{"id":5006,"date":"2026-10-10T15:40:54","date_gmt":"2026-10-10T15:40:54","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.tomat-pomidor.com\/en\/?p=5006"},"modified":"2026-10-10T15:42:20","modified_gmt":"2026-10-10T15:42:20","slug":"krasnaya-mishen","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.tomat-pomidor.com\/en\/krasnaya-mishen\/","title":{"rendered":"Krasnaya Mishen (Red Target) 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;5006&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;Krasnaya Mishen (Red Target) 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\">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): Krasnaya Mishen (Red Target)<\/h3>\n<ul>\n<li>\ud83c\udf0d <strong>Origin:<\/strong> A fascinating and somewhat mysterious Russian commercial\/heirloom variety. Its genetics are notoriously unstable, leading to a massive debate among growers.<\/li>\n<li>\ud83c\udf3f <strong>Plant Habit:<\/strong> Indeterminate (tall). It is an incredibly vigorous vine that requires staking. The biggest quirk of this variety is that a single seed packet will often produce a 50\/50 mix of Potato Leaf (PL) and Regular Leaf (RL) plants!<\/li>\n<li>\ud83c\udf45 <strong>Fruit Characteristics:<\/strong> A stunning green-when-ripe (GWR) bicolor beefsteak. The skin stays mostly green\/bronze while developing a bright red &#8220;target&#8221; blush on the blossom end. They typically weigh in at 7-10.5 oz (200-300 g).<\/li>\n<li>\ud83d\udc45 <strong>Flavor &amp; Use:<\/strong> When fully ripe, it has a rich, honey-sweet, and complex flavor typical of top-tier green bicolors (often compared to Malachite Box or Ananas Noire). Read the forum thread below to see how Russian growers try to solve the mystery of its mutating leaf types!<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"add-review-cta\" style=\"margin: 20px 0; padding: 15px; background: #f9f9f9; border-left: 4px solid #4CAF50; border-radius: 4px;\"><strong>\ud83c\udf45 Grown this variety?<\/strong> <a href=\"#wpdcom\">Click here to add your own photos and review below!<\/a><\/div>\n<div class=\"forum-post\">\n<div class=\"author-header\">\n<div class=\"forum-avatar\">L<\/div>\n<div class=\"author-meta\">\n<div class=\"author-name\">Lidiya (Lidiya) <span class=\"author-stats\">\u2b50 Pro Grower (16,152 posts)<\/span><\/div>\n<div class=\"author-geo\">\ud83d\udccd N\/A<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"post-content\">\n<p>Krasnaya Mishen (Red Target)<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.tomat-pomidor.com\/uploads\/newforum\/attachments01\/59838_756f90e153806aaa66d2566bccb9dc839c4bf0cf.jpg\" alt=\"Slices of Red Target bicolor tomato\" width=\"800\" height=\"610\" \/><br \/>\n<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.tomat-pomidor.com\/uploads\/newforum\/attachments01\/59840_b5e8b4cc544b7398ae8c502899ef0188c7e88064.jpg\" alt=\"Krasnaya Mishen tomato with a red blush on green skin\" width=\"800\" height=\"626\" \/><\/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 (USDA Zone 3)<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"post-content\">\n<p>Mine look a bit different. Maybe because they got hit by a freeze. They are smaller. The green part is darker, but the red part is actually brighter. I have photos, but they look pretty rough. These were the scrawny runts by the time I finally noticed them. I can&#8217;t seem to insert the photo, but I&#8217;ll try&#8230; ah, uploading to the old catalog worked.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.tomat-pomidor.com\/uploads\/newforum\/attachments01\/59843_c9ce369e60dcf0bb0c8bad0e3d8da3f6751187d4.jpg\" alt=\"Small dark green and red bicolor tomato\" width=\"600\" height=\"450\" \/><br \/>\n<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.tomat-pomidor.com\/uploads\/newforum\/attachments01\/59845_4712ab80402c645bec65b37bf87561b475886ddb.jpg\" alt=\"Cross section of frozen Red Target tomato\" width=\"600\" height=\"450\" \/><\/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\">galia (Galina) <span class=\"author-stats\">\u2b50 Pro Grower (4,914 posts)<\/span><\/div>\n<div class=\"author-geo\">\ud83d\udccd Tula (USDA Zone 4)<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"post-content\">\n<p>How&#8217;s the flavor and yield? What about the vine height?