{"id":5823,"date":"2026-10-19T17:00:04","date_gmt":"2026-10-19T17:00:04","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.tomat-pomidor.com\/en\/?p=5823"},"modified":"2026-10-19T17:00:04","modified_gmt":"2026-10-19T17:00:04","slug":"medovoe-serdtse","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.tomat-pomidor.com\/en\/medovoe-serdtse\/","title":{"rendered":"Honey Heart (Medovoe Serdtse) Tomato Review &#038; Photos"},"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;5823&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;Share your rating&quot;,&quot;legend&quot;:&quot;0\\\/5 - (0 votes)&quot;,&quot;size&quot;:&quot;24&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;Honey Heart (Medovoe Serdtse) Tomato Review \\u0026amp; Photos&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\">Share your rating<\/span>\n    <\/div>\n    <\/div>\n<div class=\"tldr-box\" style=\"background: #f4f9f4; padding: 20px; border-left: 5px solid #4CAF50; margin-bottom: 30px; border-radius: 4px;\"><strong>\ud83c\udf45 Quick take:<\/strong> A compact, early determinate variety producing sweet, yellow-orange elongated hearts. Known for setting fruit reliably even in cool, wet weather and boasting wispy, weeping foliage. <a href=\"#full-summary\">Full summary \u2193<\/a><\/div>\n<h2>Growers&#8217; Notes and Photos (USDA Zones 3-4)<\/h2>\n<div class=\"forum-post\">\n<div class=\"author-header\">\n<div class=\"forum-avatar\">S<\/div>\n<div class=\"author-meta\">\n<div class=\"author-name\">Semechka <span class=\"author-stats\">Pro | 23,540 posts<\/span><\/div>\n<div class=\"author-geo\">\ud83d\udccd Krasnoyarsk suburbs (USDA Zone 3)<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"post-content\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.tomat-pomidor.com\/uploads\/newforum\/galleries\/70\/7892-230615101440.jpeg\" alt=\"Honey Heart tomato plant\" \/><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"forum-post\">\n<div class=\"author-header\">\n<div class=\"forum-avatar\">D<\/div>\n<div class=\"author-meta\">\n<div class=\"author-name\">decorshtor (Irina) <span class=\"author-stats\">Beginner | 93 posts<\/span><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"post-content\">\n<p>Planted this in the greenhouse in 2015. Really liked it! It&#8217;s definitely on my grow list for 2016. Not a tall plant, fruits are medium-sized (haven&#8217;t weighed them yet, just got my greenhouse going this first year). The color is a vibrant orange \ud83d\ude42<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.tomat-pomidor.com\/uploads\/newforum\/galleries\/102\/16700-191215160919.jpeg\" alt=\"Honey Heart greenhouse harvest\" \/><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"forum-post\">\n<div class=\"author-header\">\n<div class=\"forum-avatar\">N<\/div>\n<div class=\"author-meta\">\n<div class=\"author-name\">Natasha-ogorodnitsa (Nataliya) <span class=\"author-stats\">Veggie Grower | 423 posts<\/span><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"post-content\">\n<p>I&#8217;ve been growing this for about 6 years using seeds from Aelita-Agro. Mine are oval, plum-shaped fruits weighing around 3.5-4.2 oz (100-120 g). The flavor has a slight tang to it, but it&#8217;s very pleasant. The tomatoes are firm and do great outside. The plant only gets about 16-20 inches (40-50 cm) tall.<\/p>\n<p>Great for both fresh eating and canning. Pretty solid yields too. You can actually plant them tighter together than other varieties because the branches are very thin and the leaves have a delicate, weeping, wispy look to them.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"forum-post\">\n<div class=\"author-header\">\n<div class=\"forum-avatar\">O<\/div>\n<div class=\"author-meta\">\n<div class=\"author-name\">Olviya (Olya) <span class=\"author-stats\">Pro | 1,829 posts<\/span><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"post-content\">This was one of the sweetest early tomatoes I grew outside. The plant doesn&#8217;t get taller than 16-20 inches (40-50 cm). I can&#8217;t really judge the overall yield because it grew in pretty spartan conditions for me. The fruits are yellow-orange, shaped like elongated hearts, and weigh around 2.5-3.5 oz (70-100 g).