{"id":4922,"date":"2026-10-10T10:56:57","date_gmt":"2026-10-10T10:56:57","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.tomat-pomidor.com\/en\/?p=4922"},"modified":"2026-10-10T10:58:27","modified_gmt":"2026-10-10T10:58:27","slug":"cardio","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.tomat-pomidor.com\/en\/cardio\/","title":{"rendered":"Cardio Tomato Review: Italian Oxheart"},"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;4922&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;Cardio Tomato Review: Italian Oxheart&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): Cardio<\/h3>\n<ul>\n<li>\ud83c\udf0d <strong>Origin:<\/strong> An Italian heirloom variety popularized by V. Redko. The name &#8220;Cardio&#8221; perfectly matches its classic, broad anatomical heart shape.<\/li>\n<li>\ud83c\udf3f <strong>Plant Habit:<\/strong> Indeterminate (tall). Reaches about 6 to 6.5 feet (1.8-2 m) in a greenhouse but adapts excellently to open ground. Known for its fantastic fruit set, rarely dropping blossoms.<\/li>\n<li>\ud83c\udf45 <strong>Fruit Characteristics:<\/strong> Medium to large, dense, raspberry-pink oxhearts. Some fruits on the same plant can occasionally be oblate (flattened). Growers note a stunning, almost pearlescent glow to the skin.<\/li>\n<li>\ud83d\udc45 <strong>Flavor:<\/strong> Delicious and sweet, sometimes with a perfect touch of acidity. Highly rated for being an early-season tomato, a time when most early varieties taste quite bland.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>\u2b07\ufe0f <strong>Read the reviews below<\/strong> to see why growers are making this pearlescent pink beauty a permanent resident on their grow lists!<\/p>\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\">T<\/div>\n<div class=\"author-meta\">\n<div class=\"author-name\">Tomatanya (Tatiana) <span class=\"author-stats\">\u2b50 Moderator (10,247 posts)<\/span><\/div>\n<div class=\"author-geo\">\ud83d\udccd Sinyavino-2, Leningrad Region (USDA Zone 4)<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"post-content\">\n<p>An Italian variety. Seeds from V. Redko. It&#8217;s a mid-early, indeterminate variety, growing up to 6 feet (1.8 m). The yield and fruit set are extremely good. Fruits are medium to large, broadly heart-shaped, raspberry-pink, dense, and delicious.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.tomat-pomidor.com\/uploads\/newforum\/attachments01\/59941_a01907da43826ebe094fa0f4a5eb57af88239589.jpg\" alt=\"Cardio pink heart shaped tomatoes\" width=\"600\" height=\"800\" \/><br \/>\n<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.tomat-pomidor.com\/uploads\/newforum\/attachments01\/59943_6bb6d3c931b3c01e41ab3d5973c122a275dcb311.jpg\" alt=\"Cardio tomatoes on the vine\" width=\"800\" height=\"600\" \/><br \/>\n<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.tomat-pomidor.com\/uploads\/newforum\/attachments01\/59945_450e707cb898a12819f7d430338ae1eee8ca71ea.jpg\" alt=\"Large raspberry pink Cardio tomato\" width=\"800\" height=\"600\" \/><br \/>\n<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.tomat-pomidor.com\/uploads\/newforum\/attachments01\/59947_37f0bd78739aecc1a9545de66afbe4c7ef40e751.jpg\" alt=\"Sliced Cardio tomato showing meaty flesh\" width=\"800\" height=\"600\" \/><\/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\">MarinochkaM (Marina) <span class=\"author-stats\">\u2b50 Pro Grower (1,459 posts)<\/span><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"post-content\">\n<p>Very good! Grew outdoors in open ground in 2014. Definitely a candidate for my 2015 grow list.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.tomat-pomidor.com\/uploads\/newforum\/galleries\/29\/6517-060814125409.jpeg\" alt=\"Cardio pink tomato harvest\" width=\"945\" 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\">\u2b50 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>A very heavy yielder and a gorgeous variety. It topped 6.5 feet (2 m) in the greenhouse. I actually had both oblate and heart-shaped fruits on the exact same plant. Excellent flavor, sweet, sometimes with a nice little tangy kick.