{"id":381,"date":"2026-08-20T12:27:45","date_gmt":"2026-08-20T12:27:45","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.tomat-pomidor.com\/en\/?p=381"},"modified":"2026-08-20T12:27:45","modified_gmt":"2026-08-20T12:27:45","slug":"red-hunter","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.tomat-pomidor.com\/en\/red-hunter\/","title":{"rendered":"Red Hunter (Krasnyi Okhotnik) Tomato Review &#038; Grow-Out Test"},"content":{"rendered":"\n\n<div class=\"kk-star-ratings kksr-auto kksr-align-left kksr-valign-top\"\n    data-payload='{&quot;align&quot;:&quot;left&quot;,&quot;id&quot;:&quot;381&quot;,&quot;slug&quot;:&quot;default&quot;,&quot;valign&quot;:&quot;top&quot;,&quot;ignore&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;reference&quot;:&quot;auto&quot;,&quot;class&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;count&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;legendonly&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;readonly&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;score&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;starsonly&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;best&quot;:&quot;5&quot;,&quot;gap&quot;:&quot;5&quot;,&quot;greet&quot;:&quot;Rate this&quot;,&quot;legend&quot;:&quot;0\\\/5 - (0 votes)&quot;,&quot;size&quot;:&quot;24&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;Red Hunter (Krasnyi Okhotnik) Tomato Review \\u0026amp; Grow-Out Test&quot;,&quot;width&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;_legend&quot;:&quot;{score}\\\/{best} - ({count} {votes})&quot;,&quot;font_factor&quot;:&quot;1.25&quot;}'>\n            \n<div class=\"kksr-stars\">\n    \n<div class=\"kksr-stars-inactive\">\n            <div class=\"kksr-star\" data-star=\"1\" style=\"padding-right: 5px\">\n            \n\n<div class=\"kksr-icon\" style=\"width: 24px; height: 24px;\"><\/div>\n        <\/div>\n            <div class=\"kksr-star\" data-star=\"2\" style=\"padding-right: 5px\">\n            \n\n<div class=\"kksr-icon\" style=\"width: 24px; height: 24px;\"><\/div>\n        <\/div>\n            <div class=\"kksr-star\" data-star=\"3\" style=\"padding-right: 5px\">\n            \n\n<div class=\"kksr-icon\" style=\"width: 24px; height: 24px;\"><\/div>\n        <\/div>\n            <div class=\"kksr-star\" data-star=\"4\" style=\"padding-right: 5px\">\n            \n\n<div class=\"kksr-icon\" style=\"width: 24px; height: 24px;\"><\/div>\n        <\/div>\n            <div class=\"kksr-star\" data-star=\"5\" style=\"padding-right: 5px\">\n            \n\n<div class=\"kksr-icon\" style=\"width: 24px; height: 24px;\"><\/div>\n        <\/div>\n    <\/div>\n    \n<div class=\"kksr-stars-active\" style=\"width: 0px;\">\n            <div class=\"kksr-star\" style=\"padding-right: 5px\">\n            \n\n<div class=\"kksr-icon\" style=\"width: 24px; height: 24px;\"><\/div>\n        <\/div>\n            <div class=\"kksr-star\" style=\"padding-right: 5px\">\n            \n\n<div class=\"kksr-icon\" style=\"width: 24px; height: 24px;\"><\/div>\n        <\/div>\n            <div class=\"kksr-star\" style=\"padding-right: 5px\">\n            \n\n<div class=\"kksr-icon\" style=\"width: 24px; height: 24px;\"><\/div>\n        <\/div>\n            <div class=\"kksr-star\" style=\"padding-right: 5px\">\n            \n\n<div class=\"kksr-icon\" style=\"width: 24px; height: 24px;\"><\/div>\n        <\/div>\n            <div class=\"kksr-star\" style=\"padding-right: 5px\">\n            \n\n<div class=\"kksr-icon\" style=\"width: 24px; height: 24px;\"><\/div>\n        <\/div>\n    <\/div>\n<\/div>\n                \n\n<div class=\"kksr-legend\" style=\"font-size: 19.2px;\">\n            <span class=\"kksr-muted\">Rate this<\/span>\n    <\/div>\n    <\/div>\n<h2>Quick Summary of Red Hunter (Krasnyi Okhotnik)<\/h2>\n<ul>\n<li>\ud83c\udf0d <strong>Origin:<\/strong> A highly reliable, time-tested commercial Russian variety.<\/li>\n<li>\ud83c\udf3f <strong>Plant Habit:<\/strong> Determinate, tree-type dwarf (stout bush). It grows very compact, no taller than 50-60 cm (20-24 inches), with strong, thick foliage. Excellent for outdoor growing.<\/li>\n<li>\ud83c\udf45 <strong>Fruit Characteristics:<\/strong> Bright red, firm, barrel-shaped &#8220;blocky plums&#8221; weighing 80-90 g (2.8-3.2 oz).<\/li>\n<li>\u23f3 <strong>Storage:<\/strong> Phenomenal shelf life! They can be stored indoors at room temperature for a very long time (the skin will eventually start to wrinkle, but the flesh remains firm).