2025 Seeds Are Now HERE!
2025 Seeds Are Now HERE!
Orders are shipping 7-9 Business Days After Being Placed
Orders are shipping 7-9 Business Days After Being Placed
Indeterminate - This Polish heirloom produces large pointed pepper looking tomatoes weighing 5 to 8 ounces. Very minimal seeds and jell make this tomato a go-to for authentic tomato paste, tomato sauce, spaghetti sauce, pizza sauce, or anything else that requires a meaty and flavorful tomato. The flavor profile of this tomato is extremely incredible, you get flavors of classic tangy tomato, a savory zip from acid, and a slight fruity undertone that makes the tomato perfectly balanced between sweet and acidic. Very disease resistant.
100% germination rate! The seedlings popped up quickly and are looking so good! I cannot wait to see how these grow and produce
This is an excellent tomato to sauces and paste. It’s a larger tomato than San Marzano or Roma and are very fleshy. I ‘misplaced’ my tomato
seeds and was desperate to find some
Opalka. MIGardener to the rescue! They showed up in a short time and were seeded in right away. Thank you Luke and MIGardener team! I always recommend you when someone want quality seeds.
I was introduced to Opalka in 2018 after moving to Michigan. It has thrived in my gardens since then (I collected seeds every year) in mid-Michigan (zone 6a). Opalkas have far exceeded the size and flavor of any paste tomatoes I've grown: both Amish paste and Romas. I would compare the Opalka flavor to a good beefsteak and so above Roma flavor as to not be comparable in the least. I make a spaghetti sauce that never fails to evoke rave reviews. Opalkas are the foundation of this sauce. I have tried and rejected a number of heirlooms that do not work in my gardens due to disease or cracking. Opalkas, though, have remained a disease-resistant, heavily-productive tomato for us. Since I make them into sauce or fresh salsa, I do not blanch them and do not have an opinion on that matter. (I use a Victorio Strainer.) Another thing about Opalkas is that they can have quirky, odd shapes and they're just fun to grow and pick because of that. One Opalka is usually worth around 3 Romas. I LOVE Opalkas!!
I'm gardening in suburban Ohio, Zone 6b. I have been searching for an heirloom paste/sauce tomato to dethrone the hybrid Pomodoro Squisito for production and taste. Opalka nearly matched the Pomodoros for production this year — I picked 148 total tomatoes off two Opalka plants vs. 158 tomatoes from two Pomodoro plants. Unfortunately, the fruit of the Opalkas was not nearly as meaty as the Pomodoros, and the taste was rather bland, even by paste tomato standards. The Opalkas often had large open cavities (see photo), and blanching them to remove skins resulted in a squishy mess, while the Pomodoros were firm and easy to peel.
I thought Amish paste was going to be my goto for sauce/paste. I tried opalka this year and my mind has been changed. I will be growing opalka exclusively now. They aren't as large as Amish paste but the are far more productive and EXTREMELY easy to peel. The skins just slip off like a glove.
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I was so excited to receive this bare root raspberry! I followed the directions that came with the plant and planted in a 20lbs grow bag. After a week and a half I saw new growth and within a week it new growth points. Can’t wait to taste/see the fruit.
This guide is full of great information for the dormant plants. This is our first year starting these plants and also using your seeds for our plants and have had huge success with everything from MIgardener. I have watched several videos and have found so much information. Thank you!
I'm giving this 5 stars because I've grown them before... however when my seeds arrived, I left them unattended on our dining room table while I went outside to collect eggs... and my puppy helped herself to the packet.
My fault- the carrots were awesome the year I previously grew them... I'll just miss out this year- no biggie! 🤣
Well, they just started to came out of the ground. But so far they looked great!! Just happy with them. And you can’t beat the price!!! Thank you for all that y’all do for us gardeners!!
i was pleased with my order. planted the tomatoes and now under grow lights. almost every seed germinated, super excited to get them in the ground in a couple weeks