Forest (Lesnoy) is another Pavel Saraev tomato that does really well in our short season garden. The plants are productive and compact (2 ft/ 60 cm). And the tomatoes are some of the earliest to ripen in the garden. The tomatoes look like mini-beefsteak tomatoes, with some rounded ones, and have a good tangy-sweet taste (more tangy than sweet). The tomatoes range in size from 60 g to 170g. Forest would do well in a container.
As far as we can tell, Forest is not a commonly available Saraev variety, so we are happy to be able to offer it.
The Saraev tomatoes are famous for their cold tolerance and disease resistance, but also being able to handle rain and high temperatures. These are the kinds of tomatoes we like to grow to hedge our bets with. We have 4 Saraev varieties available: Pink, Forest, Abundant and Spiridon.
Our seed source for Forest is Seed Savers Exchange member Debbie Premus (Ohio) who stewarded a collection of rare Saraev varieties. We were fortunate to get 7 Saraev tomato varieties from Debbie and will be growing them out over the next few years.
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How to Grow Tomatoes? Start seeds indoors 6 weeks before the last frost. Plant seed 5mm (¼ inch) deep. Transplant after the danger of frost has passed/later spring.