<\/li>\n<li>\ud83d\udc45 <strong>Flavor &amp; Usage:<\/strong> Classic tomato flavor. Due to its dense texture, it is a top-tier &#8220;paste&#8221; tomato. It is perfect for whole-fruit canning, winter processing, and sun-drying (dehydrating).<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<div class=\"forum-post\">\n<div class=\"author-header\">\n<div class=\"forum-avatar\">N<\/div>\n<div class=\"author-meta\">\n<div class=\"author-name\">Natalya <span class=\"author-stats\">\u2b50 Pro Grower (6,273 posts)<\/span><\/div>\n<div class=\"author-geo\">\ud83d\udccd Northern Yaroslavl Region, Russia (USDA Zone 3)<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"post-content\">\n<p>A reliable, time-tested variety for the open ground (outdoors) that I have tested many times in our climate.<\/p>\n<p>The plant has a tree-type dwarf habit, growing no taller than 50-60 cm (20-24 inches). It is stout and strong with thick foliage. The fruits are firm little barrels, weighing 80-90 g (2.8-3.2 oz), bright red, with a classic tomato taste.<\/p>\n<p>They can be stored for quite a long time, even at room temperature. This is a very successful variety for whole-fruit canning, all kinds of winter processing, and for sun-drying&#8230;<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.tomat-pomidor.com\/uploads\/newforum\/galleries\/82\/318-090815134511.jpeg\" alt=\"Red Hunter blocky plum paste tomatoes on the vine\" \/><br \/>\n<img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.tomat-pomidor.com\/uploads\/newforum\/galleries\/80\/318-040815033605.jpeg\" alt=\"Harvested Red Hunter barrel-shaped tomatoes\" \/><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"forum-post\">\n<div class=\"author-header\">\n<div class=\"forum-avatar\">N<\/div>\n<div class=\"author-meta\">\n<div class=\"author-name\">Natalya <span class=\"author-stats\">\u2b50 Pro Grower (6,273 posts)<\/span><\/div>\n<div class=\"author-geo\">\ud83d\udccd Northern Yaroslavl Region, Russia (USDA Zone 3)<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"post-content\">\n<p>Here is a photo of ripe fruits that have been sitting in storage for a long time&#8230; The skin on some of them is just starting to wrinkle, but the flesh still remains perfectly firm.<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.tomat-pomidor.com\/uploads\/newforum\/galleries\/93\/318-061015085130.jpeg\" alt=\"Red Hunter tomatoes showing excellent shelf life\" \/><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"forum-post\">\n<div class=\"author-header\">\n<div class=\"forum-avatar\">Z<\/div>\n<div class=\"author-meta\">\n<div class=\"author-name\">Zhenya (Dzhina) <span class=\"author-stats\">\u2b50 Pro Grower (6,798 posts)<\/span><\/div>\n<div class=\"author-geo\">\ud83d\udccd Russia<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"post-content\">\n<p>Natalya Pavlovna, thank you! I actually just bought these seeds yesterday. I want to compare this variety with <em>Vovchik<\/em> and <em>Signal Trevogi (Alarm Signal)<\/em>.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"forum-post\">\n<div class=\"author-header\">\n<div class=\"forum-avatar\">G<\/div>\n<div class=\"author-meta\">\n<div class=\"author-name\">Galina P. <span class=\"author-stats\">\u2b50 Pro Grower (37,710 posts)<\/span><\/div>\n<div class=\"author-geo\">\ud83d\udccd Moscow Region, Russia (USDA Zone 4)<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"post-content\">\n<p>Zhenechka, I don&#8217;t know what <em>Vovchik<\/em> is, but Red Hunter definitely does not look like <em>Alarm Signal<\/em>. Alarm Signal grows over a meter (3.3 ft) tall and has multiflora fan-shaped trusses. And the fruit size on it is much smaller, too.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"forum-post\">\n<div class=\"author-header\">\n<div class=\"forum-avatar\">N<\/div>\n<div class=\"author-meta\">\n<div class=\"author-name\">Natalya <span class=\"author-stats\">\u2b50 Pro Grower (6,273 posts)<\/span><\/div>\n<div class=\"author-geo\">\ud83d\udccd Northern Yaroslavl Region, Russia (USDA Zone 3)<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"post-content\">\n<blockquote><p><strong>Quote from Zhenya:<\/strong><br \/>\nI actually just bought these seeds yesterday. I want to compare this variety&#8230;<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>Zhenya, send me your address\u2014I will mail you seeds of my own Red Hunter! \ud83d\ude09 You can do a side-by-side comparison of my saved seeds with your store-bought ones. :mail: I&#8217;m also very curious to see what kind of Red Hunter is being sold in commercial packets right now.