{"id":6136,"date":"2026-10-22T17:49:20","date_gmt":"2026-10-22T17:49:20","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.tomat-pomidor.com\/en\/?p=6136"},"modified":"2026-10-22T17:58:47","modified_gmt":"2026-10-22T17:58:47","slug":"why-i-dont-like-bi-color-tomatoes-pomita","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.tomat-pomidor.com\/en\/why-i-dont-like-bi-color-tomatoes-pomita\/","title":{"rendered":"Why I Don’t Like Bi-Color Tomatoes \u2014 PomiTa (forum diary)"},"content":{"rendered":"\n\n
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\ud83d\udcd6 Diary Highlights:<\/strong> In this diary entry, growers discuss the frustrating tendency of some bi-color tomatoes (like Rhodes Heirloom<\/em> and Hawaiian Pineapple<\/em>) to push massive vegetative growth with zero fruit set. PomiTa shares her quest to find the perfect bi-color\/yellow tomato, praising Burracker’s Favorite<\/em> and Golden K\u00f6nigsberg<\/em> for taste, while showing off a highly successful greenhouse crop of classic reds and pinks, including the German heart-shaped Vater Rhein<\/em>.<\/div>\n

Greenhouse Chat: The Bi-Color Struggle<\/h2>\n

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Galiy said on Dec 13, 2021:<\/strong>
\nThanks, that’s very kind \ud83d\ude4f. I didn’t even notice the nets \ud83e\udd26\u200d\u2640\ufe0f, even after zooming in on your photo. Those hanging watermelons are gorgeous. \ud83d\udc4d Are they grafted? I think you mentioned that earlier. You really can’t get by in gardening without talking to others \ud83d\ude47\u200d\u2640\ufe0f, so many questions come up \ud83d\udc4b. I actually had one yesterday. Has anyone grown the Rhodes Heirloom<\/em> tomato? It gets rave reviews in the variety threads. But for me this year, it didn’t produce a single tomato. Just kept flowering. \ud83d\ude21 I’m wondering if I did something wrong. I want to try it again next year. Same thing happened with Rugantino<\/em>\u2014first year was a dud, but this year it was a beauty with gorgeous tomatoes. It had a good spot this year and I took good care of it. \ud83d\ude0e<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

Galina, Rhoades Heirloom<\/em><\/a> is a bi-color, right? I’ve always had a weird relationship with them. I started with Nature’s Riddle<\/em><\/a> (Zagadka Prirody) about 10 (or a bit more) years ago. I was absolutely blown away by its beauty and yield. But not the taste! It was just a bit too bland for me… but I’m super picky. Since then, I’ve tried a ton of bi-colors. The only one I can truly praise is Burracker’s Favorite<\/em><\/a>. Absolutely delicious. But the skin is prone to cracking \ud83d\ude1e<\/p>\n

This past season, I actually decided to make it the “Year of Bi-colors and Yellows!” My goal was to finally pick 2-3 permanent varieties from this category, because year after year my husband tells me: ONLY CLASSIC REDS AND PINKS.<\/p>\n

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Golden K\u00f6nigsberg; photo: TatianKa<\/a><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

Well… it wasn’t a year, it was a total disappointment! Out of all the yellow-oranges, absolutely none of them beat Golden K\u00f6nigsberg<\/em><\/a> in taste. Though I did really like Night Candle<\/em><\/a> (a twin of Fox’s Nose<\/em><\/a>, in my opinion). Out of the bi-colors in this difficult year, the ones I can praise are Marina’s Praise<\/em> (???), ZG Medeo<\/em>, and the beautiful Seraphima<\/em> from Valdis.<\/p>\n

Getting back to your question, I can say I had a similar issue with my bi-color Hawaiian Pineapple<\/em><\/a>. It grew in height like a weed, with no flowers or fruit set, until I finally yanked it out in August with just one green tomato hanging under the roof. I still have no idea what that was all about \ud83e\udd37\u200d\u2640\ufe0f<\/p>\n

Meanwhile, all my other numerous varieties behaved perfectly \ud83d\ude0a<\/p>\n

For example, like this… I have a ton of photos. I’m still learning the ropes here, so I’m just picking the first ones I see.<\/p>\n

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Those are just incredibly nice tomatoes in that greenhouse. \ud83d\udc4d What varieties are in the photo?<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n

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Galiy said on Dec 13, 2021:<\/strong>
\nThose are just incredibly nice tomatoes in that greenhouse. \ud83d\udc4d What varieties are in the photo?<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

Thanks for the flattering review \ud83d\ude0a In the foreground, there are 2 plants of Vater Rhein<\/em><\/a>. For the rest, I’d have to check my notebook entries… Most likely, Red Wolf<\/em>\u00a0and Maiden’s Tears<\/em><\/a> \ud83e\udd14<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

\ud83d\udcd6 Diary Highlights: In this diary entry, growers discuss the frustrating tendency of some bi-color tomatoes (like Rhodes Heirloom and Hawaiian Pineapple) to push massive vegetative growth with zero fruit set. PomiTa shares her quest to find the perfect bi-color\/yellow tomato, praising Burracker’s Favorite and Golden K\u00f6nigsberg for taste, while showing off a highly successful … Read more<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":6136,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[806],"tags":[410,1400,126],"class_list":["post-6136","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-grower-diaries","tag-american-heirloom","tag-bicolor-heirloom-tomatoes","tag-russian-heirloom"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.tomat-pomidor.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6136","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=6136"}],"version-history":[{"count":5,"href":"https:\/\/www.tomat-pomidor.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6136\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":6141,"href":"https:\/\/www.tomat-pomidor.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6136\/revisions\/6141"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.tomat-pomidor.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6136"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.tomat-pomidor.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=6136"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.tomat-pomidor.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=6136"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.tomat-pomidor.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=6136"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}