230; I also have two bushes of Yellow Iyunskiy growing, Anechka sent me two seeds, she got them from Angelina.<\/p>\n<p>But mine have regular leaves and they didn&#8217;t throw a truss until after the 11th leaf, seeded Jan 18th. I&#8217;m running one bush to two stems and the other to one, I wanted them for an early harvest. Then suckers with flower trusses started popping out everywhere, but I pinched them off. They are about 30 inches (80 cm) tall for me. Blooming very heavily and every single flower is setting. One bush already has 13 little ones. They look very similar to my Red Iyunskiy, which is right next to it, also seeded in January and also tall, but the first truss on that one was way earlier! And the little fruits on my yellow one are slightly elongated ovals at the bottom.<\/p>\n<p>I&#8217;m also waiting to see what kind of miracle this turns into. \ud83d\ude09<\/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 Ramenskoye, Moscow Region (USDA Zone 4)<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"post-content\">\n<p>Olya, in Angelina&#8217;s photo Yellow Iyunskiy looked like it had potato leaves&#8230; \ud83e\udd37\u200d\u2640\ufe0f unless the variety is segregating&#8230; I&#8217;ll try to snap a photo of it on Saturday if it&#8217;s still alive out there in the open ground. Mine isn&#8217;t blooming yet, I planted late, and for some reason the seeds took forever to germinate..<\/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\">Yeseniya (Lyudmila) <span class=\"author-stats\">\u2b50 Pro Grower (3,007 posts)<\/span><\/div>\n<div class=\"author-geo\">\ud83d\udccd Southern Krasnoyarsk Territory, Siberia (USDA Zone 3)<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"post-content\">\n<p>Picked the first 5 tomatoes off Iyunskiy yesterday (one from different bushes). A couple more days on the windowsill to finish and they&#8217;ll go in a salad. Or we&#8217;ll just eat them as is&#8230;<\/p>\n<p>I have about 10 bushes of them. Sveta warned that the first large fruits from megablooms need to be picked as early as possible to give the next ones a chance to size up. The tomatoes aren&#8217;t tiny, practically red, but still firm. Seeded Feb 10th, planted in greenhouse April 10th. First ones ripened by the end of May. \ud83e\udd2b<\/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\">salix (Iva) <span class=\"author-stats\">\u2b50 Pro Grower (631 posts)<\/span><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"post-content\">\n<blockquote><p><strong>Yeseniya:<\/strong> Picked the first 5 tomatoes off Iyunskiy yesterday&#8230; First ones ripened by the end of May. \ud83e\udd2b<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>How wonderful! \ud83d\udc4f But now you have to urgently rename them to Mayskiys (May Tomatoes) \ud83d\ude42<\/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\">Olena (Olga) <span class=\"author-stats\">\u2b50 Pro Grower (1,007 posts)<\/span><\/div>\n<div class=\"author-geo\">\ud83d\udccd Moscow (USDA Zone 4)<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"post-content\">\n<blockquote><p><strong>TatianaSh:<\/strong> Olya, in Angelina&#8217;s photo Yellow Iyunskiy looked like it had potato leaves&#8230;<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>Tanya, Anyuta&#8217;s is growing with regular leaves too. \ud83e\udd37\u200d\u2640\ufe0f<\/p>\n<p>I have a sneaking suspicion that this is all just regular Iyunskiy. Now we just have to wait until it starts ripening to see what color it turns \ud83d\ude02<\/p>\n<p>I&#8217;ll take a picture of mine this weekend too and we can compare \ud83d\ude42<\/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\">Olena (Olga) <span class=\"author-stats\">\u2b50 Pro Grower (1,007 posts)<\/span><\/div>\n<div class=\"author-geo\">\ud83d\udccd Moscow (USDA Zone 4)<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"post-content\">\n<p>And my regular Iyunskiy has set 6 babies so far, blooming like crazy, but I&#8217;m guessing it&#8217;s about three weeks until it ripens. Even though it was seeded Jan 18th and planted in the greenhouse at the end of April. Mine is definitely going to end up being a late-June tomato! Awesome that yours already ripened in May!