{"id":6734,"date":"2026-10-30T16:11:33","date_gmt":"2026-10-30T16:11:33","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.tomat-pomidor.com\/en\/?p=6734"},"modified":"2026-10-30T16:13:40","modified_gmt":"2026-10-30T16:13:40","slug":"ludmillas-pink-heart","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.tomat-pomidor.com\/en\/ludmillas-pink-heart\/","title":{"rendered":"Ludmilla’s Pink Heart Tomato Review & Photos"},"content":{"rendered":"\n\n
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\ud83c\udf45 Quick take:<\/strong> Ludmilla’s Pink Heart<\/strong> (Rozovoe Serdtse Lyudmily<\/em>) is an indeterminate<\/strong> heirloom oxheart tracing back to Kazakhstan and Germany. Celebrated by northern gardeners for being remarkably early-ripening<\/strong> for a large-fruited heart, it yields meaty, elongated pink hearts weighing 8-16 oz (225-450 g)<\/strong> with minimal seeds and sweet, tender flesh. The vine is slightly sturdier than typical wispy oxhearts, but heavy fruit loads on the lower clusters mean it requires generous potassium feedings to prevent yellow shoulders. Full summary \u2193<\/a><\/div>\n

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ElenaN (Elena) \u2b50 Pro Grower (28,513 posts)<\/span><\/div>\n
\ud83d\udccd Kostroma, Russia (USDA Zone 3b\/4a)<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n
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Indeterminate mid-season slicer variety. The vine is not as scrawny as most oxheart varieties tend to be, has pretty normal habit.<\/p>\n

Fruit are large pink hearts, dense, and juicy. The flavor evolved through the season, starting out as standard tomato flavor and finishing as a very rich, sweet, delicious tomato. High-yielding variety, grew it in the greenhouse, and it was among the very first to start ripening.<\/p>\n

Did get some yellow shoulders on some fruit, which tells me this variety is a heavy feeder that demands extra potassium while sizing up.<\/p>\n

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This was my top find of the entire season! One of the earliest ripening oxheart varieties under plastic.<\/p>\n

The bottom trusses load up crazy heavy. Once you pick the first ripe fruit off those bottom clusters, the plant quickly channels energy into sizing up the upper clusters. That fast turnaround is a huge asset for pulling a great harvest out of our short northern summers.<\/p>\n

Fruit run from medium to genuinely large hearts. Just like Elena mentioned above, if you skimp on fertilizer while the fruit are rapidly bulking up, you can get yellow shoulders on that first cluster. I did not see any yellow shoulders further up the vine, though.<\/p>\n

Flavor is respectable with noticeable sweetness, and the flesh is very juicy. If you are an oxheart fan, this is an easy recommendation \ud83d\ude0b<\/p>\n

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\ud83d\udccd Velsky District, Arkhangelsk Region, Russia (USDA Zone 3a)<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n
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Seeds came from Valeriy1968, huge shoutout to him!<\/p>\n

The vine is compact and polite, fairly slender in my garden, so it took up very little bed space. During our cold, soggy 2020 summer, it was still one of the earliest to color up.<\/p>\n

The hearts are gorgeous, smooth, and nicely elongated. Flavor is mild, sweet, and delicate. Pure meat with hardly any seeds inside.<\/p>\n

An absolute keeper on my planting list for next year. Honestly beat out both Lucile Tillson and Yaponka in my garden, came out noticeably sweeter and tastier for me!<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n

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Full Summary: Earliness, Yield, Taste & Fertilizer Needs<\/h2>\n