{"id":6066,"date":"2026-10-22T13:31:03","date_gmt":"2026-10-22T13:31:03","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.tomat-pomidor.com\/en\/?p=6066"},"modified":"2026-10-22T13:31:17","modified_gmt":"2026-10-22T13:31:17","slug":"orlinyi-klyuv","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.tomat-pomidor.com\/en\/orlinyi-klyuv\/","title":{"rendered":"Eagle’s Beak (Orlinyi Klyuv) Tomato Review & Photos"},"content":{"rendered":"\n\n
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\ud83c\udf45 Quick take:<\/strong> Orlinyi Klyuv (Eagle’s Beak) is a famous commercial Russian heirloom from Siberian Garden (SibSad). It is an indeterminate<\/strong>, early-to-mid season pink heart\/beak-shaped tomato<\/strong>. Like many classic oxhearts, it has a very spindly, wispy (“weeping”) foliage habit that looks frail but pumps out massive yields of large fruits up to 1.3 lbs (600 g). While most growers praise its sweet, meaty flesh and reliability, some struggle with green shoulders or find the texture too juicy depending on their watering habits. Full summary \u2193<\/a><\/div>\n

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Elfiya (Alya) \u2b50 Pro Grower (1,609 posts)<\/span><\/div>\n
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I’ve been growing this one for several years and I am very happy with it. Grew it in the greenhouse to two stems. The yield is excellent, even though the plant itself is wispy and sparse on foliage. Great slicer. I purposely dug up an old seed packet with the picture so you can compare.\"Eagle's<\/a><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n

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Rodebielesumer (Elena) \u2b50 Pro Grower (1,832 posts)<\/span><\/div>\n
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I’ve tested this variety for 2 years now, grew it under plastic. It’s from the wispy foliage series by SibSad. It has a very long production window. I liked the taste, it leans more towards sweet but the tartness is definitely there. However, the green shoulders showed up again. This variety is just prone to that flaw. The proof is that other varieties planted right next to it ripened completely evenly in the exact same soil with the exact same fertilizers.\"Eagle's<\/a>
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Murka (Masha) \u2b50 Pro Grower (9,770 posts)<\/span><\/div>\n
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Vladvlad (Vladimir) \u2b50 Pro Grower (1,180 posts)<\/span><\/div>\n
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It was one of the most productive in my greenhouse back in 2014. Here is the official description from Siberian Garden…\"Eagle's<\/a><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n

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Excellent variety. The main thing is that it sets fruit perfectly both in the greenhouse and outdoors. It handles bad weather well and counter ripens nicely if you pick it green. I will definitely keep growing it.\"Eagle's<\/a><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n

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I had seeds from 2 different sources, but the result was the same. The tomato is tasty, but the plant is weak and thin. It was a low yielder for me.<\/div>\n<\/div>\n
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During this absolute garbage summer, out of many varieties, this is the one working overtime! I can’t even imagine what you’d have to do to make it low-yielding. Sure, it’s not super early, but it catches up to the competitors fast.
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Marina, maybe try feeding it more potassium so you don’t get the shoulders. This is my first year growing it. Outdoors, it was the very first to start setting fruit, pumped out giants trying to race against Pink Honey. But they just refused to turn red on the vine, I had to pick the big ones green because with this crazy weather I was terrified of late blight.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n

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I got zero shoulders this year. It sets fruit beautifully as always, meaty and sweet. Too bad I didn’t put any outdoors this year, I was short on seedlings. Will absolutely keep planting it.\"Eagle's<\/a>
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This year it doesn’t look like last year’s. It’s way too big, which is nice, and no shoulders, but it’s not early. Last year it was one of the very first to ripen.<\/div>\n<\/div>\n
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Every year is different. Growing from my own saved seeds now, and it’s no longer wispy or short. The second vine is just as tall.\"Eagle's<\/a>
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Elena, your Eagle’s Beak is gorgeous \ud83d\udc4d My entire tomato obsession started with this exact variety. These are pics from 2013 taken on a phone, so the quality is rough. The raspberry-colored one in the foreground is it.\"Eagle's<\/a>
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I placed my biggest bets on this variety for 2015. I was so drawn to it! Looked at the pictures, read the reviews. Grew it in the greenhouse, quite early, one of the first to bloom. The fruits are large, smooth, raspberry-pink hue with thin skin, but very watery. The breeder promises good storage life, but my Eagle’s Beak started rotting very fast. And the taste didn’t impress me at all. Decided not to grow it this year. Such a shame, I really liked the idea of it.\"Eagle's<\/a>
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Weird, mine is very meaty, not watery at all, and stored okay.<\/div>\n<\/div>\n
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\nWeird, mine is very meaty, not watery at all, and stored okay.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

