Lyana Tomato Review & Photos

Lyana (seeds from APD-Minsk)

Det, medium vigor bush, red fruits, slightly triangular-shaped, uniform, beautiful, practically all the same size. The taste is good, they are pretty firm, so they’ll work great for canning.

Planted 2 bushes in the greenhouse in 2012 just to maximize space, interplanting them right at the feet of my tall vines. I was counting on an early, concentrated harvest and then pulling the bush out completely. But nope, these early determinates kept growing vigorously right up until the frost, pushing out suckers and setting tomatoes on them. I don’t have my exact notes on Lyana, but if I remember correctly, it topped itself after the 4th or 5th truss. The trusses are really interesting, shaped like a little fork made of two clusters. I pruned it to 2-3 stems, which was a mistake, you really shouldn’t prune it that heavily.

Edited January 17, 2013 by Cherry

“Red Lyana” on Yandex.Photos

Are they tasty enough for fresh salads?
Do you think the yield will be good if I plant them outdoors in the dirt?

Geroinya said:
Are they tasty enough for fresh salads? Do you think the yield will be good if I plant them outdoors in the dirt?

I planted it outdoors about four years ago. Don’t remember all the details, but the yield was pretty decent. I do remember clearly that it wasn’t very early, though.

I grew the Red Lyana for 2 years (can’t remember the seed vendor right now), very low-maintenance and loaded with fruit. Last year I bought Pink Lyana from SibSad. Planted 3 bushes. 2 were loaded, pink, slightly elongated. But that 3rd bush, oh boy, that was something else. Supposed to be a det, but the fruits were red and massive. The first one came from a megabloom and was absolutely huge. I have no idea what they slipped into my packet, but I saved seeds from it anyway. I’ll show photos later if I can find them.

An early, prolific, and tasty variety. I’ve been planting it for about five years now. Definitely planting it again this year. And the pink one has this beautiful pearlescent pink color, very delicious and sugary.

OLGA, lucky you, I ended up with a totally crossed off-type of the Pink Lyana 😞

I’ll save some seeds and mail you the real Lyana 😉 Just remind me. 😊

Thanks a bunch! 🌺 Not planning on growing it this year though, I hoarded way too many other seeds, gotta test out all the new ones 😁 Olya, thanks again! 🌺

I’ve been planting it for about 5 years now. I like it because it’s early. Bought Raspberry Lyana this year too.

I just bought Pink Lyana from Aelita today. Has anyone tried these tomatoes?

I didn’t like Lyana at all. Low yield, fruits were tiny.

Sowed on Feb 18 hoping for an early harvest and got absolutely zilch. As you can see in the photo, they finally ripened on August 14. Didn’t like this variety at all, grew it outdoors.

Dzhina said:
I just bought Pink Lyana from Aelita today. Has anyone tried these tomatoes?

Grew it outdoors last summer. It honestly didn’t leave any impression on me whatsoever. A total one-and-done variety.

Planted it last year expecting an early variety 😞 Seeds were from GL Seeds. Going to repeat it this year from a different vendor. If it doesn’t turn out early again, then sayonara.

This variety didn’t turn out early for me. When starting my seed sowing this year, I didn’t even consider it as an option. Just a very basic red tomato for the canning pot.

I really love Lyana, it’s been in my garden for many years now. It’s always the earliest, always absolutely loaded, suits my soil perfectly, and it’s always sweet.