{"id":5579,"date":"2026-10-16T16:20:04","date_gmt":"2026-10-16T16:20:04","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.tomat-pomidor.com\/en\/?p=5579"},"modified":"2026-10-16T16:21:01","modified_gmt":"2026-10-16T16:21:01","slug":"maminy","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.tomat-pomidor.com\/en\/maminy\/","title":{"rendered":"Maminy (Mom&#8217;s) Tomato: Massive Siberian Pink Hearts"},"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;5579&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;Maminy (Mom\\u0026#039;s) Tomato: Massive Siberian Pink Hearts&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\">\n<h4>At a Glance<\/h4>\n<ul>\n<li><strong>Fruit:<\/strong> Massive pink hearts, frequently throwing 2+ lb megablooms. Very meaty with almost no seeds.<\/li>\n<li><strong>Flavor Profile:<\/strong> Outstanding &#8220;old-school&#8221; true heirloom flavor\u2014sweet, aromatic, and rich.<\/li>\n<li><strong>Growth Habit:<\/strong> Indeterminate vines, relatively compact (around 5&#8217;3&#8243;), setting fruit continuously until frost.<\/li>\n<li><strong>Season:<\/strong> Surprisingly early for such a massive fruiting variety.<\/li>\n<li><strong>History:<\/strong> A rescued Russian family heirloom originating from Omsk (Siberia).<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/div>\n<h2>Growers&#8217; Notes and Photos<\/h2>\n<div class=\"forum-post\">\n<div class=\"post-header\">\n<p>Angelina<\/p>\n<div class=\"author-info\">\n<div class=\"author-badges\">Pro | Veteran Member<\/div>\n<div class=\"post-meta\">Posts: 11,327 | Location: Zone 6\/7<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"post-content\">\n<p>An absolutely stunning old family heirloom out of Omsk, packing that true old-school tomato flavor. Huge thanks for sharing this miracle with us, Tanya (Tatunya)!<\/p>\n<p>It&#8217;s an early one, pumping out massive heart-shaped fruit. You&#8217;ll often see fused or megabloom hearts pushing over 2 lbs (1 kg)\u2014literally the size of a dinner plate! They are incredibly delicious, sweet, aromatic, and extremely meaty with almost no seeds. The vines top out around 5&#8217;3&#8243; (1.6 m).<\/p>\n<p>It just keeps setting fruit nonstop right up until fall. Gorgeous pink color.<\/p>\n<div class=\"post-images\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.tomat-pomidor.com\/uploads\/monthly_2023_09\/large.2019795153_120230923235512.png.8ed91bd973e2c4e93aeaf41c6a28c1d1.png\" alt=\"Maminy pink heart massive tomato on scale\" \/><br \/>\n<img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.tomat-pomidor.com\/uploads\/monthly_2023_09\/large.272221225_1DSCN7431.png.cce0cbd7468b52830822ef372b397d94.png\" alt=\"Maminy meaty interior slices on a plate\" \/><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"forum-post\">\n<div class=\"post-header\">\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<div class=\"author-info\">\n<div class=\"author-name\">Tatunya (Tanya)<\/div>\n<div class=\"author-badges\">Pro | Veteran Member<\/div>\n<div class=\"post-meta\">Posts: 13,840 | Location: Istra District, Moscow Oblast (Zone 4)<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"post-content\">\n<p>Your plants always look incredible! My seedlings came down with something early on, so I had horrible luck with this variety this season. I couldn&#8217;t even save any seeds&#8230; So I&#8217;m thrilled it worked out for you, and I&#8217;ll definitely be counting on you for some saved seed! \ud83e\udd10<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"forum-post\">\n<div class=\"post-header\">\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<div class=\"author-info\">\n<div class=\"author-name\">Tatunya (Tanya)<\/div>\n<div class=\"author-badges\">Pro | Veteran Member<\/div>\n<div class=\"post-meta\">Posts: 13,840 | Location: Istra District, Moscow Oblast (Zone 4)<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"post-content\">\n<p>Just for the history books: this originally came from Lena out in Omsk. She used to be on the forum back in the day, but moved to Moscow about three years ago and currently doesn&#8217;t have a garden&#8230;<\/p>\n<p>So now it&#8217;s up to us here to preserve and revive this strain.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div id=\"full-summary\" class=\"tldr-box\">\n<h4>Community Consensus<\/h4>\n<p><strong>Maminy<\/strong> is a rescued Siberian family heirloom that punches well above its weight class. It combines exceptionally early production with gargantuan, plate-sized pink hearts that regularly hit the 2 lb mark, particularly from megablooms. Growers consistently praise its dense, nearly seedless meatiness and classic, sweet heirloom flavor. With relatively tame vines (topping out around 5-6 feet) that pump out fruit nonstop until frost, it has become a highly prized strain saved from extinction by dedicated forum members.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"add-review-cta\">\n<h3>Have you grown Maminy?<\/h3>\n<p>Share your experience, yield data, or photos! Let us know how this massive Siberian pink heart performed in your zone.<\/p>\n<p><button class=\"cta-button\">Leave a Review<\/button><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p><!-- EDITOR'S NOTE --><br \/>\n<!-- Editor's Note: \"Maminy\" translates directly to \"Mom's\" or \"Mother's\". This variety is a classic example of the \"rescue and preserve\" seed-saving culture prevalent on Eastern European gardening forums, where unnamed family strains from harsh climates are traded and stabilized. Its origin in Omsk (Siberia, USDA Zone 3) explains its unusual trait of being incredibly early despite producing massive 2-pound fruits, a combination rarely found in North American heirlooms outside of dedicated short-season breeding lines. --><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>At a Glance Fruit: Massive pink hearts, frequently throwing 2+ lb megablooms. Very meaty with almost no seeds. Flavor Profile: Outstanding &#8220;old-school&#8221; true heirloom flavor\u2014sweet, aromatic, and rich. Growth Habit: Indeterminate vines, relatively compact (around 5&#8217;3&#8243;), setting fruit continuously until frost. Season: Surprisingly early for such a massive fruiting variety. History: A rescued Russian family &#8230; <a title=\"Maminy (Mom&#8217;s) Tomato: Massive Siberian Pink Hearts\" class=\"read-more\" href=\"https:\/\/www.tomat-pomidor.com\/en\/maminy\/\" aria-label=\"Read more about Maminy (Mom&#8217;s) Tomato: Massive Siberian Pink Hearts\">Read more<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":5579,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[67,65,5],"tags":[48,1324,189,81,45],"class_list":["post-5579","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-oxheart-tomatoes","category-pink-tomatoes","category-russian-eastern-european-heirlooms","tag-early-season","tag-massive-yields","tag-megabloom","tag-pink-oxheart","tag-siberian-heirloom"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.tomat-pomidor.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5579","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=5579"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/www.tomat-pomidor.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5579\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":5582,"href":"https:\/\/www.tomat-pomidor.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5579\/revisions\/5582"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.tomat-pomidor.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5579"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.tomat-pomidor.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=5579"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.tomat-pomidor.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=5579"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.tomat-pomidor.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=5579"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}