{"id":781,"date":"2026-08-24T20:31:42","date_gmt":"2026-08-24T20:31:42","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.tomat-pomidor.com\/en\/?p=781"},"modified":"2026-08-24T20:31:42","modified_gmt":"2026-08-24T20:31:42","slug":"heart-of-compassion","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.tomat-pomidor.com\/en\/heart-of-compassion\/","title":{"rendered":"Heart of Compassion Oxheart Tomato Review"},"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;781&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;Rate this&quot;,&quot;legend&quot;:&quot;0\\\/5 - (0 votes)&quot;,&quot;size&quot;:&quot;24&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;Heart of Compassion Oxheart Tomato Review&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\">Rate this<\/span>\n    <\/div>\n    <\/div>\n<h2>Quick Summary of Heart of Compassion (Serdtse Dobroty)<\/h2>\n<ul>\n<li>\ud83c\udf0d <strong>Origin:<\/strong> An Eastern European heirloom. The name translates beautifully to &#8220;Heart of Compassion&#8221; (Serdtse Dobroty). Distributed by well-known private seed collectors like Valentina Redko.<\/li>\n<li>\ud83c\udf3f <strong>Plant Habit:<\/strong> Indeterminate (tall). It is a late-season variety, requiring a longer growing period to reach full maturity.<\/li>\n<li>\ud83c\udf45 <strong>Fruit Characteristics:<\/strong> Classic, beautiful oxheart-shaped tomatoes. Unlike many traditional oxhearts that turn mushy very quickly, growers note that this variety has a surprisingly good shelf life and stores relatively well after picking.<\/li>\n<li>\ud83d\udc45 <strong>Performance:<\/strong> Yields can vary based on growing conditions. While outdoor growers report average yields, those growing it in a greenhouse (closed ground) report high productivity combined with excellent flavor.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<div class=\"forum-post\">\n<div class=\"author-header\">\n<div class=\"forum-avatar\">S<\/div>\n<div class=\"author-meta\">\n<div class=\"author-name\">Semechka (Svetlana) <span class=\"author-stats\">\u2b50 Pro Grower (23,537 posts)<\/span><\/div>\n<div class=\"author-geo\">\ud83d\udccd Suburbs of Krasnoyarsk, Siberia (USDA Zone 2\/3)<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"post-content\">\n<p>Tall (indeterminate), late-season variety. Beautiful and very meaty fruits, weighing 250-350g (8.8-12.3 oz). The taste changed from the bottom truss to the top one \u2014 from sour to bland.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.tomat-pomidor.com\/uploads\/newforum\/galleries\/90\/7892-200915024726.jpeg\" alt=\"Beautiful large Heart of Compassion oxheart tomato with text review\" width=\"775\" height=\"1000\" \/><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"forum-post\">\n<div class=\"author-header\">\n<div class=\"forum-avatar\">O<\/div>\n<div class=\"author-meta\">\n<div class=\"author-name\">Ovechka (Lyudmila) <span class=\"author-stats\">\u2b50 Pro Grower (13,966 posts)<\/span><\/div>\n<div class=\"author-geo\">\ud83d\udccd Russia<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"post-content\">\n<p>The variety Heart of Compassion is from V. Redko&#8217;s seeds. Indeterminate (tall), late-season ripening, the yield was average, the fruits are oxheart-shaped. Compared to other oxheart varieties, it stores and keeps quite well after picking.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.tomat-pomidor.com\/uploads\/newforum\/galleries\/92\/14609-290915073905.jpeg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.tomat-pomidor.com\/uploads\/newforum\/galleries\/92\/thumb_14609-290915073905.jpeg\" alt=\"Sliced Heart of Compassion tomato\" width=\"160\" height=\"89\" \/><\/a><br \/>\n<a href=\"https:\/\/www.tomat-pomidor.com\/uploads\/newforum\/galleries\/76\/14609-180715063442.jpeg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.tomat-pomidor.com\/uploads\/newforum\/galleries\/76\/thumb_14609-180715063442.jpeg\" alt=\"Heart of Compassion tomato growing on the vine\" width=\"160\" height=\"127\" \/><\/a><br \/>\n<a