<\/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 (USDA Zone 3)<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"post-content\">\n<p>Galya, they actually fruited on late suckers. I picked them green without even realizing what variety they were at first. The taste is totally fine. God willing, next year I&#8217;ll plant both Lida&#8217;s seeds and my own to compare them side-by-side.<\/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\">Marina <span class=\"author-stats\">\u2b50 Pro Grower (2,483 posts)<\/span><\/div>\n<div class=\"author-geo\">\ud83d\udccd N\/A<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"post-content\">\n<p>Hey folks, I&#8217;m confused, is it a green-when-ripe variety? Why is it called &#8220;Red Target&#8221;? Is there just a red blush on a green tomato?<\/p>\n<p>And could you give some more details on the plant? Height&#8230; fruit size? Is it a heavy yielder? Mid-season or early?<\/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\">Galla (Galina) <span class=\"author-stats\">\u2b50 Pro Grower (6,765 posts)<\/span><\/div>\n<div class=\"author-geo\">\ud83d\udccd N\/A<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"post-content\">\n<p>Folks, what kind of leaf does Red Target actually have? I accidentally dropped my seedling trays earlier this year, and now I have both Potato Leaf (PL) and Regular Leaf (RL) plants growing under this name. \ud83d\ude33<\/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 (39,633 posts)<\/span><\/div>\n<div class=\"author-geo\">\ud83d\udccd Southeast Nizhny Novgorod Region (USDA Zone 4)<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"post-content\">\n<p>Galochka, I didn&#8217;t drop my seedling trays at all, and I also have both Potato Leaf and Regular Leaf growing! \ud83d\ude02 And I&#8217;m not the only one. We even came up with a theory &#8211; could it be segregating back to its parent lines? But generally, the standard strain is supposed to be Regular Leaf. \ud83c\udf3a<\/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\">Galla (Galina) <span class=\"author-stats\">\u2b50 Pro Grower (6,765 posts)<\/span><\/div>\n<div class=\"author-geo\">\ud83d\udccd N\/A<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"post-content\">\n<p>Makes you wonder who the parents actually are! \ud83d\ude02\ud83d\ude02\ud83d\ude02<\/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\">Pula20\/Yulya (Yulya) <span class=\"author-stats\">\u2b50 Pro Grower (1,043 posts)<\/span><\/div>\n<div class=\"author-geo\">\ud83d\udccd N\/A<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"post-content\">\n<p>I have 2 plants, both with regular leaves. The trusses are actually looking pretty good right now.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.tomat-pomidor.com\/uploads\/newforum\/galleries\/19\/84-160614122910.jpeg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.tomat-pomidor.com\/uploads\/newforum\/galleries\/19\/thumb_84-160614122910.jpeg\" alt=\"Green trusses of Red Target tomato on the vine\" width=\"400\" height=\"600\" \/><\/a><\/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\">Verunya (Vera) <span class=\"author-stats\">\u2b50 Pro Grower (16,332 posts)<\/span><\/div>\n<div class=\"author-geo\">\ud83d\udccd N\/A<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"post-content\">\n<p>Mine has regular leaves&#8230;<\/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\">Angelina (Angelina) <span class=\"author-stats\">\u2b50 Pro Grower (11,274 posts)<\/span><\/div>\n<div class=\"author-geo\">\ud83d\udccd N\/A<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"post-content\">\n<p>Potato Leaf here. High yielder, honey-sweet flavor! \ud83d\ude0b\ud83d\ude0b\ud83d\ude0b<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"forum-post\"><\/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\">Lidiya (Lidiya) <span class=\"author-stats\">\u2b50 Pro Grower (16,152 posts)<\/span><\/div>\n<div class=\"author-geo\">\ud83d\udccd N\/A<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"post-content\">\n<p>My Red Target and Happy Captain (from Popenko&#8217;s seeds) look absolutely identical. Photo is from the 2014 harvest.