{"id":6514,"date":"2026-10-27T13:04:55","date_gmt":"2026-10-27T13:04:55","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.tomat-pomidor.com\/en\/?p=6514"},"modified":"2026-10-27T13:10:30","modified_gmt":"2026-10-27T13:10:30","slug":"h-34-rot-belle-coeur","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.tomat-pomidor.com\/en\/h-34-rot-belle-coeur\/","title":{"rendered":"H-34 Rot (Belle Coeur) Tomato"},"content":{"rendered":"\n\n
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\ud83c\udf45 Quick take:<\/strong> An unstable, segregating antho breeding line (circulating under names like H-34 Rot<\/em>, H-34 Gelb<\/em>, and Belle Coeur<\/em>) that produces stunning, dark-shouldered cocktail tomatoes with distinctive pointed tips. Growers report it throwing both RL and PL (regular and potato leaf) plants, with fruit colors ranging from red to yellow and pink. Flavor reviews are mixed, though plenty of sun and heat seem to bring out its fruity sweetness. Full summary \u2193<\/a><\/div>\n

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Grew this one in 2015. Seeds from Kulik (Ukraine).<\/p>\n

Plant specs: Mid-season, sturdy, tidy little vine. Fuss-free and barely throws any suckers.
\nFruit set: didn’t drop a single blossom.
\nGrew it outside. By mid-August it hit 5 ft (1.5m), and by early September it was about 5.2 ft (1.6m) and still producing.
\nTrusses hold 6-8 tomatoes.
\nOverall yield: high.<\/p>\n

The fruit: Round with a distinct sharp point on the blossom end. Inky dark when green, blushing red from the point upwards as it ripens. Insanely beautiful (!).
\nFirmness: medium.
\nFlavor: has a nice fruity note to it. Very delicious, juicy, zero tartness. I rarely rate things this high, but the sweetness is an easy 5\/5!!!<\/p>\n

First impression: A versatile and absolutely gorgeous tomato! Seedling rating: 5, Plant: 5++, Fruit: 5+++, Overall rating: 5+++. A new favorite in my garden!!!<\/p>\n

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Grew this in 2015. Seeds from Kulik (Ukraine).<\/p>\n

Plant specs: Mid-early, super versatile, and just a gorgeous sturdy plant. Indet.
\nFruit set: didn’t skip a beat, still producing.
\nHeight by early August was about 5 ft (1.5m), and it pretty much topped out there.
\nTrusses hold 7-8 fruits, very dense and fantastically beautiful.
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The fruit: Round with a sharp point, inky black fading into a yellow\/red transition starting from the tip. Very pretty.
\nFirmness: high.
\nFlavor: rich, mouth-coating, meaty but juicy. Great balance, sweetness is a solid 5. Actually has more spice and fruitiness to it than the red strain.<\/p>\n

First impression: Insanely beautiful, versatile tomato. The beauty shows up right from the seedling stage (was one of my tallest and tidiest starts under lights). The plant is incredibly low-maintenance, barely throws suckers. Very easy to prune and train (at 5 ft tall it practically supports itself!!!). The fruit is sweet and tasty. A favorite!!!
\nSeedling rating: 5, Plant: 5+, Fruit: 5+, Overall: 5+++.<\/p>\n

And here is a comparison with the H-34 Rot red version:<\/p>\n

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Alena, you mentioned that H-34 Rot doesn’t just exist in a yellow version, but a red one too. Is this just an unstable line segregating, or are they totally different varieties? I thought Kulik only listed one version in his catalog.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n

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Lana wrote:
\nAlena, you mentioned that H-34 Rot doesn’t just exist in a yellow version, but a red one too. Is this just an unstable line segregating, or are they totally different varieties? I thought Kulik only listed one version.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

I’m guessing it’s just a line that isn’t fully stable yet. Otherwise, it would have been given a catchier name by now. So we’re basically just seeing mutations\/off-types and we get the chance to pick the lines we like and keep growing them out.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n

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Lana wrote:
\nAlena, you mentioned that H-34 Rot doesn’t just exist in a yellow version, but a red one too. Is this just an unstable line segregating…<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

Lana, I actually know that H-34 comes in three colors: yellow, red, and pink.<\/p>\n

I bought the RED seeds; Kulik didn’t even have the yellow listed in his spring 2015 catalog.<\/p>\n

I’m hoping I just got a lucky unlisted yellow off-type in my pack.<\/p>\n

Of course, we’ll probably never know the real truth. Though I totally admit it could just be segregating.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n

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Hey folks, I went ahead and merged the threads for H-34 Rot red\/yellow. Since this cross is going to keep segregating, opening a brand new thread for every single shape and color is a bit overkill.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n

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Around here, private seed vendors are pushing this under the names Orange Purple<\/em> and Belle Coeur (H-34 Gelb)<\/em> as an established variety. My biggest fruit was 3.5 oz (100g), the rest were smaller. All of them had the little points on the blossom end, and they take forever to ripen. The flavor of the very first fruit I picked tasted like straight-up nightshade, so much acid. Later on the flavor improved — a delicate tartness and a bit of sugar. The plant stayed under 30 inches (80 cm), and total yield was about 3 lbs (1.5 kg), no more than that. We got a ton of sun this year, so the fruits were 80% black.<\/p>\n

I had two kinds of plants pop up, RL and PL (regular and potato leaf), but they produced identical tomatoes. They’re still fruiting under poly right now. So, segregation of a hybrid, or just an unstable variety?<\/p>\n

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How can it be a stable variety if it’s throwing both RL and PL plants?<\/p>\n

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Well, it’s pretty obvious from the name alone that it’s not a set variety yet, just a working breeder name. Folks are going to use this starting material to select lines — some will pick the yellow, some the red — and work on stabilizing them.<\/p>\n

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Here is how mine turned out… Grew it in-ground. Started ripening really late, second half of August. Didn’t exactly blow me away with the flavor, but it’s definitely a looker. Thanks for the seeds! \ud83d\ude01<\/p>\n

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I started my H-34 Rot seeds pretty late, but it still managed to give me a decent harvest out in the greenhouse. Foliage was PL, height hit about 5 ft (1.5m). The flavor, like a lot of the antho varieties, is fruity and exotic. The tomatoes are sweet and meaty.<\/p>\n

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Grew it outside in the dirt. It was late and honestly, I just don’t get the hype. Wasn’t impressed by either the flavor or the disease resistance. \ud83d\ude41 But I’ll give it another try in 2017 \ud83d\ude09<\/p>\n

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Can someone tell me if it’s a wispy vine or a sturdy one?<\/p>\n

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Mine was pretty wispy, didn’t push out too many suckers, you could definitely say it was very low-maintenance. Wonder how it grew for everyone else.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n

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Grew this for the first time this year. Kept one plant for myself, gave the second one to my mom (we live in different cities). Very pretty, tall. The flavor of the early fruits wasn’t impressive, and my mom said they were meh, kind of empty.<\/p>\n

But time passed… late July into early August, I picked a tomato and popped it straight in my mouth… and was blown away. Delicious, sweet, and something else, super unique. Anyway, I let my whole family try it and everyone absolutely loved it (mom too). Mine is growing in the greenhouse in the sunniest spot, and it set so much fruit…<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n

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H-34 Rot, red and yellow. Very cute variety, grew two vines in-ground. The sun brought out so much antho that the fruits turned almost completely dark blue, nobody believed they were actually tomatoes \ud83d\ude01 Weight 1 to 2 oz (30-50g), firm, sweet, tasty! Indets, best to run them to 3 leaders.<\/p>\n

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Full Summary: H-34 Rot \/ Belle Coeur<\/h2>\n