{"id":5356,"date":"2026-10-14T11:12:27","date_gmt":"2026-10-14T11:12:27","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.tomat-pomidor.com\/en\/?p=5356"},"modified":"2026-10-14T11:14:34","modified_gmt":"2026-10-14T11:14:34","slug":"lopatinskie","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.tomat-pomidor.com\/en\/lopatinskie\/","title":{"rendered":"Lopatinskie Tomato Review & Photos"},"content":{"rendered":"\n\n
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\ud83c\udf45 Quick take:<\/strong> Lopatinskie is a highly productive, large-fruited variety that is the subject of a massive seed-source split in the gardening community. Growers buying commercial packets (usually from Siberian Garden \/ SibSad) often get a short determinate<\/strong> bush producing red fruits. Meanwhile, seeds passed around by private collectors usually result in a tall indeterminate<\/strong> vine producing massive pink beefsteaks. Regardless of the strain, growers praise it for its early ripening, excellent fruit set in bad weather, and dense, meaty flesh. Full summary \u2193<\/a><\/div>\n

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Description from the seed packet:
\nLarge-fruited variety for greenhouses and open dirt. Fruits are flat-round, uniform, very tasty. The variety provides a stable yield even in unfavorable years. Suitable for fresh eating, home cooking, and market sales.<\/p>\n

Photos by Lidiya, Katerinka, Ira.<\/p>\n

Edited April 1, 2019 by Pomidoroved<\/em><\/p>\n

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Once again the seed source isn’t mentioned. My Lopatinsky was from SibSad, grew it outdoors. It was a det topping out at 2.3 ft (70 cm), red, highly productive. First fruits reached 1.1 lbs (500 g), averaging around 7 oz (200 g). I really liked the taste. \ud83c\udfa9<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n

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Pani Tomat said:<\/strong>
\nMy Lopatinsky was from SibSad, grew it outdoors. It was a det topping out at 2.3 ft (70 cm), red, highly productive…<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

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My Lopatinsky is from SibSad, grew outdoors, got to about 3.3 ft (1 m). Really liked it.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n

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\nIrina, thanks for the info! \ud83c\udf3a I have the SibSad seeds too. Guess it’s pointless for me to expect an indet to grow out of it.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

Tatyana, my Lopatinskie shot right up to 6.5 ft (2 m) in the greenhouse, but my seeds came from the girls on the forum, not from a commercial SibSad packet. No idea where they originally got their strain from.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n

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\nMy Lopatinsky is from SibSad, grew outdoors, got to about 3.3 ft (1 m). Really liked it.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

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\nTatyana, my Lopatinskie shot right up to 6.5 ft (2 m) in the greenhouse, but my seeds came from the girls on the forum…<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

Lenok, how did it develop when it was just a seedling? Did it act like a det or an indet?
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My Lopatinskie from SibSad never grew taller than 2 ft (60 cm), both in the greenhouse and outdoors. This year in the greenhouse it actually topped itself at just 14 inches (35 cm), but it’s pushing out suckers right now. I get beauties up to 14 oz (400 g) with barely any care. Maybe if I fed them heavier they’d get bigger, but I’m afraid to overfeed them since they are such shorties.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n

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I really liked Lopatinskie from SibSad this year. I planted expired seeds, but they sprouted first out of everything and set fruit before anything else. They reached about 6 ft (1.8 m) tall. The tomatoes are delicious. I left an overripe one on the counter for seed-saving and it sat there for a very long time without rotting. Absolutely planting it again.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n

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\nLenok, how did it develop when it was just a seedling? Did it act like a det or an indet?<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

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Planted 1 vine this year. It bloomed first, beating even the super-early hybrids. Set fruit exceptionally well. I had up to 30 fruits ripening on the plant almost all at once. Heavy yielding variety.<\/p>\n

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My Lopatinskie strain in the greenhouse turned out very productive, a tall vine at 5 ft (1.5 m), mid-season. The fruits were large, pink in color, oblate, slightly ribbed, meaty, and had excellent flavor.<\/p>\n

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This year my greenhouse Lopatinskie topped itself early, and letting the suckers run didn’t help at all, so I just yanked it. But the one outdoors showed its full potential. It grew a bit taller than usual, but the summer was… well anyway, the taste is decent, actually better than usual, but I think the wood ash did the trick. Everything tasted better this year since I had a lot of ash and fed them heavily.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n

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My Lopatinskie turned out soooo productive, grew 5 ft (1.5 m) tall outdoors, loaded top to bottom. But for me the flavor was very mediocre, kind of bland and empty, so I just sent them all to the sauce pot.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n

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I am still so confused about this variety. One plant is clearly a det, the truss looks exactly like Lana’s photo. The second one I bought from Korolev’s site: it’s a tall indet producing massive single “slab” tomatoes.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n

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Growing Lopatinskie for the first time this year. Never grew it before. It performed incredibly well during a very tough year, surviving three weeks of June frosts followed by record-breaking July heat.<\/p>\n

Turned out to be an early, large-fruited variety. Indet, grew to nearly 6.5 ft (2 m). The fruits are tasty. Very few seeds inside them, though.<\/p>\n

Great choice for the middle latitudes, the North, and the South. One of the very few varieties this year that made my keeper list for a permanent spot in the rotation.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n

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I plant this variety frequently\u2014both for yield and to sell seedlings. It’s one of my regulars.<\/p>\n

Good variety. The slicers weigh 7-9 oz (200-250 g), pink, not mealy. Meaty and juicy.<\/p>\n

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Full Summary: Plant, Yield, and Taste<\/h2>\n