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.tomat-pomidor.com\/uploads\/newforum\/galleries\/34\/27-130914123659.jpeg\" alt=\"Harvest of bicolor Red Target and Happy Captain tomatoes\" width=\"1000\" height=\"797\" \/><\/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\">Galla (Galina) <span class=\"author-stats\">\u2b50 Pro Grower (6,765 posts)<\/span><\/div>\n<div class=\"author-geo\">\ud83d\udccd N\/A<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"post-content\">\n<p>I ended up loving both Targets (the Potato Leaf and the Regular Leaf versions). Honestly, I liked them even more than my favorite Malachite Box. The fruits are slightly smaller, but that flavor!!! I saved seeds from both, but following my own tradition, I totally mixed them up (didn&#8217;t label which was which, relied on my memory, but it took a day off \ud83d\ude02). Oh well, I&#8217;ll be able to tell them apart once they grow into seedlings.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.tomat-pomidor.com\/uploads\/newforum\/galleries\/31\/50-200814082930.jpeg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.tomat-pomidor.com\/uploads\/newforum\/galleries\/31\/thumb_50-200814082930.jpeg\" alt=\"Green when ripe Red Target tomato on vine\" 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\">A<\/div>\n<div class=\"author-meta\">\n<div class=\"author-name\">Alyona Latviya (Alyona) <span class=\"author-stats\">\u2b50 Pro Grower (1,366 posts)<\/span><\/div>\n<div class=\"author-geo\">\ud83d\udccd N\/A<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"post-content\">\n<p>Ladies, give us the actual stats for this variety! Height, maturity, weight&#8230; indeterminate or determinate? Greenhouse or outdoors in the dirt?<\/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 (USDA Zone 3)<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"post-content\">\n<p>Indeterminate, late season, greenhouse. 7-10.5 oz (200-300 g). That&#8217;s my conclusion anyway.<\/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\">o-lya-lya (Olga) <span class=\"author-stats\">\u2b50 Pro Grower (9,983 posts)<\/span><\/div>\n<div class=\"author-geo\">\ud83d\udccd Northeast Moscow Region (USDA Zone 4)<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"post-content\">\n<blockquote><p><strong>tomatinka wrote:<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Indeterminate, late season, greenhouse. 7-10.5 oz (200-300 g). That&#8217;s my conclusion anyway.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>Vera, my seeds were actually from you. \ud83d\ude09 It grew outdoors in the dirt. It&#8217;s an indeterminate, totally not late season at all, crazily productive, but honestly not super tasty. \ud83d\ude33 Maybe I should move it to the greenhouse next time? I can only imagine how massive the yield would be in there. By the way, it is totally disease-resistant, didn&#8217;t catch any crud. \ud83d\ude42<\/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 (USDA Zone 3)<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"post-content\">\n<p>Ol, this year I grew my own saved seeds, seeds from Lida, and some from a commercial pack. And across the board, they produced both Regular Leaf and Potato Leaf plants. Only one of my own PL plants actually survived. And it gave exactly one tomato. I saved seeds from that single fruit. I&#8217;m going to keep torturing this line. I really want them all to have the exact same leaf type. So I&#8217;m not going to sow last year&#8217;s seeds next season. I&#8217;ll sow the ones I saved this year&#8230; we&#8217;ll see. It was probably just way too cold for them here this summer. \ud83d\ude33<\/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\">o-lya-lya (Olga) <span class=\"author-stats\">\u2b50 Pro Grower (9,983 posts)<\/span><\/div>\n<div class=\"author-geo\">\ud83d\udccd Northeast Moscow Region (USDA Zone 4)<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"post-content\">\n<blockquote><p><strong>tomatinka wrote:<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Ol, this year I grew my own saved seeds, seeds from Lida, and some from a commercial pack. And across the board, they produced both Regular Leaf and Potato Leaf plants&#8230; Only one of my own PL plants actually survived. And it gave exactly one tomato.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>Nah, Verun, mine had regular leaves, but the fruits were really unusual. \ud83d\ude02 Green-brown-red. \ud83d\ude02 I even asked the other girls here about when they are considered ripe. \ud83d\ude42 Lida seemed to have the same kind.