{"id":6518,"date":"2026-10-27T13:19:05","date_gmt":"2026-10-27T13:19:05","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.tomat-pomidor.com\/en\/?p=6518"},"modified":"2026-10-27T13:19:05","modified_gmt":"2026-10-27T13:19:05","slug":"harvard-square","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.tomat-pomidor.com\/en\/harvard-square\/","title":{"rendered":"Harvard Square Tomato Review"},"content":{"rendered":"\n\n
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\ud83c\udf45 Quick take:<\/strong> Harvard Square is an indeterminate bicolor beefsteak<\/strong> known for its red and green striped skin and GWR (green-when-ripe) flesh. While yield reports are a bit of a mixed bag depending on conditions, the flavor is universally praised as out-of-this-world sweet and complex, even beating out famous GWR heirlooms like Malachite Box. Full summary \u2193<\/a><\/div>\n

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Harvard Square is a mid-season, heavy producer. Under poly, the vines topped out around 6.5 ft (2m). The maters are absolute stunners — huge, super delicious, sweet, oblate beefsteaks, red with green stripes. The flesh has a really nice greenish tint to it.<\/p>\n

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Ran this one in the greenhouse back in 2019. My yields were honestly pretty dismal (only pulled a few fruits off one plant and maybe 2 lbs \/ 1 kg off the second). But the flavor was so out of this world that it’s absolutely going back on my grow list. Could just be that my specific microclimate didn’t agree with it.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n

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Grew these in-ground here in Poltava. Pruned them to 2 leaders. Yields were pretty average.<\/p>\n

Honestly, I never even planned on growing this variety. I only ended up with it because a nice lady reached out asking if I had any seeds to spare. She told me she used to grow it, but her husband kept raiding the patch and eating every single ripe one right off the vine… he literally didn’t leave her a single mater to save seed from! When she got on his case about it, he told her that since he helps pull weeds in the garden, he gets first dibs on whatever he wants.<\/p>\n

Hearing that, I realized I desperately<\/em> needed to find cell space for Harvard Square. I wasn’t wrong. It’s a fantastic tomato. So incredibly delicious. I’ve grown other GWRs (green-when-ripes) like Kiwi and Malachite Box<\/a> before, but this one is just on a whole other level.<\/p>\n

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Full Summary: Harvard Square<\/h2>\n