<\/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 (USDA Zone 4)<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"post-content\">\n<p>Ladies, gentlemen, change my mind&#8230;<\/p>\n<p>Many years ago I planted Iyunskiy. It was pure sour battery acid. Suffered with it for a few years and threw it out.<\/p>\n<p>Did it seriously get tasty now? \ud83d\ude32<\/p>\n<p>If yes, I&#8217;ll go buy some.<\/p>\n<p>If no, well I&#8217;ve already eaten my own red tomato this year. Which was a later variety than Iyunskiy, by the way.<\/p>\n<p>I feel like there are much tastier options among the earlies&#8230; Or am I wrong? \ud83e\udd2b<\/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\">Plena (Elena) <span class=\"author-stats\">\u2b50 Pro Grower (9,242 posts)<\/span><\/div>\n<div class=\"author-geo\">\ud83d\udccd Solnechnogorsk, Moscow Region (USDA Zone 4)<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"post-content\">\n<p>Olya, everyone is actively growing the forum version of Iyunskiy for early harvests, the one from Sveta Sweet. That&#8217;s what we are discussing right now. And the yellow version from Angelina.<\/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\">Yeseniya (Lyudmila) <span class=\"author-stats\">\u2b50 Pro Grower (3,007 posts)<\/span><\/div>\n<div class=\"author-geo\">\ud83d\udccd Southern Krasnoyarsk Territory, Siberia (USDA Zone 3)<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"post-content\">\n<blockquote><p><strong>Karamel:<\/strong> &#8230;I planted Iyunskiy. It was pure sour battery acid&#8230; Did it seriously get tasty now? \ud83d\ude32 I feel like there are much tastier options among the earlies&#8230; Or am I wrong? \ud83e\udd2b<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>Last year we ate the first tomato on May 18th (grew in a cold frame &#8211; on a warm manure bed). This year in the greenhouse it ripened 10 days later. I wouldn&#8217;t say it&#8217;s battery acid. You can&#8217;t compare it to store-bought, it has a normal tomato taste, definitely not sour. For the very first tomatoes of the season, it&#8217;s absolutely \ud83d\udc4d Not a single other variety ripened earlier. \ud83e\udd2b This is the forum variety from Svetlana. I can send you seeds in the fall, you can try it yourself.<\/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\">Drosera (Svetlana) <span class=\"author-stats\">\u2b50 Pro Grower (5,413 posts)<\/span><\/div>\n<div class=\"author-geo\">\ud83d\udccd Yekaterinburg (USDA Zone 3)<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"post-content\">\n<p>For discussions on early harvest tomatoes &#8211; check the thread &#8220;Early Tomatoes? Sharing experience, agrotechniques, and successes.&#8221;<\/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\">kalinka-malinka (Nataliya) <span class=\"author-stats\">\u2b50 Pro Grower (2,061 posts)<\/span><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"post-content\">\n<p>Can someone tell me, do you need to sucker Iyunskiy? It grew completely wild, and there are already clusters of flowers on every single sucker&#8230; There are already fruits set too. Seeded March 20th.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.tomat-pomidor.com\/uploads\/newforum\/galleries\/123\/13547-070616043536.jpeg\" alt=\"Bushy unpruned Iyunskiy plant\" width=\"562\" height=\"1000\" \/><\/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\">Zulfiya <span class=\"author-stats\">\u2b50 Pro Grower (15,967 posts)<\/span><\/div>\n<div class=\"author-geo\">\ud83d\udccd Ufa (USDA Zone 4)<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"post-content\">\n<p>To get an earlier harvest, I removed the lower suckers so the fruit sets higher up would swell and ripen faster. If you don&#8217;t sucker it at all, with a March 20th seeding date, it&#8217;ll ripen small, less-sweet fruits in late July or August. Plus, you need to save fully developed seeds.<\/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\">\u2b50 Pro Grower (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>First little tomatoes ripened on the Iyunskiy I seeded on Feb 17th.