<\/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 (USDA Zone 3)<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"post-content\">\n<p>The fruits look identical on all of them, but the vines themselves are different. Same with Lida&#8217;s. Did you save seeds? That would be the third generation. My RL plants didn&#8217;t survive this year. \ud83d\ude1e<\/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\">o-lya-lya (Olga) <span class=\"author-stats\">\u2b50 Pro Grower (9,983 posts)<\/span><\/div>\n<div class=\"author-geo\">\ud83d\udccd Northeast Moscow Region (USDA Zone 4)<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"post-content\">\n<blockquote><p><strong>tomatinka wrote:<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>The fruits look identical on all of them, but the vines themselves are different. Same with Lida&#8217;s. Did you save seeds? That would be the third generation. My RL plants didn&#8217;t survive this year. \ud83d\ude1e<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>You bet I did, of course I saved them. \ud83d\ude02\ud83d\ude02\ud83d\ude02<\/p>\n<p>Verun, want me to send you some? It&#8217;s a hugely productive variety, it didn&#8217;t care at all that it was growing outdoors in the open dirt.<\/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 (USDA Zone 3)<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"post-content\">\n<p>Ol, I still have my seeds from last year. I&#8217;ll just sow those and I&#8217;ll get my regular leaf plants back. \ud83d\ude09<\/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 (39,633 posts)<\/span><\/div>\n<div class=\"author-geo\">\ud83d\udccd Southeast Nizhny Novgorod Region (USDA Zone 4)<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"post-content\">\n<p>My Red Targets also split into 2 variations &#8211; regular leaf and potato leaf, and the germination rate was basically 50\/50. I really loved the flavor of both, and they taste very similar. The potato leaf ones are slightly larger, but the regular leaf vine produces way more of them. I just found a photo from late August, they look pretty rough because they cracked in the greenhouse. But to be fair, a lot of my greenhouse varieties cracked at the end of August, it was like a massive epidemic. \ud83e\udd26\u200d\u2640\ufe0f The PL ones are on the left, RL on the right. And these tomatoes weren&#8217;t late season at all for me, I&#8217;d almost classify them as early.<\/p>\n<p>When people came to buy tomatoes from me in the middle of summer, this variety (or varieties???) was the most requested one. Especially by the kids! They were incredibly tasty. Even other gardeners asked me for seeds because their own harvests hadn&#8217;t started ripening yet.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.tomat-pomidor.com\/uploads\/newforum\/galleries\/37\/135-131014123302-37123285.jpeg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.tomat-pomidor.com\/uploads\/newforum\/galleries\/37\/thumb_135-131014123302-37123285.jpeg\" alt=\"Comparison of Potato Leaf and Regular Leaf Red Target 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\">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 (USDA Zone 3)<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"post-content\">\n<p>It was probably just too cold here for me, that&#8217;s why they were late. Ninul, didn&#8217;t it seem to you like this variety is somehow related to Black Pineapple (Ananas Noire)? There has to be some kind of genetic family tie there&#8230; \ud83d\ude09<\/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 (39,633 posts)<\/span><\/div>\n<div class=\"author-geo\">\ud83d\udccd Southeast Nizhny Novgorod Region (USDA Zone 4)<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"post-content\">\n<p>Verochka, I&#8217;ve actually never tried Black Pineapple, I don&#8217;t have that one. But these little tomatoes have a greenish base color on the inside, whereas a pineapple should probably be dark raspberry if it&#8217;s &#8220;black&#8221;. \ud83d\ude02<\/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 (USDA Zone 3)<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"post-content\">\n<p>Mine is also mostly green. \ud83d\ude09 Ninul, maybe I should send you some&#8230; pineapple seeds.