{"id":5625,"date":"2026-10-16T19:29:56","date_gmt":"2026-10-16T19:29:56","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.tomat-pomidor.com\/en\/?p=5625"},"modified":"2026-10-16T19:30:42","modified_gmt":"2026-10-16T19:30:42","slug":"mishka-kosolapy","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.tomat-pomidor.com\/en\/mishka-kosolapy\/","title":{"rendered":"Mishka Kosolapy (Clumsy Bear) Tomato Review & Photos"},"content":{"rendered":"\n\n
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\ud83c\udf45 Quick take:<\/strong> Mishka Kosolapy<\/em> (Clumsy Bear) is a classic oxheart variety known for its massive, meaty fruits and traditional wispy, weeping foliage. Most growers report an indeterminate habit with excellent yields of sweet, dense tomatoes that feature a “watermelon-like” internal texture. Originally famous in its red form, it now exists in pink (raspberry) and yellow\/orange strains. It boasts good disease resistance, particularly holding out well against late blight. Full summary \u2193<\/a><\/div>\n

Growers’ Notes and Photos (USDA Zones 4-8 Experience)<\/h2>\n
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A new variety for me, the discovery of the season. Very good \ud83d\udc4d \ud83d\ude0b. Grown in the greenhouse, pruned to two leaders. The vine is a bit wispy and spindly, just like a lot of oxhearts. Good yield. Seeds were from Uralskiy Dachnik (Ural Summer Resident). 100% germination rate. The red fruits are very tasty, pure meat, aromatic, large, and dense. I recommend planting this one to everyone \ud83d\udc4d. It was also one of the very last plants to catch late blight.<\/p>\n

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Esme (Galina) \u2b50 Pro Grower (5,701 posts)<\/span><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n
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I grew Mishka Kosolapy quite a while ago (unfortunately, I didn’t take pictures back then either). My seeds were from Alena-Lux. It was advertised as an early determinate, maybe 1.6 ft (50 cm) tall, but it grew into a solid mid-season indet (even for me, planted out in the dirt).<\/p>\n

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Here is how my Mishka Kosolapy Red turned out. Indeterminate, fruits are massive\u2014up to 21 oz (600g)\u2014but there aren’t a ton of them on the vine, usually 3 per cluster. It has a real, true tomato flavor with a nice sweetness, very pleasant. The inside has that gorgeous watermelon-like flesh. Mid-late season ripening for me.<\/p>\n

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Irina_N (Irina) \u2b50 Pro Grower (1,954 posts)<\/span><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n
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A very good tomato! \ud83d\udc4d<\/p>\n

Very tasty fruits \ud83d\ude0b Easily one of the tastiest I’ve grown.<\/p>\n

The vine doesn’t take up much space, it has those long weeping leaves that just hang straight down. Fruits are large, yield is good. Turned out to be mid-season for me, and reached an average height.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n

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Mishka Kosolapy Red. Excellent variety! Total respect to the original breeders! The fruits have a beautiful, even shape with thin skin. The flesh is juicy with a perfectly balanced flavor and a slight tang in the aftertaste. Productive, and the vine is actually quite vigorous for a heart-shaped variety. My absolute discovery of the 2018 season!<\/p>\n

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Alexander 1 (Alexander) \ud83c\udf45 Member (3 posts)<\/span><\/div>\n
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Tasty, large tomato. Disease resistant and fruited very well. Planted it in the greenhouse. I’m happy with it and will definitely grow it again.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n

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Lvovna (Anna) \u2b50 Pro Grower (2,131 posts)<\/span><\/div>\n
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A few years ago at a forum meetup in Moscow, a kind soul gave me a few seeds for “Mishka Kosolapy Raspberry” (Pink) and “Mishka Kosolapy Orange”. Somehow they never made it into my planting schedule. The seeds came from commercial, colored packets, so I figured they were just some non-serious mass-market strains))) YEAH RIGHT)))<\/p>\n

This year I finally planted one vine of each side by side. Turned out to be a very worthy variety! Huge oxhearts, lots of them, and very tasty. Granted, the orange one turned out to be yellow, almost lemon-colored, but it wasn’t any worse for it. Good to go!))))<\/p>\n

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OlyaSashina (Olga) \u2b50 Pro Grower (5,355 posts)<\/span><\/div>\n
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Productive variety. Mid-season. Pink fruits with great flavor.<\/p>\n

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Full Summary: Plant Habit, Yields, and Oxheart Traits<\/h2>\n