<\/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\">Nessi (Nelya) <span class=\"author-stats\">\u2b50 Pro Grower (6,455 posts)<\/span><\/div>\n<div class=\"author-geo\">\ud83d\udccd Ramenskoye District, Moscow Region (USDA Zone 4)<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"post-content\">\n<p>My first truss snapped \ud83d\ude1e I picked it yesterday &#8211; immediately started turning red in the house.<\/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\">LanaD (Svetlana) <span class=\"author-stats\">\ud83d\udee1\ufe0f Moderator (25,280 posts)<\/span><\/div>\n<div class=\"author-geo\">\ud83d\udccd Moscow Region (USDA Zone 4)<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"post-content\">\n<blockquote><p><strong>Nessi:<\/strong> My first truss snapped \ud83d\ude1e I picked it yesterday &#8211; immediately started turning red in the house.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>Maybe I should pick my first tomatoes too! \ud83d\ude09 \ud83d\ude42<\/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\">Katrinka (Ekaterina) <span class=\"author-stats\">\u2b50 Pro Grower (5,736 posts)<\/span><\/div>\n<div class=\"author-geo\">\ud83d\udccd Volgograd (USDA Zone 6)<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"post-content\">\n<p>Seeded 02\/25\/16. Planted outdoors in the dirt on 04\/16\/16 with flowers and set fruit. Really loved it as a seedling, small, neat, beautiful. I grew 2 of them in 16 oz (0.5 L) cups, and 2 in 1 qt (1 L) pots. That volume ended up being enough, I couldn&#8217;t give them bigger pots due to lack of space. They develop faster in larger volumes. I think you can easily seed it 2 weeks earlier, it doesn&#8217;t get leggy and doesn&#8217;t drop fruit when planted out into its final spot.<\/p>\n<p>Picked the first breaker fruits on June 4th. Ate the first tomato today. Taste is good, has seeds, but not many. Fruit weight 2.3 &#8211; 2.6 oz (65 &#8211; 75 g). Seeds were from Nadezhda in Pskov. Nadenka, thank you!<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.tomat-pomidor.com\/uploads\/newforum\/galleries\/122\/591-050616002825.jpeg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.tomat-pomidor.com\/uploads\/newforum\/galleries\/122\/thumb_591-050616002825.jpeg\" alt=\"Early Iyunskiy harvest\" width=\"160\" height=\"89\" \/><\/a><br \/>\n<a href=\"https:\/\/www.tomat-pomidor.com\/uploads\/newforum\/galleries\/123\/591-080616023253.jpeg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.tomat-pomidor.com\/uploads\/newforum\/galleries\/123\/thumb_591-080616023253.jpeg\" alt=\"Iyunskiy tomatoes on scale\" width=\"160\" height=\"120\" \/><\/a><\/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\">Olena (Olga) <span class=\"author-stats\">\u2b50 Pro Grower (1,007 posts)<\/span><\/div>\n<div class=\"author-geo\">\ud83d\udccd Moscow (USDA Zone 4)<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"post-content\">\n<p>Iyunskiy can absolutely get leggy: mine, seeded Jan 18th, is over 3 feet (1 m) tall right now. Was in a half-gallon (2 L) pot. And it didn&#8217;t set trusses, dropped them indoors. Now it&#8217;s set about 30 fruits, small ones though, I&#8217;m running it to one stem like an indet. Starting to turn color! Hooray!<\/p>\n<p>And Yellow Iyunskiy is changing color too!<\/p>\n<p>Fruit shape looks very similar to Utenok (Duckling), small with a little beak!<\/p>\n<p>Honestly, their huge plus is that they set fruit incredibly well, they are my only hope in this weather!<\/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\">Katrinka (Ekaterina) <span class=\"author-stats\">\u2b50 Pro Grower (5,736 posts)<\/span><\/div>\n<div class=\"author-geo\">\ud83d\udccd Volgograd (USDA Zone 6)<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"post-content\">\n<p>Olya, maybe that isn&#8217;t Iyunskiy? I can&#8217;t imagine it hitting 3 feet&#8230; Mine grew without extra lights, started blooming at 6 inches (15 cm). Iyunskiy looks completely different from other varieties that stretched under the exact same conditions.