Large Heart-Shaped Fruits
Produces impressive oxheart-shaped tomatoes with attractive pinkish-red skin and substantial fruit size, often weighing around one pound or more under favorable growing conditions.
Hungarian Heart Tomato Seeds for Sale
Suitable for home gardening use
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Hungarian Heart Tomato Seeds
Hungarian Heart Tomato is a traditional heirloom tomato variety originating near Budapest, Hungary, around the early 1900s. Known for its impressive heart-shaped, pinkish-red fruits, this indeterminate tomato produces large, meaty tomatoes with rich flavor and very few seeds. Its firm flesh makes it an excellent choice for fresh slicing, roasting, homemade sauces, paste, and canning. With vigorous vines and a productive growing habit, Hungarian Heart is a wonderful addition to home vegetable gardens and kitchen gardens.
Hungarian Heirloom
Large Oxheart Tomatoes
Pinkish-Red Fruits
Indeterminate Growth
Key Features
Meaty, Low-Seed Flesh
Features firm, dense flesh with very few seeds, making these tomatoes particularly useful for cooking, slicing, roasting, and preparing homemade tomato paste.
Indeterminate Vines
Develops vigorous, continuously growing vines that can produce tomatoes throughout the growing season when provided with suitable care and growing conditions.
Versatile Kitchen Use
Offers rich tomato flavor and a meaty texture suitable for fresh salads, sandwiches, sauces, soups, roasting, and home-preserved tomato products.
Product Highlights
Traditional Hungarian heirloom variety
Distinctive heart-shaped tomato fruits
Attractive pinkish-red appearance
Large fruits often weighing around one pound
Rich, flavorful and meaty tomato flesh
Contains very few seeds
Indeterminate and vigorous plant growth
Suitable for fresh eating and slicing
Excellent for sauces, paste and canning
Approximately 80–85 days to maturity
Open-pollinated heirloom tomato variety
Suitable for home and kitchen gardens
Specifications
| Scientific Name | Solanum lycopersicum |
| Common Name | Hungarian Heart Tomato |
| Plant Family | Solanaceae |
| Seed Type | Open-Pollinated Heirloom Vegetable Seeds |
| Origin | Hungary, near Budapest |
| Plant Type | Annual Vegetable Plant |
| Growth Habit | Indeterminate, vigorous vine |
| Fruit Shape | Heart-Shaped (Oxheart) |
| Fruit Color | Pinkish-Red to Reddish-Pink |
| Fruit Size | Large, commonly around 150–450 grams |
| Fruit Texture | Firm, meaty and low-seed flesh |
| Days to Maturity | Approximately 80–85 days |
| Germination Time | Approximately 7–14 days |
| Germination Temperature | 70–85°F (21–29°C) |
| Planting Depth | 1/8–1/4 inch |
| Planting Season | Spring or suitable warm growing season |
| Sunlight Requirements | Full Sun, approximately 6–8 hours daily |
| Soil Requirements | Fertile, nutrient-rich, well-drained soil |
| Soil pH | Approximately 6.0–6.8 |
| Watering | Regular and consistent watering |
| Plant Spacing | 24–36 inches |
| Row Spacing | 36–48 inches |
| Plant Support | Staking, trellising or sturdy tomato cages recommended |
| USDA Hardiness Zones | Not applicable as a frost-sensitive annual vegetable |
| Harvesting | Harvest when fruits develop their mature pinkish-red color |
| Primary Uses | Fresh Eating, Slicing, Roasting, Sauces, Paste and Canning |
Growing Guide
Step 1: Prepare the Seeds
Start Hungarian Heart Tomato seeds indoors in seed-starting trays or small pots filled with a light, well-draining seed starting mix. Sow seeds approximately 1/8–1/4 inch deep. Maintain suitable warmth and moisture to encourage germination.
Start Hungarian Heart Tomato seeds indoors in seed-starting trays or small pots filled with a light, well-draining seed starting mix. Sow seeds approximately 1/8–1/4 inch deep. Maintain suitable warmth and moisture to encourage germination.
Step 2: Provide Warmth and Light
Keep the growing medium around 70–85°F (21–29°C) for suitable germination conditions. Seeds generally sprout within 7–14 days. After emergence, provide plenty of bright light to encourage strong, healthy seedlings.
Keep the growing medium around 70–85°F (21–29°C) for suitable germination conditions. Seeds generally sprout within 7–14 days. After emergence, provide plenty of bright light to encourage strong, healthy seedlings.
Step 3: Transplant the Seedlings
Transplant healthy seedlings into prepared garden beds or large containers after they develop several true leaves. Choose a sunny location with fertile, well-drained soil. Space plants approximately 24–36 inches apart to allow sufficient airflow and vine development.
Transplant healthy seedlings into prepared garden beds or large containers after they develop several true leaves. Choose a sunny location with fertile, well-drained soil. Space plants approximately 24–36 inches apart to allow sufficient airflow and vine development.
Step 4: Water, Feed and Support the Plants
Maintain consistent soil moisture through regular watering, preferably at the base of the plants. Apply suitable vegetable fertilizer according to product instructions. Since Hungarian Heart is an indeterminate variety, provide sturdy stakes, trellises or tomato cages to support its vigorous vines and heavy fruits.
Maintain consistent soil moisture through regular watering, preferably at the base of the plants. Apply suitable vegetable fertilizer according to product instructions. Since Hungarian Heart is an indeterminate variety, provide sturdy stakes, trellises or tomato cages to support its vigorous vines and heavy fruits.
Step 5: Harvest the Mature Tomatoes
Monitor the plants as the heart-shaped fruits develop. Harvest when the tomatoes reach their mature pinkish-red color and desired ripeness. Enjoy the meaty fruits fresh or use them for homemade sauces, roasting, slicing, paste and canning.
Monitor the plants as the heart-shaped fruits develop. Harvest when the tomatoes reach their mature pinkish-red color and desired ripeness. Enjoy the meaty fruits fresh or use them for homemade sauces, roasting, slicing, paste and canning.
Grow Delicious Heirloom Tomatoes with Hungarian Heart
Bring traditional Hungarian heirloom flavor to your vegetable garden with Hungarian Heart Tomato Seeds. Famous for their impressive heart-shaped fruits, rich flavor, meaty texture and very few seeds, these tomatoes are an excellent choice for fresh meals and homemade cooking. Give the vigorous plants plenty of sunshine, fertile soil, consistent moisture and sturdy support to enjoy a rewarding tomato harvest.
Frequently Asked Questions
Learn more about Hungarian Heart Tomato Seeds, fruit characteristics, growing requirements and harvesting.
What makes Hungarian Heart tomatoes different from regular tomatoes?
Hungarian Heart tomatoes are distinguished by their large oxheart shape, pinkish-red color and dense, meaty flesh. Unlike many standard round tomatoes, they generally contain very few seeds and have substantial flesh, making them especially useful for homemade sauces, tomato paste, roasting and fresh slicing.
How many days does it take to grow Hungarian Heart tomatoes from seeds?
Hungarian Heart tomatoes typically take approximately 80–85 days to reach maturity, depending on the growing conditions and seed supplier's maturity calculation. Germination generally takes around 7–14 days when seeds receive suitable warmth and moisture. Starting seeds indoors and transplanting healthy seedlings can help establish plants for a productive growing season.
Are Hungarian Heart tomatoes good for making sauce and tomato paste?
Yes. Hungarian Heart is an excellent choice for homemade sauces, tomato paste and canning because its large fruits have firm, meaty flesh and relatively few seeds. The rich tomato flavor also makes this heirloom variety suitable for roasting, sandwiches, salads and fresh cooking.