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.tomat-pomidor.com\/uploads\/newforum\/attachments01\/65707_da863c557737de2fb0f1b5f4600a0557d6c42860.jpg\" alt=\"Cardio tomato shape variations\" width=\"500\" height=\"500\" \/><br \/>\n<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.tomat-pomidor.com\/uploads\/newforum\/attachments01\/65709_bd19cb0a625ddb215161f3cc205ca2f7bfbe4867.jpg\" alt=\"Meaty Cardio tomato slices\" width=\"500\" height=\"500\" \/><br \/>\n<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.tomat-pomidor.com\/uploads\/newforum\/attachments01\/65711_15be592a17db6deaed067361962a0b2265a4d333.jpg\" alt=\"Cardio oxheart tomato on a plate\" width=\"500\" height=\"500\" \/><\/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\">Inn@ (Inna) <span class=\"author-stats\">\u2b50 Pro Grower (6,399 posts)<\/span><\/div>\n<div class=\"author-geo\">\ud83d\udccd Arti, Sverdlovsk Region (USDA Zone 3)<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"post-content\">\n<p>Cardio. It ended up being my absolute earliest variety in 2020. A heavy-yielding, delicious tomato.<\/p>\n<p>A huge thank you to Lyudochka @Ludmila D. for the seeds! \ud83d\ude4f<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.tomat-pomidor.com\/uploads\/monthly_2020_08\/large.1934817888_.jpg.5a5030a003e3ee550b1729a087fa7832.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.tomat-pomidor.com\/uploads\/monthly_2020_08\/large.1934817888_.jpg.5a5030a003e3ee550b1729a087fa7832.jpg\" alt=\"Cardio tomato cluster on vine\" width=\"323\" height=\"600\" \/><\/a><br \/>\n<a href=\"https:\/\/www.tomat-pomidor.com\/uploads\/monthly_2020_09\/large.20200906_192020.jpg.5deaaa61f90014aa4b392ccbb365b49d.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.tomat-pomidor.com\/uploads\/monthly_2020_09\/large.20200906_192020.jpg.5deaaa61f90014aa4b392ccbb365b49d.jpg\" alt=\"Early harvested Cardio tomato\" width=\"552\" height=\"600\" \/><\/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\">sofochkamai (Svetlana) <span class=\"author-stats\">\u2b50 Pro Grower (4,293 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>I also really loved the Cardio variety. Such neat, perfectly sized hearts. And yes, it&#8217;s a heavy yielder. It didn&#8217;t turn out super early for me (I planted the seedlings out in that greenhouse pretty late) but it definitely wasn&#8217;t late either.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.tomat-pomidor.com\/uploads\/monthly_2021_01\/220666381_3.JPG.3873eaa3819a069879844cd7415129a2.JPG\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.tomat-pomidor.com\/uploads\/monthly_2021_01\/956120991_3.thumb.JPG.a22291a8e8d26f6e2aca9cee2980250a.JPG\" alt=\"Beautiful Cardio pink oxheart tomatoes\" width=\"300\" height=\"225\" \/><\/a><br \/>\n<a href=\"https:\/\/www.tomat-pomidor.com\/uploads\/monthly_2021_01\/195412262_.JPG.7ad0932d904c5e5d68787a884d1b11f2.JPG\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.tomat-pomidor.com\/uploads\/monthly_2021_01\/1094500338_.thumb.JPG.2b76a2c61323927c1d7b008beacd86bb.JPG\" alt=\"Perfect heart shape of Cardio\" width=\"300\" height=\"225\" \/><\/a><br \/>\n<a href=\"https:\/\/www.tomat-pomidor.com\/uploads\/monthly_2021_01\/1617623448_.JPG.7f8b1a6b71aad2664f80763182868b93.JPG\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.tomat-pomidor.com\/uploads\/monthly_2021_01\/1879408580_.thumb.JPG.490b2584475071855b9785768ddec023.JPG\" alt=\"Harvested Cardio tomatoes\" width=\"300\" height=\"225\" \/><\/a><br \/>\n<a href=\"https:\/\/www.tomat-pomidor.com\/uploads\/monthly_2021_01\/1603985006_0.JPG.60c791fed3f138eee4fc3d77c50b4a2b.JPG\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.tomat-pomidor.com\/uploads\/monthly_2021_01\/1436569703_0.thumb.JPG.b75b0feef6ff37cb2c2cdb3b54584f72.JPG\" alt=\"Cardio