{"id":4968,"date":"2026-10-10T12:02:17","date_gmt":"2026-10-10T12:02:17","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.tomat-pomidor.com\/en\/?p=4968"},"modified":"2026-10-10T12:02:17","modified_gmt":"2026-10-10T12:02:17","slug":"karamelka","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.tomat-pomidor.com\/en\/karamelka\/","title":{"rendered":"Karamelka (Little Caramel) Tomato Review &#038; Photos"},"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;4968&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;Karamelka (Little Caramel) Tomato Review \\u0026amp; Photos&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: Karamelka (Little Caramel)<\/h3>\n<ul>\n<li>\ud83c\udf0d <strong>Origin:<\/strong> A Russian commercial dwarf\/patio variety bred specifically for container and balcony gardening. The name translates to &#8220;Little Caramel&#8221; (a hard candy).<\/li>\n<li>\ud83c\udf3f <strong>Plant Habit:<\/strong> Determinate (bush). Generally stays very short, sprawling, and compact. It requires no pruning or suckering. However, some growers warn that if planted in the rich soil of a greenhouse instead of a container, it can grow out of control and act almost like an indeterminate.<\/li>\n<li>\ud83c\udf45 <strong>Fruit Characteristics:<\/strong> Tiny, perfectly round pink cherry tomatoes weighing up to 0.7 oz (20 g). The skin is strong and crack-resistant.<\/li>\n<li>\ud83d\udc45 <strong>Flavor &amp; Use:<\/strong> Intended as a sweet &#8220;snacking&#8221; tomato to keep in a pot right outside the door. Reviews are mixed\u2014some find it perfectly juicy and sweet, while others find the flavor mediocre compared to premium cherry 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\">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>Description from the packet: An early-ripening determinate variety for balcony\/windowsill cultivation and open ground. Plants have highly rated flavor qualities. The fruits are flawlessly uniform, smooth, pink, cherry-sized, weighing up to 0.7 oz (20 g), juicy, and tasty.<\/p>\n<p>It absolutely matches the description. The tomatoes are very tasty and do not crack. I grew it in a 1.3-gallon (5-liter) bucket inside the greenhouse. The bush is sprawling and does not need any tying or support.<\/p>\n<p>In the second photo:<br \/>\nPink &#8211; Karamelka<br \/>\nYellow &#8211; Gold Nugget<br \/>\nBlack &#8211; <a href=\"https:\/\/www.tomat-pomidor.com\/en\/black-caviar\/\">Ikra Chernaya<\/a> (Black Caviar)<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.tomat-pomidor.com\/uploads\/newforum\/galleries\/52\/5-300115065046.jpeg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.tomat-pomidor.com\/uploads\/newforum\/galleries\/52\/thumb_5-300115065046.jpeg\" alt=\"Karamelka pink cherry tomatoes\" width=\"160\" height=\"120\" \/><\/a><br \/>\n<a href=\"https:\/\/www.tomat-pomidor.com\/uploads\/newforum\/galleries\/26\/5-210714083452.jpeg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.tomat-pomidor.com\/uploads\/newforum\/galleries\/26\/thumb_5-210714083452.jpeg\" alt=\"Karamelka, Gold Nugget, and Black Caviar cherry tomatoes mixed\" 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\">R<\/div>\n<div class=\"author-meta\">\n<div class=\"author-name\">Rodebielesumer (Elena) <span class=\"author-stats\">\u2b50 Pro Grower (1,832 posts)<\/span><\/div>\n<div class=\"author-geo\">\ud83d\udccd Germany \/ Luxembourg \/ France border (USDA Zone 8)<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"post-content\">\n<p>We loved both the beauty of the bush and the tomatoes themselves. Planted it in a 2.6-gallon (10-liter) pot. I put some bark at the bottom of the pot (for airflow) since we were cutting firewood at the sawmill in the spring anyway. It produced fruit for 2.5 months. We left every single sucker on it; the later suckers were shorter than the main stems, so the cherries were tucked right inside the canopy. The sprawling nature of the bush and the tiny leaves allowed all the cherries to get plenty of sun.<\/p>\n<p>The bush sat out in the yard, and the cherries were happily snacked on by everyone who ran or walked past it. The bush didn&#8217;t catch a single disease and sat out there right up until late September with its final, dwindling cherries. In September, it was beaten in the flavor department by the Rose Quartz Multiflora sitting right next to it. Seeds were from Tomatinka.<\/p>\n<p>July 10th, the beauty of multicolored little balls.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.tomat-pomidor.com\/uploads\/newforum\/galleries\/194\/2212-021017142447.jpeg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.tomat-pomidor.com\/uploads\/newforum\/galleries\/194\/thumb_2212-021017142447.jpeg\" alt=\"Karamelka dwarf bush in a pot\" width=\"160\" height=\"106\" \/><\/a><br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/www.tomat-pomidor.com\/uploads\/newforum\/galleries\/194\/2212-021017141726.jpeg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.tomat-pomidor.com\/uploads\/newforum\/galleries\/194\/2212-021017141726.jpeg\" alt=\"Karamelka cherry tomatoes setting fruit\" width=\"1000\" height=\"664\" \/><\/a><br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/www.tomat-pomidor.com\/uploads\/newforum\/galleries\/174\/2212-020617105113.jpeg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.tomat-pomidor.com\/uploads\/newforum\/galleries\/174\/2212-020617105113.jpeg\" alt=\"Karamelka cherry tomato plant with small leaves\" width=\"1000\" height=\"664\" \/><\/a><br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/www.tomat-pomidor.com\/uploads\/newforum\/galleries\/194\/2212-021017142352.jpeg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.tomat-pomidor.com\/uploads\/newforum\/galleries\/194\/2212-021017142352.jpeg\" alt=\"Sprawling Karamelka tomato plant in container\" width=\"1000\" height=\"664\" \/><\/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\">Nadindina (Dina) <span class=\"author-stats\">\u2b50 Pro Grower (1,563 posts)<\/span><\/div>\n<div class=\"author-geo\">\ud83d\udccd Altai (USDA Zone 3)<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"post-content\">\n<p>I grew it in 2020, and I&#8217;m not planning to grow it again, it didn&#8217;t impress me at all. In the greenhouse, it acted almost like an indet. There were an absolute ton of trusses and suckers everywhere, but the trusses were very sparse, no more than 6-8 little fruits per cluster. The flavor was extremely mediocre. Medovaya Kaplya (Honey Drop) is infinitely tastier and way more productive. My chief 3-year-old taste tester refused to eat them :))<\/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: Greenhouse vs Container Dwarfs<\/strong><br \/>\nUser <em>Nadindina<\/em> notes that her <em>Karamelka<\/em> went totally out of control, throwing suckers everywhere and growing like an indeterminate tall vine. This is a very common issue when planting &#8220;Balcony&#8221; or container-specific dwarf varieties directly into the rich, deeply fertilized soil of a greenhouse bed. Balcony tomatoes are bred with genetics intended for high-stress, low-volume soil environments (pots). When you put them in unlimited soil with high nitrogen, they will often &#8220;fatten up,&#8221; producing massive amounts of vegetative growth and stretching vertically while skimping on actual fruit production!<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>\ud83d\udccc Quick Summary: Karamelka (Little Caramel) \ud83c\udf0d Origin: A Russian commercial dwarf\/patio variety bred specifically for container and balcony gardening. The name translates to &#8220;Little Caramel&#8221; (a hard candy). \ud83c\udf3f Plant Habit: Determinate (bush). Generally stays very short, sprawling, and compact. It requires no pruning or suckering. 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