<\/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\">Lidiya (Lidiya) <span class=\"author-stats\">\u2b50 Pro Grower (16,152 posts)<\/span><\/div>\n<div class=\"author-geo\">\ud83d\udccd N\/A<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"post-content\">\n<blockquote><p><strong>Ninulia wrote:<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>My Red Targets also split into 2 variations &#8211; regular leaf and potato leaf, and the germination rate was basically 50\/50&#8230; When people came to buy tomatoes from me in the middle of summer, this variety (or varieties???) was the most requested one. Especially by the kids! They were incredibly tasty.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>Ninulya, those are the ones you got from me. I had nothing to do with it, I just bought the seeds, planted them, and that&#8217;s what grew out of them.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.tomat-pomidor.com\/uploads\/newforum\/galleries\/37\/135-131014123302-37123285.jpeg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.tomat-pomidor.com\/uploads\/newforum\/galleries\/37\/thumb_135-131014123302-37123285.jpeg\" alt=\"Comparison of Potato Leaf and Regular Leaf Red Target 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\">N<\/div>\n<div class=\"author-meta\">\n<div class=\"author-name\">Ninulia (Nina) <span class=\"author-stats\">\u2b50 Pro Grower (39,633 posts)<\/span><\/div>\n<div class=\"author-geo\">\ud83d\udccd Southeast Nizhny Novgorod Region (USDA Zone 4)<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"post-content\">\n<p>Yes, Lidusha, they were from your seeds. And I absolutely loved them! It is highly possible that it&#8217;s just a variety with genetics that haven&#8217;t fully stabilized yet. But it is definitely a winner!<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"forum-post\">\n<div class=\"author-header\">\n<div class=\"forum-avatar\">V<\/div>\n<div class=\"author-meta\">\n<div class=\"author-name\">vikysia <span class=\"author-stats\">\u2b50 Pro Grower (2,865 posts)<\/span><\/div>\n<div class=\"author-geo\">\ud83d\udccd N\/A<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"post-content\">\n<p>I really liked Red Target, the tomatoes were uniform, quite large, and mid-season for me. The flavor is sweet, vaguely reminiscent of Black Pineapple (Ananas Noire). The seeds were from Lidochka, a huge thank you to her! \ud83c\udf3a<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"forum-post\">\n<div class=\"author-header\">\n<div class=\"forum-avatar\">T<\/div>\n<div class=\"author-meta\">\n<div class=\"author-name\">Tatiana Kemerovo (Tatiana) <span class=\"author-stats\">\u2b50 Pro Grower (2,694 posts)<\/span><\/div>\n<div class=\"author-geo\">\ud83d\udccd Kemerovo (USDA Zone 3)<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"post-content\">\n<p>A very worthy variety. For me, it performed even better than Black Pineapple &#8211; heavy yielder, ABSOLUTELY beautiful, and great flavor. Top class! \ud83d\udc4d<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.tomat-pomidor.com\/uploads\/newforum\/galleries\/194\/13391-270917074915.jpeg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.tomat-pomidor.com\/uploads\/newforum\/galleries\/194\/thumb_13391-270917074915.jpeg\" alt=\"Beautiful green and red Red Target tomato\" width=\"120\" height=\"160\" \/><\/a><br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/www.tomat-pomidor.com\/uploads\/newforum\/galleries\/194\/13391-270917074957.jpeg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.tomat-pomidor.com\/uploads\/newforum\/galleries\/194\/thumb_13391-270917074957.jpeg\" alt=\"Close up of Red Target skin pattern\" width=\"120\" height=\"160\" \/><\/a><br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/www.tomat-pomidor.com\/uploads\/newforum\/galleries\/194\/13391-270917075124.jpeg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.tomat-pomidor.com\/uploads\/newforum\/galleries\/194\/thumb_13391-270917075124.jpeg\" alt=\"Red blush on green tomato\" width=\"120\" height=\"160\" \/><\/a><br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/www.tomat-pomidor.com\/uploads\/newforum\/galleries\/194\/13391-270917075224.jpeg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.tomat-pomidor.com\/uploads\/newforum\/galleries\/194\/thumb_13391-270917075224.jpeg\" alt=\"Meaty cross section of Red Target\" width=\"120\" height=\"160\" \/><\/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\">Olga (Olga) <span class=\"author-stats\">\u2b50 Pro Grower (4,887 posts)<\/span><\/div>\n<div class=\"author-geo\">\ud83d\udccd Tula Region (USDA Zone 4)<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"post-content\">\n<blockquote><p><strong>Lidiya wrote:<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>My Red Target and Happy Captain (from Popenko&#8217;s seeds) look absolutely identical. Photo is from the 2014 harvest.