<\/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\">Nadija (Nadezhda) <span class=\"author-stats\">\u2b50 Pro Grower (5,505 posts)<\/span><\/div>\n<div class=\"author-geo\">\ud83d\udccd Ukraine (USDA Zone 5)<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"post-content\">\n<p>Got my first Iyunskiy too \ud83d\udc4d<\/p>\n<p>Seeded 02\/15\/16. Planted in greenhouse 04\/12, without flowers or fruit, since it was growing in a tiny 7 oz (200 ml) cup. Immediately took off growing and by 05\/01\/16 it already had its first little fruits. Note for the future: seed two weeks earlier, and definitely pot up into a larger container \ud83d\ude4c<\/p>\n<p>The ladies said to pick the breaker ones too and let them turn red indoors, so I did.<\/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\">Zulfiya <span class=\"author-stats\">\u2b50 Pro Grower (15,967 posts)<\/span><\/div>\n<div class=\"author-geo\">\ud83d\udccd Ufa (USDA Zone 4)<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"post-content\">\n<blockquote><p><strong>Olena:<\/strong> Iyunskiy can absolutely get leggy&#8230; over 3 feet tall&#8230; looks very similar to Utenok with a little beak!<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>Olga, your Iyunskiy sounds like the Sedek version. We are bragging about the forum version here, originally from Sveta &#8211; Sweet. My forum version, in a tiny 7 oz cup, stayed short, set 2 tomatoes, and held onto them until planting out. Though you shouldn&#8217;t grow them in such small volumes, that was just an accident on my part.<\/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 Ramenskoye, Moscow Region (USDA Zone 4)<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"post-content\">\n<p>Zulfiya, the thread title doesn&#8217;t specify exactly which Iyunskiy we&#8217;re writing about here. \ud83d\ude42<\/p>\n<p>Let all the Iyunskiys, whatever people have, be in here. We can see all the variations.<\/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\">Zulfiya <span class=\"author-stats\">\u2b50 Pro Grower (15,967 posts)<\/span><\/div>\n<div class=\"author-geo\">\ud83d\udccd Ufa (USDA Zone 4)<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"post-content\">\n<p>Of course, I just wrote that for the newbies, so they don&#8217;t get their hopes up relying on the store-bought version.<\/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\">Tomatanya (Tatyana) <span class=\"author-stats\">\ud83d\udee1\ufe0f Moderator (10,247 posts)<\/span><\/div>\n<div class=\"author-geo\">\ud83d\udccd Sinyavino, Leningrad Region (USDA Zone 4)<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"post-content\">\n<p>My Iyunskiy from Sveta-Sweet actually stretched this year too, I didn&#8217;t expect that from it. Not 3 feet, but the bushes hit 14 inches (35 cm), even though they were growing in 1-liter milk cartons, they even started falling over. I had to stake them. But that might be because they didn&#8217;t get enough light, I had way too many seedlings and crammed them 2-3 together. They are all in the greenhouse now, with fruit, but not turning color yet. Seeded 02\/23, sprouted 03\/03.<\/p>\n<p>I regret planting them in the middle of the north bed, the indets are already starting to shade them out \ud83d\ude29.<\/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\">Ninulia (Nina) <span class=\"author-stats\">\u2b50 Pro Grower (39,626 posts)<\/span><\/div>\n<div class=\"author-geo\">\ud83d\udccd Nizhny Novgorod Region (USDA Zone 4)<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"post-content\">\n<p>I picked 4-5 breaker Iyunskiys yesterday, but still, my absolute first tomato was Boni MM, and the second-third too, it shared the gold medal with Kazabalykskiy Super-early &#8211; they ripened at the exact same time, so they are 2-3 too! We aren&#8217;t eating them yet &#8211; waiting for guests so we can treat them! \ud83d\udc4d\ud83d\ude01<\/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\">Olena (Olga) <span class=\"author-stats\">\u2b50 Pro Grower (1,007 posts)<\/span><\/div>\n<div class=\"author-geo\">\ud83d\udccd Moscow (USDA Zone 4)<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"post-content\">\n<blockquote><p><strong>Katrinka:<\/strong> Olya, maybe that isn&#8217;t Iyunskiy? I can&#8217;t imagine it hitting 3 feet&#8230;<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>I don&#8217;t know&#8230; My seeds are from last year, it was about 20 inches (50 cm) in my greenhouse, seeds from forum members. And at first it grew exactly right, sturdy and stocky, and the truss was low. But I took it off the grow lights and it started growing up and dropping trusses&#8230; The result is what it is&#8230; Elena1984 is growing two plants from my seeds, hers are shorter&#8230; Maybe Lenok will chime in: do mine look like the others or not, she has some from her own seeds too. I&#8217;ll ask&#8230; I&#8217;m curious myself!