<br \/>\nI absolutely loved it and plan to grow it again.<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"forum-post\">\n<div class=\"author-header\">\n<div class=\"forum-avatar\">E<\/div>\n<div class=\"author-meta\">\n<div class=\"author-name\">elja1968 (Elya) <span class=\"author-stats\">Pro | 1,914 posts<\/span><\/div>\n<div class=\"author-geo\">\ud83d\udccd Bashkortostan (USDA Zone 4)<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"post-content\">\n<p>Really loved this little tomato. Grew it outside. Despite a super rainy and cool first half of the summer, it set a ton of fruit. It didn&#8217;t drop a single blossom. The tomatoes are smooth, shaped like plum-hearts, with absolutely no cracking and a nice sweetness to the flavor. The fruits weighed in at 5.3-7 oz (150-200 g). Just a solid little workhorse tomato.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"forum-post\">\n<div class=\"author-header\">\n<div class=\"forum-avatar\">N<\/div>\n<div class=\"author-meta\">\n<div class=\"author-name\">Natasha-ogorodnitsa (Nataliya) <span class=\"author-stats\">Veggie Grower | 423 posts<\/span><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"post-content\">This year my Honey Heart was incredibly sweet! I noticed that it really loves potassium. I fed all my tomatoes with wood ash more than usual this season. The plant stayed around 16 inches (40 cm) tall. I didn&#8217;t prune any suckers at all until mid-summer, and the tomatoes still sized up to 8.8 oz (250 g).<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p><!-- ===== FULL SUMMARY ===== --><\/p>\n<div id=\"full-summary\" class=\"tldr-box\" style=\"background: #f4f9f4; padding: 20px; border-left: 5px solid #4CAF50; margin-top: 30px; border-radius: 4px;\">\n<h2 style=\"margin-top: 0;\">Full Summary: Honey Heart<\/h2>\n<ul>\n<li>\ud83c\udf3f <strong>Plant &amp; Foliage:<\/strong> A compact determinate variety that stays very short, usually capping out around 16-20 inches (40-50 cm). It features delicate, thin branches with wispy, weeping foliage, which allows for tighter plant spacing in the garden.<\/li>\n<li>\ud83c\udf45 <strong>Fruit &amp; Shape:<\/strong> Produces vibrant yellow-orange tomatoes that range from an oval-plum shape to an elongated heart. Size can vary drastically depending on growing conditions and pruning, usually falling between 2.5 oz and 8.8 oz (70-250 g). The skin is smooth and highly resistant to cracking.<\/li>\n<li>\ud83d\udcc8 <strong>Yield &amp; Health:<\/strong> An excellent workhorse variety that performs reliably in the open ground, even powering through cool, rainy weather without suffering from blossom drop. Heavy yielder for its compact size.<\/li>\n<li>\ud83d\udc45 <strong>Taste:<\/strong> Consistently rated as one of the sweetest early outdoor varieties, though some growers note a pleasant, mild tang. Firm texture makes it versatile for both fresh eating and processing. Responsive to potassium feeds (like wood ash) to boost sugar levels and fruit size.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/div>\n<p><!-- ===== CTA ===== --><\/p>\n<div class=\"add-review-cta\" style=\"margin: 20px 0; padding: 15px; background: #f9f9f9; border-left: 4px solid #4CAF50; border-radius: 4px;\"><strong>\ud83c\udf45 Have you grown Honey Heart?<\/strong> <a href=\"#wpdcom\">Drop a comment below!<\/a> Have you noticed a big difference in sweetness when feeding with wood ash or extra potassium?<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>\ud83c\udf45 Quick take: A compact, early determinate variety producing sweet, yellow-orange elongated hearts. Known for setting fruit reliably even in cool, wet weather and boasting wispy, weeping foliage. 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