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>I grew the Red Target variety, loved it! \ud83d\udc4d Now I just bought what turns out to be its blood brother, Happy Captain (Captain Lucky). \ud83d\ude15<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.tomat-pomidor.com\/uploads\/newforum\/galleries\/34\/27-130914123659.jpeg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.tomat-pomidor.com\/uploads\/newforum\/galleries\/34\/27-130914123659.jpeg\" alt=\"Harvest of bicolor Red Target and Captain Lucky tomatoes\" width=\"1000\" height=\"797\" \/><\/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 Ramensky District, Moscow Region (USDA Zone 4)<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"post-content\">\n<p>I grew Red Target this year, mine had potato leaves. Fruits were 10.5-14 oz (300-400 g), heavy yielding vine, not late season. I tried them at various times throughout the summer, and the flavor was just completely bland. Or maybe we had just eaten too many other tasty tomatoes by then. I also planted Black Pineapple. The varieties are extremely similar, the only difference is in the shape&#8211;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.tomat-pomidor.com\/en\/black-pineapple\/\">Black Pineapple<\/a> is more oblate (flattened), and it has regular leaves. But the flavor is vastly superior. Black Pineapple is staying, Red Target is getting booted off the list.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.tomat-pomidor.com\/uploads\/newforum\/galleries\/236\/17421-210818085900.jpeg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.tomat-pomidor.com\/uploads\/newforum\/galleries\/236\/thumb_17421-210818085900.jpeg\" alt=\"Bland Red Target tomato\" width=\"96\" height=\"160\" \/><\/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\">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>Mine turned out absolutely gorgeous! Extremely tasty, and visually; just mind-blowing. The seeds were from some gardener meet-up, I just found an old packet laying around and planted it.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"forum-post\">\n<div class=\"author-header\">\n<div class=\"forum-avatar\">O<\/div>\n<div class=\"author-meta\">\n<div class=\"author-name\">Olga Sh (Olga) <span class=\"author-stats\">\u2b50 Pro Grower (2,750 posts)<\/span><\/div>\n<div class=\"author-geo\">\ud83d\udccd Tula (USDA Zone 4)<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"post-content\">\n<p>I plant Red Target almost every single year. I&#8217;ll be repeating it next season too. It&#8217;s delicious! \ud83d\udc4d Everyone I shared it with loved the taste, a really sweet tomato. Some of them weighed over 1.1 lbs (500 g).<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.tomat-pomidor.com\/uploads\/newforum\/galleries\/242\/13710-021018124035-2425062378.jpeg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.tomat-pomidor.com\/uploads\/newforum\/galleries\/242\/13710-021018124035-2425062378.jpeg\" alt=\"Massive Red Target tomato on scale\" width=\"561\" height=\"1000\" \/><\/a><br \/>\n<a href=\"https:\/\/www.tomat-pomidor.com\/uploads\/newforum\/galleries\/78\/13710-270715145532-788731597.jpeg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.tomat-pomidor.com\/uploads\/newforum\/galleries\/78\/13710-270715145532-788731597.jpeg\" alt=\"Harvest pile of large Red Target tomatoes\" width=\"1000\" height=\"746\" \/><\/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\">Evgeniya.com (Evgeniya) <span class=\"author-stats\">\u2b50 Pro Grower (2,419 posts)<\/span><\/div>\n<div class=\"author-geo\">\ud83d\udccd Tyumen (USDA Zone 3)<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"post-content\">\n<p>I also had 2 plants of Red Target in 2017. One was regular leaf, the second was potato leaf. I only planned to grow one plant per variety, so the second one suffered in its seedling cup for a long time, I was going to throw it out. The poor thing turned completely purple from lack of nutrients and its leaves started falling off. But I had an empty spot out in the dirt, so I just shoved it in the ground and forgot about it. Didn&#8217;t even put a stake up. It just sprawled on the ground. I didn&#8217;t feed it, didn&#8217;t water it. I only pinched the growing tips off closer to fall.