{"id":5402,"date":"2026-10-14T15:29:27","date_gmt":"2026-10-14T15:29:27","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.tomat-pomidor.com\/en\/?p=5402"},"modified":"2026-10-14T15:29:27","modified_gmt":"2026-10-14T15:29:27","slug":"favorite-holiday","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.tomat-pomidor.com\/en\/favorite-holiday\/","title":{"rendered":"Favorite Holiday Tomato Review & Photos"},"content":{"rendered":"\n\n
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\ud83c\udf45 Quick take:<\/strong> Favorite Holiday<\/strong> (Lyubimyi Prazdnik) is a heavy-yielding Russian pink oxheart originally released by Siberian Garden. While the commercial seed packet claims it is a short 30-inch plant, growers consistently report it behaving like a tall, wispy-leafed vine reaching 5 feet (1.5 m) or more in a greenhouse. It produces massive, meaty, heart-shaped fruits that can easily weigh over 2 lbs (900 g). Full summary \u2193<\/a><\/div>\n

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Description from the seed packet: A powerful plant, up to 31 inches (80 cm) tall. Fruits are kidney-shaped (oxheart), deep pink color, massive size 31-45 oz (900-1300 g). Excellent for fresh eating and winter canning. Photo credit: ZhavoronoK.<\/p>\n

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Grew it in 2012. Seeds were from SibSad (Siberian Garden). Grew it in the greenhouse. The vine has droopy wispy foliage, grows like an indet, fruits are huge around 24-31 oz (700-900 g), pretty decent yielder, tastes great.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n

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Grew it outdoors in the dirt, productive and meaty, but the flavor was just blah. Ended up processing them all, it makes absolutely fantastic jars of tomatoes canned whole in their own juice \ud83d\ude0b \ud83d\ude42<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n

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I grew it last year too. Really liked it. Didn’t get any super giants, but it set some absolutely beautiful clusters! Pretty sure mine were from SibSad as well. Grew it in the greenhouse for the simple reason that we moved all our tomato dirt under the roof this year. Definitely planting it again this season. Mine reached about 5 ft (150 cm) tall, and the leaves hung down as if they were pressed against the stem.<\/p>\n

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Grew it in 2014 from seeds sent by Nadine from Volgograd. The taste seemed really specific to me, it was almost “crunchy”.<\/p>\n

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On 12\/28\/2014, Feechka said:
\nGrew it in 2014 from seeds sent by Nadine from Volgograd. The taste seemed really specific to me, it was almost “crunchy”.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

Wow! That is super interesting, did it have hollow cavities inside? What seed company was it originally from?<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n

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\nGrew it in 2014 from seeds sent by Nadine from Volgograd. The taste seemed really specific to me, it was almost “crunchy”.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

Marina, is the camera just washing the color out making them look pale? Or did you pick them underripe? Maybe that’s why they ended up crunchy? Also, the fact that the shoulders didn’t fully ripen means the plant lacked potassium.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n

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\nWow! That is super interesting, did it have hollow cavities inside? What seed company was it originally from?<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

Nadine sent them to me through the forum, so I figured she saved the seeds herself. But man, it definitely lives up to the name!<\/p>\n

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\nMarina, is the camera just washing the color out making them look pale? Or did you pick them underripe? Maybe that’s why they ended up crunchy? Also, the fact that the shoulders didn’t fully ripen means the plant lacked potassium.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

The camera was throwing a fit, it made all my tomatoes look the exact same color \ud83d\ude33 The shoulders were probably caused by the intense sun, temperature swings, and dry soil. Otherwise it had a nice starchy tomato texture, the shoulders weren’t woody at all.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n

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Grew it for a few seasons. Ripens in the cold frame by the first half of July. The plant hits about 5 ft (1.5 m). Red fruits, slightly elongated shape, mine got up to 7 oz (200 g).<\/p>\n

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My Favorite Holiday. Tasty and productive, I absolutely loved it! It’s a keeper, putting it on my grow list for next year.<\/p>\n

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Yesterday my sister-in-law sent me a photo of her Favorite Holiday tomato. Grown in the city of Kurgan.<\/p>\n

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