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"forum-post\">\n<div class=\"author-header\">\n<div class=\"forum-avatar\">Z<\/div>\n<div class=\"author-meta\">\n<div class=\"author-name\">Zhenya (Dzhina) <span class=\"author-stats\">\u2b50 Pro Grower (6,798 posts)<\/span><\/div>\n<div class=\"author-geo\">\ud83d\udccd Russia<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"post-content\">\n<p>I completed the comparison, Natalya Pavlovna! :thx:<\/p>\n<p>In this case, the &#8220;Poisk&#8221; seed company was completely honest\u2014both sets of Red Hunters grew up to be identical twins. In the photo below, you can see the tomatoes grown from Natalya Pavlovna&#8217;s saved seeds next to the ones from the &#8220;Poisk&#8221; commercial packet:<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.tomat-pomidor.com\/uploads\/newforum\/galleries\/139\/12423-120816034439.jpeg\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.tomat-pomidor.com\/uploads\/newforum\/galleries\/139\/thumb_12423-120816034439.jpeg\" alt=\"Side by side grow out test of Red Hunter tomato seeds\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"forum-post\">\n<div class=\"author-header\">\n<div class=\"forum-avatar\">N<\/div>\n<div class=\"author-meta\">\n<div class=\"author-name\">Natalya <span class=\"author-stats\">\u2b50 Pro Grower (6,273 posts)<\/span><\/div>\n<div class=\"author-geo\">\ud83d\udccd Northern Yaroslavl Region, Russia (USDA Zone 3)<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"post-content\">\n<p>Zhenya, a huge THANK YOU for conducting this investigation! :appl:<\/p>\n<p>And, of course, thanks to the &#8220;Red Hunter&#8221; variety itself, which didn&#8217;t let us down and has preserved all of its best qualities over time. :mail:<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Quick Summary of Red Hunter (Krasnyi Okhotnik) \ud83c\udf0d Origin: A highly reliable, time-tested commercial Russian variety. \ud83c\udf3f Plant Habit: Determinate, tree-type dwarf (stout bush). It grows very compact, no taller than 50-60 cm (20-24 inches), with strong, thick foliage. Excellent for outdoor growing. \ud83c\udf45 Fruit Characteristics: Bright red, firm, barrel-shaped &#8220;blocky plums&#8221; weighing 80-90 g &#8230; <a title=\"Red Hunter (Krasnyi Okhotnik) Tomato Review &#038; Grow-Out Test\" class=\"read-more\" href=\"https:\/\/www.tomat-pomidor.com\/en\/red-hunter\/\" aria-label=\"Read more about Red Hunter (Krasnyi Okhotnik) Tomato Review &#038; Grow-Out Test\">Read more<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":381,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[162,52,4],"tags":[56,53,96,10,87,297],"class_list":["post-381","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-plum-tomatoes","category-bush-and-dwarf","category-paste-canning","tag-canning-tomato","tag-determinate","tag-long-shelf-life","tag-paste-tomato","tag-sun-dried-tomatoes","tag-tree-type-dwarf"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.tomat-pomidor.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/381","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.tomat-pomidor.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.tomat-pomidor.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.tomat-pomidor.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.tomat-pomidor.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=381"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/www.tomat-pomidor.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/381\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":383,"href":"https:\/\/www.tomat-pomidor.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/381\/revisions\/383"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.tomat-pomidor.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/381"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.tomat-pomidor.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=381"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.tomat-pomidor.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=381"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.tomat-pomidor.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=381"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}