<\/p>\n<p>Of course, the fruits didn&#8217;t have time to ripen, but it set a massive amount of huge tomatoes, a full bucket off one plant.<\/p>\n<p><em>(Sorry, the image resize window isn&#8217;t popping up on my tablet, so I could only insert the photos like this).<\/em><\/p>\n<p>The one in the greenhouse did ripen and was incredibly tasty, not bland at all. Sadly, no photos of that one.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.tomat-pomidor.com\/uploads\/newforum\/galleries\/200\/17623-221117045556.jpeg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.tomat-pomidor.com\/uploads\/newforum\/galleries\/200\/17623-221117045556.jpeg\" alt=\"Massive green Red Target tomatoes on the ground\" width=\"1000\" height=\"750\" \/><\/a><br \/>\n<a href=\"https:\/\/www.tomat-pomidor.com\/uploads\/newforum\/galleries\/200\/17623-221117045329.jpeg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.tomat-pomidor.com\/uploads\/newforum\/galleries\/200\/17623-221117045329.jpeg\" alt=\"Bucket full of unripe Red Target beefsteaks\" width=\"1000\" height=\"562\" \/><\/a><\/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\">Djamilya (Djamilya) <span class=\"author-stats\">\u2b50 User (1,215 posts)<\/span><\/div>\n<div class=\"author-geo\">\ud83d\udccd Northern Kazakhstan (USDA Zone 3)<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"post-content\">\n<p>SUPER!!!<\/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\">Liaro (Elena) <span class=\"author-stats\">\u2b50 User (402 posts)<\/span><\/div>\n<div class=\"author-geo\">\ud83d\udccd Samara Region (USDA Zone 4)<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"post-content\">\n<p>Potato leaf. Grew about 4 feet (1.2 m) tall outdoors in the dirt. The foliage didn&#8217;t catch any diseases, but the fruits are incredibly susceptible to crud. This variety left me with very mixed feelings.<\/p>\n<p>On one hand, it is insanely productive. The first three trusses had fruits weighing 17.5-21 oz (500-600 g) without any real effort on my part.<\/p>\n<p>On the other hand, it has zero shelf life, it immediately starts rotting on whatever side it&#8217;s resting on. It splits like crazy, and sooner or later mold starts growing inside the cracks (with my other varieties, cracks usually dried over and didn&#8217;t get infected). Any spot where two tomatoes are touching each other turns into a crack.<\/p>\n<p>These giant fruits ripen very unevenly, the sun-facing side might be ripe, while the shaded side isn&#8217;t. Or you cut open a fruit that feels ripe and soft to the touch, and the core is completely green. The one in the photo is exactly like that: the top half is ripe, the bottom is green.<\/p>\n<p>As a result, I didn&#8217;t get to taste a single fully intact, healthy, ripe fruit. Just a bunch of carved-up scraps&#8230; \ud83d\ude1e I don&#8217;t know what it tastes like, I didn&#8217;t wait long enough to find out.<\/p>\n<p>I highly doubt I&#8217;ll grow it again. I&#8217;m going to look for something similar but better. Because it really is beautiful when sliced!<\/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>An interesting variety. Great for lovers of exotic tomatoes. Beautiful when sliced open. Tasty. The yield wasn&#8217;t that great for me. I don&#8217;t remember the leaf type exactly, but it was most likely regular, otherwise I definitely would have remembered it.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.tomat-pomidor.com\/uploads\/monthly_2019_12\/1345770026_(1).jpg.5070743015691c931334ff1a6a1e7dcb.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.tomat-pomidor.com\/uploads\/monthly_2019_12\/129361884_(1).thumb.jpg.04c7649be0b7e0121ad09818eb0155eb.jpg\" alt=\"Katrinka's Red Target tomato slices\" width=\"300\" height=\"225\" \/><\/a><br \/>\n<a href=\"https:\/\/www.tomat-pomidor.com\/uploads\/monthly_2019_12\/694447987_1(1).jpg.0f2d972d9fabffc58540dfd599fd0200.