{"id":840,"date":"2026-08-25T14:45:25","date_gmt":"2026-08-25T14:45:25","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.tomat-pomidor.com\/en\/?p=840"},"modified":"2026-08-25T14:45:25","modified_gmt":"2026-08-25T14:45:25","slug":"siberian-giant-red","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.tomat-pomidor.com\/en\/siberian-giant-red\/","title":{"rendered":"Siberian Giant Red Beefsteak 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;840&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;Siberian Giant Red Beefsteak 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 Siberian Giant (Sibirskiy Velikan)<\/h2>\n<ul>\n<li>\ud83c\udf0d <strong>Origin:<\/strong> A classic commercial Siberian variety (this is the traditional red version, not to be confused with <em>Siberian Giant Pink<\/em>).<\/li>\n<li>\ud83c\udf3f <strong>Plant Habit:<\/strong> Indeterminate, vigorous, and powerful. It grows to about 1.5 &#8211; 1.7 meters (5-5.5 ft) tall and performs well in both greenhouses and open ground.<\/li>\n<li>\u26a0\ufe0f <strong>Growing Tip:<\/strong> Because of the sheer mass of the fruit it produces, this variety is a &#8220;heavy feeder.&#8221; It requires extra-strong staking and enhanced fertilization during the fruit-set period to reach its full potential.<\/li>\n<li>\ud83c\udf45 <strong>Fruit Characteristics:<\/strong> Bright red, oblate (flattened) beefsteaks. They are massive, usually weighing 300-500g (10-18 oz), with some individual fruits reaching up to 1 kg (2.2 lbs). A major aesthetic bonus is that they ripen evenly with <strong>no green shoulders<\/strong> at the stem.<\/li>\n<li>\ud83d\udc45 <strong>Flavor &amp; Culinary Use:<\/strong> The flesh is sweet, very meaty, and contains few seeds. While excellent sliced fresh for salads, growers highly recommend it for processing into high-quality, rich tomato juice.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><em>\ud83c\udf45 <strong>Have you grown this variety?<\/strong> Scroll down to <strong>add your review and photos<\/strong> in the comments below!<\/em><\/p>\n<h3>Real Grower Reviews &amp; Photos<\/h3>\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\">Sweet (Svetlana) <span class=\"author-stats\">\u2b50 Pro Grower (8,792 posts)<\/span><\/div>\n<div class=\"author-geo\">\ud83d\udccd Belgorod region (USDA Zone 5)<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"post-content\">\n<p><strong>Description from the seed packet:<\/strong><br \/>\n<em>A highly productive mid-season variety for open ground and greenhouses. The bush is powerful, 1.5-1.7 m (5-5.5 ft) tall. The fruits are large, weighing 300-500g (10-18 oz), with some up to 1 kg (2.2 lbs), oblate in shape, bright red with no green spot at the stem, sweet, meaty, with few seeds. Used fresh and for the preparation of high-quality tomato products. The variety requires staking and enhanced nutrition (heavy feeder) during the fruit formation period.<\/em><\/p>\n<p><em>(Photo credits: Natalya Khotkovo &amp; borchanochka)<\/em><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.tomat-pomidor.com\/uploads\/newforum\/galleries\/35\/411-290914120052.jpeg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.tomat-pomidor.com\/uploads\/newforum\/galleries\/35\/thumb_411-290914120052.jpeg\" alt=\"Large red Siberian Giant tomato on the vine\" width=\"89\" height=\"160\" \/><\/a><br \/>\n<a href=\"https:\/\/www.tomat-pomidor.com\/uploads\/newforum\/galleries\/27\/2191-250714112402.jpeg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.tomat-pomidor.com\/uploads\/newforum\/galleries\/27\/thumb_2191-250714112402.jpeg\" alt=\"Siberian Giant red beefsteak slice\" width=\"160\" height=\"120\" \/><\/a><br \/>\n<a href=\"https:\/\/www.tomat-pomidor.com\/uploads\/newforum\/galleries\/27\/2191-250714112452.jpeg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.tomat-pomidor.com\/uploads\/newforum\/galleries\/27\/thumb_2191-250714112452.jpeg\" alt=\"Harvested massive red Siberian Giant tomato\" width=\"160\" height=\"120\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"forum-post\">\n<div class=\"author-header\">\n<div class=\"forum-avatar\">M<\/div>\n<div class=\"author-meta\">\n<div class=\"author-name\">MADanilich (Andrey) <span class=\"author-stats\">\u2b50 Pro Grower (22,030 posts)<\/span><\/div>\n<div class=\"author-geo\">\ud83d\udccd Northern Tomsk, Siberia (USDA Zone 2)<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"post-content\">\n<p>A truly tasty little tomato.<br \/>\nI use it specifically for making tomato juice.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.tomat-pomidor.com\/uploads\/newforum\/galleries\/139\/4712-130816130202.jpeg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.tomat-pomidor.com\/uploads\/newforum\/galleries\/139\/thumb_4712-130816130202.jpeg\" alt=\"Bowl of harvested Siberian Giant tomatoes\" width=\"160\" height=\"120\" \/><\/a><br \/>\n<a href=\"https:\/\/www.tomat-pomidor.com\/uploads\/newforum\/galleries\/139\/4712-130816130034.jpeg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.tomat-pomidor.com\/uploads\/newforum\/galleries\/139\/thumb_4712-130816130034.jpeg\" alt=\"Huge red tomato sitting on a scale\" width=\"160\" height=\"120\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Quick Summary of Siberian Giant (Sibirskiy Velikan) \ud83c\udf0d Origin: A classic commercial Siberian variety (this is the traditional red version, not to be confused with Siberian Giant Pink). \ud83c\udf3f Plant Habit: Indeterminate, vigorous, and powerful. It grows to about 1.5 &#8211; 1.7 meters (5-5.5 ft) tall and performs well in both greenhouses and open ground. &#8230; <a title=\"Siberian Giant Red Beefsteak Tomato Review\" class=\"read-more\" href=\"https:\/\/www.tomat-pomidor.com\/en\/siberian-giant-red\/\" aria-label=\"Read more about Siberian Giant Red Beefsteak Tomato Review\">Read more<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":840,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[5,1],"tags":[72,30,11,33,82,23,49,75,15],"class_list":["post-840","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-russian-eastern-european-heirlooms","category-beefsteak-large-slicers","tag-greenhouse-tomato","tag-heavy-yielder","tag-huge-tomato","tag-indeterminate","tag-meaty-tomato","tag-mid-season","tag-open-ground","tag-siberian-variety","tag-sweet-flavor"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.tomat-pomidor.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/840","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=840"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/www.tomat-pomidor.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/840\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":842,"href":"https:\/\/www.tomat-pomidor.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/840\/revisions\/842"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.tomat-pomidor.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/840"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.tomat-pomidor.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=840"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.tomat-pomidor.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=840"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.tomat-pomidor.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=840"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}