tomato cross section\" width=\"225\" height=\"300\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"forum-post\">\n<div class=\"author-header\">\n<div class=\"forum-avatar\">N<\/div>\n<div class=\"author-meta\">\n<div class=\"author-name\">neLENtyayka (Elena) <span class=\"author-stats\">\u2b50 Pro Grower (2,794 posts)<\/span><\/div>\n<div class=\"author-geo\">\ud83d\udccd Kemerovo (USDA Zone 3)<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"post-content\">\n<p>It was my earliest indet too. So beautiful, the pink skin has this amazing pearlescent glow to it. And a very worthy flavor for such an early tomato.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.tomat-pomidor.com\/uploads\/monthly_2021_10\/2018858614_IMG_20190714_103640.jpg.0ac9751544a897ab24deff7213c7e5fd.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.tomat-pomidor.com\/uploads\/monthly_2021_10\/433033732_IMG_20190714_103640.thumb.jpg.ebd98c5fc29a574e05a1ff2ff09a0572.jpg\" alt=\"Pearlescent pink skin of Cardio tomato\" width=\"170\" height=\"300\" \/><\/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: Shape Variability in Oxhearts<\/strong><br \/>\nUser Ilya mentioned seeing both oblate (flattened\/beefsteak) and heart-shaped tomatoes on the exact same plant. This is extremely common with heirloom oxheart varieties! The very first fruits on the bottom trusses\u2014especially if they develop from early, fused megablooms\u2014often grow wide and oblate. As the plant gets taller and the weather warms up, the fruits on the middle and upper trusses will display that classic, pointy &#8220;Cardio&#8221; heart shape.<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>\ud83d\udccc Quick Summary (TL;DR): Cardio \ud83c\udf0d Origin: An Italian heirloom variety popularized by V. Redko. The name &#8220;Cardio&#8221; perfectly matches its classic, broad anatomical heart shape. \ud83c\udf3f Plant Habit: Indeterminate (tall). Reaches about 6 to 6.5 feet (1.8-2 m) in a greenhouse but adapts excellently to open ground. Known for its fantastic fruit set, rarely &#8230; <a title=\"Cardio Tomato Review: Italian Oxheart\" class=\"read-more\" href=\"https:\/\/www.tomat-pomidor.com\/en\/cardio\/\" aria-label=\"Read more about Cardio Tomato Review: Italian Oxheart\">Read more<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":4922,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[67,1,94,65],"tags":[48,30,33,35,436,81,15],"class_list":["post-4922","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-oxheart-tomatoes","category-beefsteak-large-slicers","category-heirloom-other","category-pink-tomatoes","tag-early-season","tag-heavy-yielder","tag-indeterminate","tag-italian-heirloom","tag-pearlescent-skin","tag-pink-oxheart","tag-sweet-flavor"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.tomat-pomidor.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4922","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=4922"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/www.tomat-pomidor.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4922\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":4925,"href":"https:\/\/www.tomat-pomidor.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4922\/revisions\/4925"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.tomat-pomidor.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4922"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.tomat-pomidor.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=4922"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.tomat-pomidor.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=4922"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.tomat-pomidor.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=4922"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}