{"id":6412,"date":"2026-10-26T16:12:44","date_gmt":"2026-10-26T16:12:44","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.tomat-pomidor.com\/en\/?p=6412"},"modified":"2026-10-26T16:13:41","modified_gmt":"2026-10-26T16:13:41","slug":"gun-metal-grey","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.tomat-pomidor.com\/en\/gun-metal-grey\/","title":{"rendered":"Gun Metal Grey 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;6412&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;Gun Metal Grey 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> Gun Metal Grey is an eye-catching, mid-season tomato known for the unique metallic, <a href=\"#note-1\">dark grey anthocyanin blush*<\/a> on its shoulders. While the plant stays relatively manageable at around 4 feet, it pumps out heavy, uniform clusters of medium-to-large slicers. Growers praise its perfectly balanced flavor that actually deepens and becomes richer as the season progresses. It&#8217;s a great choice if you want the visual drama of a dark tomato without sacrificing old-fashioned taste. <a href=\"#full-summary\">Full summary \u2193<\/a><\/div>\n<h2>Growers&#8217; Notes and Photos (USDA Zone 4b Experience)<\/h2>\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\">Natalia79 (Natalia) <span class=\"author-stats\">\u2b50 Pro Grower (2,798 posts)<\/span><\/div>\n<div class=\"author-geo\">\ud83d\udccd Tula Region (USDA Zone 4b)<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"post-content\">\n<p>The plant reached about 4 ft (1.2 m) tall, forms massive trusses of unique fruits with a dark grey tint on the shoulders. Flavor has an excellent balance of sugars and acids, and gets especially rich in the second half of the season. Fruit weight is 7-10.5 oz (200-300 g).<\/p>\n<p>The fruits ripen very uniformly all at once.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.tomat-pomidor.com\/uploads\/monthly_2023_09\/IMG_7794.jpeg.1d4d978350697fdda153111d95a5eb0d.jpeg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.tomat-pomidor.com\/uploads\/monthly_2023_09\/IMG_7794.thumb.jpeg.33dedf46e1e3bf3e4a3efa115a748f97.jpeg\" alt=\"Gun Metal Grey tomato, photo posted by Natalia79 (1)\" width=\"225\" height=\"300\" \/><\/a><br \/>\n<a href=\"https:\/\/www.tomat-pomidor.com\/uploads\/monthly_2023_09\/IMG_7819.jpeg.1124ea5bdc7ea4d408a273702b6436af.jpeg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.tomat-pomidor.com\/uploads\/monthly_2023_09\/IMG_7819.thumb.jpeg.7514f55d06992a608f416a5c46f8811c.jpeg\" alt=\"Gun Metal Grey tomato, photo posted by Natalia79 (2)\" width=\"225\" height=\"300\" \/><\/a><br \/>\n<a href=\"https:\/\/www.tomat-pomidor.com\/uploads\/monthly_2023_09\/IMG_7831.jpeg.4f2388e8fac94e6bd3f81a799cf3b6c8.jpeg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.tomat-pomidor.com\/uploads\/monthly_2023_09\/IMG_7831.thumb.jpeg.d541c5b0959d431b1ba36cd7e3d505a6.jpeg\" alt=\"Gun Metal Grey tomato, photo posted by Natalia79 (3)\" width=\"225\" height=\"300\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\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: Plant, Yield, Taste, and Ripening<\/h2>\n<ul>\n<li>\ud83c\udf3f <strong>Plant:<\/strong> Manageable height, stopping around 4 ft (1.2 m), making it a great candidate for smaller high tunnels or sturdy staking in open dirt.<\/li>\n<li>\ud83d\udcc8 <strong>Yield:<\/strong> Excellent. It produces massive, heavily loaded trusses.<\/li>\n<li>\ud83d\udc45 <strong>Taste:<\/strong> Perfectly balanced between sweet and acidic. The flavor profile reportedly improves and intensifies late in the season.<\/li>\n<li>\ud83c\udf45 <strong>Ripening:<\/strong> A major plus for this variety is its uniform ripening\u2014whole clusters tend to ripen at the same time, making it great for bulk harvesting or processing.<\/li>\n<li>\ud83c\udf0e <strong>Who Reviewed It:<\/strong> Grown and reviewed by a veteran gardener in the Tula Region (USDA Zone 4b).<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/div>\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 Gun Metal Grey?<\/strong> <a href=\"#wpdcom\">Did you notice the metallic tint on the shoulders? Drop a comment below with your zone and let us know how it tasted for you!<\/a><\/div>\n<div id=\"note-1\" class=\"editor-note\" style=\"background: #eef7ff; padding: 15px; border-left: 4px solid #2196F3; margin-top: 15px; font-size: 1.2em;\"><strong>\ud83d\udc68\u200d\ud83c\udf3e Editor&#8217;s Note: The &#8220;Metallic&#8221; Anthocyanin Expression<\/strong><br \/>\nMany dark tomatoes on the market boast intense, pitch-black &#8220;indigo&#8221; shoulders. Gun Metal Grey is unique because its anthocyanin expression (the reaction to sunlight that turns the skin dark) comes through as a hazy, slate-grey or metallic wash over a dark maroon base. To get the best coloration out of this variety, make sure the developing fruits have direct exposure to sunlight!<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>\ud83c\udf45 Quick take: Gun Metal Grey is an eye-catching, mid-season tomato known for the unique metallic, dark grey anthocyanin blush* on its shoulders. While the plant stays relatively manageable at around 4 feet, it pumps out heavy, uniform clusters of medium-to-large slicers. Growers praise its perfectly balanced flavor that actually deepens and becomes richer as &#8230; <a title=\"Gun Metal Grey Tomato Review &#038; Photos\" class=\"read-more\" href=\"https:\/\/www.tomat-pomidor.com\/en\/gun-metal-grey\/\" aria-label=\"Read more about Gun Metal Grey Tomato Review &#038; Photos\">Read more<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":6412,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[89,1,66],"tags":[257,19,30,23,1478],"class_list":["post-6412","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-black-purple-tomatoes","category-beefsteak-large-slicers","category-bicolor","tag-anthocyanin","tag-dark-tomato","tag-heavy-yielder","tag-mid-season","tag-semi-determinate-tomato"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.tomat-pomidor.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6412","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=6412"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/www.tomat-pomidor.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6412\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":6414,"href":"https:\/\/www.tomat-pomidor.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6412\/revisions\/6414"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.tomat-pomidor.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6412"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.tomat-pomidor.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=6412"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.tomat-pomidor.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=6412"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.tomat-pomidor.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=6412"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}