<\/p>\n<p>I&#8217;ll try to get photos this weekend.<\/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\">azure (Svetlana) <span class=\"author-stats\">\u2b50 Pro Grower (10,895 posts)<\/span><\/div>\n<div class=\"author-geo\">\ud83d\udccd Don Region (USDA Zone 6)<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"post-content\">\n<p>This is the forum Iyunskiy, originally from Sveta-Sweet. There were zero seeds in the first fruits, now I occasionally find some. Once the hot weather hit, the tomatoes got sweet, the first ones were a bit tart. Seeded Feb 11th. But it suffered in a 7 oz (0.2 L) cup, I should have potted it up into a bigger container, it would have set fruit sooner.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.tomat-pomidor.com\/uploads\/newforum\/galleries\/121\/12090-310516013926.jpeg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.tomat-pomidor.com\/uploads\/newforum\/galleries\/121\/thumb_12090-310516013926.jpeg\" alt=\"Small Iyunskiy tomato plant\" width=\"160\" height=\"120\" \/><\/a><br \/>\n<a href=\"https:\/\/www.tomat-pomidor.com\/uploads\/newforum\/galleries\/124\/12090-130616082524.jpeg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.tomat-pomidor.com\/uploads\/newforum\/galleries\/124\/thumb_12090-130616082524.jpeg\" alt=\"Ripe red tomato on scale\" width=\"160\" height=\"89\" \/><\/a><\/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\">Olena (Olga) <span class=\"author-stats\">\u2b50 Pro Grower (1,007 posts)<\/span><\/div>\n<div class=\"author-geo\">\ud83d\udccd Moscow (USDA Zone 4)<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"post-content\">\n<p>Well here are my photos. I was a bit off on the height: the regular Iyunskiy is 35 inches (90 cm), and one bush of Yellow Iyunskiy is 43 inches (1.10 m), the other is 47 inches (1.20 m)! Ugh, they just won&#8217;t ripen&#8230; they&#8217;ve been hanging like this for a week&#8230; Yellow Iyunskiy has a little beak. My Iyunskiy, Yellow Iyunskiy. That one is running on two stems.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.tomat-pomidor.com\/uploads\/newforum\/galleries\/124\/12179-130616174538.jpeg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.tomat-pomidor.com\/uploads\/newforum\/galleries\/124\/12179-130616174538.jpeg\" alt=\"Tall Iyunskiy plant\" width=\"336\" height=\"448\" \/><\/a><br \/>\n<a href=\"https:\/\/www.tomat-pomidor.com\/uploads\/newforum\/galleries\/124\/12179-130616175005.jpeg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.tomat-pomidor.com\/uploads\/newforum\/galleries\/124\/12179-130616175005.jpeg\" alt=\"Tall Yellow Iyunskiy plant\" width=\"750\" height=\"1000\" \/><\/a><br \/>\n<a href=\"https:\/\/www.tomat-pomidor.com\/uploads\/newforum\/galleries\/124\/12179-130616175109.jpeg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.tomat-pomidor.com\/uploads\/newforum\/galleries\/124\/12179-130616175109.jpeg\" alt=\"Yellow tomatoes with beaks\" width=\"336\" height=\"448\" \/><\/a><\/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 Ramenskoye, Moscow Region (USDA Zone 4)<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"post-content\">\n<p>Olya, my Yellow Iyunskiy hasn&#8217;t even set fruit yet, don&#8217;t see any tomatoes on it yet \ud83d\ude1e It&#8217;s outdoors in the dirt, seeded late March. The leaves look the same. Aren&#8217;t they supposed to be potato leaf?<\/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\">elena1984 (Elena) <span class=\"author-stats\">\u2b50 Pro Grower (7,703 posts)<\/span><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"post-content\">\n<blockquote><p><strong>azure:<\/strong> This is the forum Iyunskiy&#8230;<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>My Iyunskiy doesn&#8217;t even have that shape, it&#8217;s round and small, and the seeds from Olya also produced round and small fruits.