{"id":7122,"date":"2026-11-05T09:09:15","date_gmt":"2026-11-05T09:09:15","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.tomat-pomidor.com\/en\/?p=7122"},"modified":"2026-11-05T09:09:15","modified_gmt":"2026-11-05T09:09:15","slug":"provenzano","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.tomat-pomidor.com\/en\/provenzano\/","title":{"rendered":"Provenzano Tomato Review & Photos: Giant Italian Heirloom"},"content":{"rendered":"\n\n
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\ud83c\udf45 Quick take:<\/strong> Provenzano<\/strong> (also grown as Provenzano Heart<\/em>) is a legendary indeterminate<\/strong> Italian heirloom known for pumping out gargantuan red beefsteaks and blunt oxhearts that routinely weigh between 28 oz and over 2 lbs (800-1000 g+)<\/strong>. While fruit count per plant is typically modest (4 to 6 fruits), the interior is packed with solid, nearly seedless meat with a sweet, low-acid finish.<\/p>\n

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Growers’ Notes and Field Trials (USDA Zones 4-5)<\/h2>\n
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Seeds were shared with me by LenaA. Tall indeterminate vine that ran on the late side. It only pushed four fruits all season, but every single one of them was huge, heart-shaped, solid red, and had a very pleasant sweetness to the taste.\"Provenzano<\/a><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n
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Grew mine inside the greenhouse. Gave me 5 to 6 absolute whoppers pushing 2 lbs (1 kg) or more each. Rated the flavor a solid 4 out of 5.<\/div>\n<\/div>\n

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Not completely sure if we have the exact same strain here or not. Mine arrived labeled as Provenzano (Heart).Ran it outdoors in the open garden, though I can’t fairly judge overall yield since my outdoor patch was either freezing cold or baking in a heatwave all summer \ud83d\ude04<\/p>\n

Flavor-wise, I really loved it: very good, noticeable sweetness, dense meaty flesh, and hardly any seeds at all. Fruits averaged 8-10 oz (220-280 g). Definitely running this again next season under greenhouse cover. Outdoors, it was actually one of the earliest varieties to start ripening.<\/p>\n

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Still trying to figure out how to upload pictures from my phone. My seeds came from Valentina Redko.The vine didn’t set any runts or average-sized fruit at all: every single tomato was over 28 oz (800 g). Looked like massive round bowling balls. Meaty, but somewhat on the dry side with very few seeds.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n
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Sharing a couple photos of our Provenzano harvest:\"Provenzano<\/a>
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Full Summary: Vine Habit, Fruit Mass, Flavor, and Culture<\/h2>\n