{"id":5723,"date":"2026-10-17T19:34:37","date_gmt":"2026-10-17T19:34:37","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.tomat-pomidor.com\/en\/?p=5723"},"modified":"2026-10-17T19:34:37","modified_gmt":"2026-10-17T19:34:37","slug":"medvezhye-serdtse","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.tomat-pomidor.com\/en\/medvezhye-serdtse\/","title":{"rendered":"Medvezhye Serdtse (Bear’s Heart) Tomato Review & Photos"},"content":{"rendered":"\n\n
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\ud83c\udf45 Quick take:<\/strong> Medvezhye Serdtse (Bear’s Heart)<\/strong> is a highly productive, early indeterminate<\/strong> variety that produces large, ribbed pink hearts<\/strong> weighing 7-12.3 oz (200-350 g). Growers praise it for its excellent heat tolerance, ability to set fruit all the way to the greenhouse roof, and its rich, sweet, meaty flavor. Full summary \u2193<\/a><\/div>\n

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Seeds from Lena Danko. Description: Indeterminate, fruits are large pink elongated hearts, flattened on the sides, weight 8.8-12.3 oz (250-350 g). A stunner! Red, slightly flattened hearts. Absolutely delicious! Sweet. Productive. Early. Sets fruit all the way to the roof. Barely dropped any blossoms in the heat. Meaty, but juicy.<\/p>\n

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Bear’s Heart. One of the most successful and beautiful strains \ud83d\udc4d of a difficult 2020 season. Grew 2 vines pruned to 2 stems in the greenhouses, productive, they set amazingly beautiful pink ribbed hearts, weighing about 7-10.5 oz (200-300 g), meaty, tasty \ud83d\ude0b Seeds from Masha- @Murka \ud83d\ude4f<\/p>\n

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Sveta, yours look so beautiful!!!! I didn’t take pictures of the ripe ones last season, so I repeated it this year and planted it right against the greenhouse wall. Well, the slugs absolutely devoured it. Didn’t get a single good tomato.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n

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On 9\/29\/2020 at 7:25 AM, Svetikk said:
\nmeaty, tasty \ud83d\ude0b<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

On 9\/29\/2020 at 8:25 AM, Murka said:
\nrepeated it this year<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

Ladies, please describe the taste in more detail.<\/p>\n

Sveta, is this strain tastier than Bear Creek (Medvezhiy Ruchey)?<\/p>\n

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On 10\/3\/2020 at 10:59 PM, T@tk@ said:
\nSveta, is this strain tastier than Bear Creek?<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

I can’t really say, I don’t remember, I grew Bear Creek a different year and it’s a dark tomato, but also tasty.<\/p>\n

The taste of any tomato on your own soil can change depending on many factors, you just have to try it. I remember Bear’s Heart was tasty, but I’ve forgotten the exact nuances \ud83d\ude05<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n

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On 10\/3\/2020 at 10:59 PM, T@tk@ said:
\nLadies, please describe the taste in more detail.
\nSveta, is this strain tastier than Bear Creek?<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

Tanya, Bear Creek is a black tomato, and Bear’s Heart is pink. The flavor is rich and sweet, but not cloyingly sweet, and the flesh is firm and meaty.<\/p>\n

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On 10\/4\/2020 at 8:33 AM, Murka said:
\nTanya, Bear Creek is a black tomato, and Bear’s Heart is red, the flavor is rich and sweet, but not cloyingly sweet, and the flesh is firm and meaty.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

Masha, it’s pink \ud83d\ude05<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n

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On 10\/4\/2020 at 8:33 AM, Murka said:
\nTanya, Bear Creek is a black tomato, and Bear’s Heart is pink. The flavor is rich and sweet, but not cloyingly sweet, and the flesh is firm and meaty.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n

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On 10\/4\/2020 at 11:27 AM, Svetikk said:
\nMasha, it’s pink \ud83d\ude05<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

Sveta, I fixed it, of course it’s pink \ud83d\ude44<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n

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On 10\/4\/2020 at 4:31 AM, Svetikk said:
\nThe taste of any tomato on your own soil can change depending on many factors, you just have to try it. I remember Bear’s Heart was tasty, but I’ve forgotten the exact nuances.
\nI grew Bear Creek a different year and it’s a dark tomato, but also tasty.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

Thanks, Svetik! Guess I’ll leave both of them on my order list. I’ll test them out at my place.<\/p>\n

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