href=\"https:\/\/www.tomat-pomidor.com\/uploads\/newforum\/galleries\/92\/14609-290915073820.jpeg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.tomat-pomidor.com\/uploads\/newforum\/galleries\/92\/thumb_14609-290915073820.jpeg\" alt=\"Meaty cross section of oxheart tomato\" width=\"160\" height=\"89\" \/><\/a><br \/>\n<a href=\"https:\/\/www.tomat-pomidor.com\/uploads\/newforum\/galleries\/92\/14609-290915080205.jpeg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.tomat-pomidor.com\/uploads\/newforum\/galleries\/92\/thumb_14609-290915080205.jpeg\" alt=\"Heart of Compassion fruit\" width=\"160\" height=\"105\" \/><\/a><br \/>\n<a href=\"https:\/\/www.tomat-pomidor.com\/uploads\/newforum\/galleries\/97\/66-031115074114.jpeg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.tomat-pomidor.com\/uploads\/newforum\/galleries\/97\/thumb_66-031115074114.jpeg\" alt=\"Harvest of oxheart tomatoes\" width=\"160\" height=\"105\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"forum-post\">\n<div class=\"author-header\">\n<div class=\"forum-avatar\">L<\/div>\n<div class=\"author-meta\">\n<div class=\"author-name\">Lana_s_Kavkaza (Svetlana) <span class=\"author-stats\">\u2b50 Pro Grower (19,262 posts)<\/span><\/div>\n<div class=\"author-geo\">\ud83d\udccd Pyatigorsk, Caucasus (USDA Zone 6\/7)<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"post-content\">\n<p>An excellent variety, highly productive and very tasty, grew in a greenhouse.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/i1.wp.com\/ecosemena.files.wordpress.com\/2017\/07\/heart-of-compassion-d181d0b5d180d0b4d186d0b5-d0b4d0bed0b1d180d0bed182d18b-1279.jpg?ssl=1&amp;w=450\" alt=\"Large ripe Heart of Compassion oxheart tomato\" width=\"450\" height=\"337\" \/><br \/>\n<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/ecosemena.files.wordpress.com\/2017\/07\/heart-of-compassion-1279.jpg?ssl=1&amp;w=450\" alt=\"Oxheart tomatoes hanging on the vine\" width=\"450\" height=\"599\" \/><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Quick Summary of Heart of Compassion (Serdtse Dobroty) \ud83c\udf0d Origin: An Eastern European heirloom. The name translates beautifully to &#8220;Heart of Compassion&#8221; (Serdtse Dobroty). Distributed by well-known private seed collectors like Valentina Redko. \ud83c\udf3f Plant Habit: Indeterminate (tall). It is a late-season variety, requiring a longer growing period to reach full maturity. \ud83c\udf45 Fruit Characteristics: &#8230; <a title=\"Heart of Compassion Oxheart Tomato Review\" class=\"read-more\" href=\"https:\/\/www.tomat-pomidor.com\/en\/heart-of-compassion\/\" aria-label=\"Read more about Heart of Compassion Oxheart Tomato Review\">Read more<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":781,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[67,5],"tags":[72,33,43,82],"class_list":["post-781","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-oxheart-tomatoes","category-russian-eastern-european-heirlooms","tag-greenhouse-tomato","tag-indeterminate","tag-late-season","tag-meaty-tomato"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.tomat-pomidor.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/781","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=781"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/www.tomat-pomidor.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/781\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":782,"href":"https:\/\/www.tomat-pomidor.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/781\/revisions\/782"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.tomat-pomidor.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/781"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.tomat-pomidor.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=781"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.tomat-pomidor.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=781"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.tomat-pomidor.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=781"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}