<\/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\">OlgaP (Olga) <span class=\"author-stats\">\u2b50 Pro Grower (2,913 posts)<\/span><\/div>\n<div class=\"author-geo\">\ud83d\udccd Russia<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"post-content\">\n<p>My Iyunskiy tomatoes aren&#8217;t ripening yet, but I counted 14 normal-sized ones on one bush (well, not a bush &#8211; a tiny 12-15 inch \/ 30-40 cm plant), and the smaller fruits and flowers are impossible to count (thanks to Sveta-azure). Is it absolutely necessary for a tomato to ripen on the vine for seed saving? I&#8217;d pick them off now just to relieve the pressure on the plant.<\/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\">tomatinka (Vera) <span class=\"author-stats\">\u2b50 Pro Grower (14,911 posts)<\/span><\/div>\n<div class=\"author-geo\">\ud83d\udccd Tyumen Region, Siberia (USDA Zone 3)<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"post-content\">\n<p>One time, during a move, I had to save seeds from a green tomato just so I wouldn&#8217;t lose the variety. When I planted them, they germinated and yielded perfectly. This was in the early 90s. Exotic varieties were hard to come by. The variety was Feierverk (Fireworks).<\/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\">Zulfiya <span class=\"author-stats\">\u2b50 Pro Grower (15,967 posts)<\/span><\/div>\n<div class=\"author-geo\">\ud83d\udccd Ufa (USDA Zone 4)<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"post-content\">\n<p>Olga, pick them! And just enjoy eating your first tomatoes in peace, there won&#8217;t be any normal seeds in them anyway. For seeds, save a larger fruit from the 2nd-3rd truss that formed outdoors in its final spot, and leave that one to fully ripen.<\/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\">Olena (Olga) <span class=\"author-stats\">\u2b50 Pro Grower (1,007 posts)<\/span><\/div>\n<div class=\"author-geo\">\ud83d\udccd Moscow (USDA Zone 4)<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"post-content\">\n<blockquote><p><strong>TatianaSh:<\/strong> Olya, my Yellow Iyunskiy hasn&#8217;t even set fruit yet&#8230; Aren&#8217;t they supposed to be potato leaf?<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>Tanya, I&#8217;m thinking it isn&#8217;t early at all, this plant has a few, but the other one is just starting to set&#8230; From a January seeding! Regular leaf, and the girl who shared the seeds had regular leaf too.. But they are very thick, blistered leaves.. I counted about 40 small tomatoes total so far \ud83d\ude42\ud83d\ude42\ud83d\ude42<\/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\">Drosera (Svetlana) <span class=\"author-stats\">\u2b50 Pro Grower (5,413 posts)<\/span><\/div>\n<div class=\"author-geo\">\ud83d\udccd Yekaterinburg (USDA Zone 3)<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"post-content\">\n<p>My Iyunskiy is a solid wall of fruit, medium and small, green, covered in flowers and set fruit. No idea when they&#8217;ll start ripening, because I&#8217;m not picking anything off, just waiting&#8230; The second one is more modest, but it was planted later.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/img-fotki.yandex.ru\/get\/112776\/364988847.1\/0_16760f_5520c994_orig.jpg\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/img-fotki.yandex.ru\/get\/112776\/364988847.1\/0_16760f_5520c994_orig.jpg\" alt=\"Dense clusters of green Iyunskiy tomatoes\" width=\"576\" height=\"768\" \/><\/a><br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/img-fotki.yandex.ru\/get\/111359\/364988847.1\/0_167610_a6a542e8_orig.jpg\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/img-fotki.yandex.ru\/get\/111359\/364988847.1\/0_167610_a6a542e8_orig.jpg\" alt=\"Green tomatoes on bush\" width=\"619\" height=\"768\" \/><\/a><\/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\">Tamara48 (Tamara) <span class=\"author-stats\">\ud83c\udf31 Member (333 posts)<\/span><\/div>\n<div class=\"author-geo\">\ud83d\udccd Dmitrov District, Moscow Region (USDA Zone 4)<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"post-content\">\n<p>\ud83e\udd20 Three Iyunskiy tomatoes ripened, seeded January 29th.