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.tomat-pomidor.com\/uploads\/monthly_2019_12\/270940337_1(1).thumb.jpg.3525f712f3fa44abbc500ac022db173c.jpg\" alt=\"Beautiful green and red bicolor slicer\" width=\"300\" height=\"225\" \/><\/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\">Lena Vanyushka (Elena) <span class=\"author-stats\">\u2b50 User (628 posts)<\/span><\/div>\n<div class=\"author-geo\">\ud83d\udccd N\/A<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"post-content\">\n<p>My Target)))) It earned a permanent spot on my grow list in 2019.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.tomat-pomidor.com\/uploads\/monthly_2020_01\/IMG_20200111_150206.jpg.cf6da4aa54691a1778e399898076e076.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.tomat-pomidor.com\/uploads\/monthly_2020_01\/IMG_20200111_150206.thumb.jpg.b2ce2333e690e0689364d6eab1e954dc.jpg\" alt=\"Lena's beautiful Red Target tomato\" width=\"300\" height=\"225\" \/><\/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: The Bicolor Shelf-Life Struggle<\/strong><br \/>\nUser <em>Liaro<\/em> brings up a painfully accurate point about large Green-When-Ripe (GWR) bicolors like Red Target or Captain Lucky. Because they contain so much sugar and have incredibly thin skins, they have almost zero shelf life and are notorious for splitting open after heavy rains.The moisture seeps into the cracks, and mold takes over rapidly. If you are growing these massive, sweet bicolors, you have to stay on top of your watering schedule and pick them the moment they feel slightly soft\u2014do not leave them sitting on the counter for a week, or they will turn to mush!<\/p>\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: Genetic Segregation (PL vs RL)<\/strong><br \/>\nThe massive debate in this thread about &#8220;Potato Leaf&#8221; (PL) versus &#8220;Regular Leaf&#8221; (RL) plants coming from the exact same seed packet is a classic heirloom mystery. When a tomato variety isn&#8217;t fully stabilized (often taking 7 to 9 generations to lock in genetics), a crossbred tomato will begin &#8220;segregating.&#8221; This means the offspring will suddenly display traits of the original parent plants that were used to breed the hybrid.Red Target (Krasnaya Mishen) is notorious in Eastern Europe for doing this. Many growers embrace the chaos, saving seeds from both the PL and RL variants to see which one performs better in their specific microclimate!<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>\ud83d\udccc Quick Summary (TL;DR): Krasnaya Mishen (Red Target) \ud83c\udf0d Origin: A fascinating and somewhat mysterious Russian commercial\/heirloom variety. Its genetics are notoriously unstable, leading to a massive debate among growers. \ud83c\udf3f Plant Habit: Indeterminate (tall). It is an incredibly vigorous vine that requires staking. The biggest quirk of this variety is that a single seed &#8230; <a title=\"Krasnaya Mishen (Red Target) Tomato Review &#038; Photos\" class=\"read-more\" href=\"https:\/\/www.tomat-pomidor.com\/en\/krasnaya-mishen\/\" aria-label=\"Read more about Krasnaya Mishen (Red Target) Tomato Review &#038; Photos\">Read more<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":5006,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[66,89,196],"tags":[1241,364,28,156,1242],"class_list":["post-5006","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-bicolor","category-black-purple-tomatoes","category-green-when-ripe","tag-bicolor-slicer","tag-highly-indeterminate","tag-potato-leaf","tag-regular-leaf","tag-unstable-heirloom"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.tomat-pomidor.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5006","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=5006"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/www.tomat-pomidor.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5006\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":5009,"href":"https:\/\/www.tomat-pomidor.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5006\/revisions\/5009"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.tomat-pomidor.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5006"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.tomat-pomidor.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=5006"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.tomat-pomidor.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=5006"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.tomat-pomidor.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=5006"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}