This is the first year we grew this variety. Actually the first time we have tried growing an early variety. For me, it was a heavy pro...Read Moreducer of 3-4 ounce fruits. They didn't have the tomato tang but actually had a slight sweetness to them. They were very meaty with hardly any seed. The plant is just about done now but there are still a few tomatoes on the plant. The fruit does seem to ripen a little slowly. I pick off about 5 fruits a week. I have it in a container with peppermint, lime and lemon thyme and basil. I do not know if these companion plants have anything to do with the taste or productivity, but I am pleased. Makes me want to grow almost strictly early varieties.
Colorado Springs, CO (Zone 6a) | August 2010 | neutral
Wanted to like this early variety, but the flavor is lacking and the texture is mealy. It produced/ripened a little later than Stupice s...Read Moreo the timing was nice, but the wait was not worth it.
At 6-to-the-pound, Siberia is a little smaller than claimed by the seed catalogs. But it's a good size for canning whole because they g...Read Moreo in the jar without cutting. Yield is on par with Rutgers. One year I had trouble with sunscald late in the season but, on the other hand, it was the only variety not eaten by grasshoppers. Some catalogs say determinate; some indeterminate. Blight resistance is unknown to me.
This is the first year we grew this variety. Actually the first time we have tried growing an early variety. For me, it was a heavy pro...Read More
Wanted to like this early variety, but the flavor is lacking and the texture is mealy. It produced/ripened a little later than Stupice s...Read More
At 6-to-the-pound, Siberia is a little smaller than claimed by the seed catalogs. But it's a good size for canning whole because they g...Read More
A very early (48 day) 3-5 ounce cluster type tomato.