<\/p>\n<p>Seeds from Svetikk, thank you!<\/p>\n<p>They sat there green forever, waiting for the heat. I read that I should have picked them at breaker stage, but I kept waiting for them to turn red.<\/p>\n<p>Going to go pick them, let the others turn red. \ud83d\ude0b<\/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\">Olena (Olga) <span class=\"author-stats\">\u2b50 Pro Grower (1,007 posts)<\/span><\/div>\n<div class=\"author-geo\">\ud83d\udccd Moscow (USDA Zone 4)<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"post-content\">\n<p>Well, my Iyunskiys (both red and yellow) finally started ripening \ud83d\udc4f and honestly, after I picked a couple of breaker ones, the rest started ripening really fast! Like all at once! The yellow Iyunskiys are sweetish, absolutely no acid, very thin skin, weighing 1 to 1.4 oz (30-40 g). The reds have a slight tartness.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.tomat-pomidor.com\/uploads\/newforum\/galleries\/126\/12179-250616081600.jpeg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.tomat-pomidor.com\/uploads\/newforum\/galleries\/126\/12179-250616081600.jpeg\" alt=\"Harvested red and yellow early tomatoes\" width=\"750\" height=\"1000\" \/><\/a><\/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\">elena1984 (Elena) <span class=\"author-stats\">\u2b50 Pro Grower (7,703 posts)<\/span><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"post-content\">\n<p>My Iyunskiys, started picking ripe ones on June 10th, picked a ton of ripe ones today, they are a bit small and tart.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.tomat-pomidor.com\/uploads\/newforum\/galleries\/126\/12726-250616175954.jpeg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.tomat-pomidor.com\/uploads\/newforum\/galleries\/126\/12726-250616175954.jpeg\" alt=\"Bowl of early red Iyunskiy tomatoes\" width=\"750\" height=\"1000\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>\ud83d\udccc Quick Summary (TL;DR): Iyunskiy (June) \ud83c\udf0d Origin: A legendary ultra-early Russian community heirloom. Note: There is a commercial variety sold by Sedek with the same name, but this thread specifically documents the famous &#8220;Forum Iyunskiy&#8221; circulated by the grower Sweet from St. Petersburg. \ud83c\udf3f Plant Habit: Ultra-early dwarf (determinate). A stout, sturdy, compact little &#8230; <a title=\"Iyunskiy (June) Tomato Review: Ultra-Early Dwarf\" class=\"read-more\" href=\"https:\/\/www.tomat-pomidor.com\/en\/iyunskiy\/\" aria-label=\"Read more about Iyunskiy (June) Tomato Review: Ultra-Early Dwarf\">Read more<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":4626,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[438,52,102,4],"tags":[370,44,39,48,49,73],"class_list":["post-4626","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-red-tomatoes","category-bush-and-dwarf","category-cocktail-salad-tomatoes","category-paste-canning","tag-cold-tolerant","tag-container-tomato","tag-dwarf-tomato","tag-early-season","tag-open-ground","tag-ultra-early-tomato"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.tomat-pomidor.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4626","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=4626"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/www.tomat-pomidor.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4626\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":4628,"href":"https:\/\/www.tomat-pomidor.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4626\/revisions\/4628"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.tomat-pomidor.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4626"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.tomat-pomidor.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=4626"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.tomat-pomidor.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=4626"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.tomat-pomidor.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=4626"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}