I wouldn’t call it watery either. Juicy, yes. It’s rare for a variety to boast such a good combination of traits like Eagle’s Beak. Unfussy, heavy producer, plus beautiful and tasty fruits. Sure, it’s not pure “meat”, but it’s not a beefsteak anyway \ud83d\ude0a<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n

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Agree with Ira. A very meaty tomato, not watery in the slightest. During our past cold and rainy summer, despite the weather, it was the sweetest of the reds.<\/div>\n<\/div>\n
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My seeds are from SibSad. It hits all the marks, an amazing tomato \ud83d\udc4d! It’ll be on my grow-again list from last season. Even though the plant is on the spindly side, it didn’t stop it from surviving the heat and setting pretty much every blossom on the truss. Deep pink beauties, very tasty, meaty, and large. High yielding, I pulled this vine out almost last at the end of the season.<\/div>\n<\/div>\n
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For me, Eagle’s Beak is a bit bland, dry, and too starchy. But the yield and the beauty of the fruits are 10\/10 \ud83d\udc4d. Going to repeat it this year by popular demand from the family \ud83d\ude09.<\/div>\n<\/div>\n
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A neighbor gave me expired leftover seeds of Eagle’s Beak. I had to soak them in everything imaginable just to get them to sprout. But they grew into beautiful, large, fairly productive stunners. Loved them, they became a favorite. Saved my own seeds. \ud83d\ude18<\/div>\n<\/div>\n
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Eagle’s Beak is an indet, the first truss sets pretty low, but I couldn’t tell you exactly after which leaf. I plant it constantly, love the taste and yield. It starts ripening in the first week of July for me (from a March 12 sowing).\"Eagle's<\/a>
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Your Beak is gorgeous and very loaded! Do you remember who your original seeds were from? I planted it for the first time this year from SibSad, and mine came out with much more pronounced beaks.<\/div>\n<\/div>\n
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Sveta, my original seeds were from SibSad too. On the lower trusses it usually gets larger and a slightly different shape, and the higher up the vine it goes, the pointier the beak gets. I ate the last little beaked fruit just a week ago, so it stores pretty well too.<\/div>\n<\/div>\n
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Yeah, I’ve been using my own for a long time. I haven’t bothered sorting them by gender yet \ud83d\ude02 Need to try that next season, but they seem to turn out fine even if I don’t pay attention to it.<\/div>\n<\/div>\n
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One of my favorite pink varieties. The seedlings are a bit flimsy. In the greenhouse it reaches up to 5 ft (150 cm). High yielding, great taste, massive fruits.<\/div>\n<\/div>\n
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This past season Eagle’s Beak proved its reputation as a reliable workhorse once again and rewarded me with a solid harvest.\"Eagle's<\/a><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n

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Here is my Eagle’s Beak from this year. I got the seeds from my mother-in-law because I really loved the shape, texture, and taste. It grew to nearly 6.5 ft (2 m). Started ripening early. But for some reason, the flesh was way too watery, juicy, and not super sweet in my opinion. Skin is thin, it sits for two days and goes soft. Some had green shoulders, but not all of them. I rarely watered, maybe 4-5 times all season and only during the heat, so I have no idea where it soaked up all that water… \ud83d\ude0e Maybe it didn’t like something I did, I’ll repeat it next year and see. Other varieties planted right next to it were sweeter and not as watery. Care, feeding, and light were exactly the same.
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My Eagle’s Beak turned out somewhat bi-color this year.\"Eagle's<\/a>
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Excellent variety. It grew on the “dark side” of the greenhouse. Unfussy, heavy producer, really saved the day during the questionable summer of 2017. Fruits ranged from 7 oz to 1.3 lbs (200 to 600 g). Didn’t have any green shoulders. Not watery or starchy at all, just perfect! Not the absolute sweetest, but very tasty. Wish I had a picture of them fully ripe.\"Eagle's<\/a><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n

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I didn’t have either issue with this variety. Excellent tomato, really loved it! Grew it last year.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n

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