{"id":3831,"date":"2026-09-28T12:01:36","date_gmt":"2026-09-28T12:01:36","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.tomat-pomidor.com\/en\/?p=3831"},"modified":"2026-09-28T12:01:47","modified_gmt":"2026-09-28T12:01:47","slug":"green-giant","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.tomat-pomidor.com\/en\/green-giant\/","title":{"rendered":"Green Giant Tomato Review &#038; Photos"},"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;3831&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;Share your rating&quot;,&quot;legend&quot;:&quot;0\\\/5 - (0 votes)&quot;,&quot;size&quot;:&quot;24&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;Green Giant Tomato Review \\u0026amp; Photos&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\">Share your rating<\/span>\n    <\/div>\n    <\/div>\n<div class=\"tldr-box\" style=\"background: #f4f9f4; padding: 20px; border-left: 5px solid #4CAF50; margin-bottom: 30px; border-radius: 4px;\">\n<h3>\ud83d\udccc Quick Summary (TL;DR): Green Giant<\/h3>\n<ul>\n<li>\ud83c\udf0d <strong>Origin:<\/strong> A legendary green-when-ripe heirloom variety bred by Reinhard Kraft of Neunkirchen, Germany, from a stray potato-leaf plant he found. It has become a gold standard for green tomatoes worldwide.<\/li>\n<li>\ud83c\udf3f <strong>Plant Habit:<\/strong> Indeterminate (tall), featuring vigorous, large Potato Leaf (PL) foliage. Known to be highly productive, though a few growers note the leaves can be prone to foliar diseases in damp conditions.<\/li>\n<li>\ud83c\udf45 <strong>Fruit Characteristics:<\/strong> Large, green beefsteaks that typically weigh 10.5 oz (300 g) and up. The skin stays mostly green, but the fruits become soft to the touch when ripe. Prone to minor cracking.<\/li>\n<li>\ud83d\udc45 <strong>Flavor:<\/strong> Universally praised. It has a uniquely sweet, fruity flavor profile that growers frequently compare to kiwi or sweet melon. A true gourmet slicing tomato.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"add-review-cta\" style=\"margin: 20px 0; padding: 15px; background: #f9f9f9; border-left: 4px solid #4CAF50; border-radius: 4px;\"><strong>\ud83c\udf45 Grown this variety?<\/strong> <a href=\"#wpdcom\">Click here to add your own photos and review below!<\/a><\/div>\n<div class=\"forum-post\">\n<div class=\"author-header\">\n<div class=\"forum-avatar\">S<\/div>\n<div class=\"author-meta\">\n<div class=\"author-name\">Svetlyachok-plyus (Svetlana) <span class=\"author-stats\">\u2b50 Pro Grower (1,450 posts)<\/span><\/div>\n<div class=\"author-geo\">\ud83d\udccd Unknown Location<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"post-content\">\n<p>This is something else \ud83d\ude0b.. A variety for gourmets. Very good germination. All 5 seeds I sowed popped up together. Grew the bushes in a plastic greenhouse, pruned to two stems. The bush is vigorous with large potato leaves. Yield is impressive, I weighed it and got 18.7 lbs (8.5 kg) per plant.<\/p>\n<p>Fruits are large, 2-3 per truss, with a truss every 2-3 leaves. Not a single fruit was under 10.5 oz (300 g). Extremely juicy, with a fruity kiwi-like flavor (or at least it seems that way to me). The texture is also tender like a kiwi. The skin isn&#8217;t particularly thin. Unfortunately, it is prone to cracking, though not severely or deeply. But for that taste, I forgive it everything, and it definitely keeps an honorable spot in my collection.<\/p>\n<p>I barely managed to save a tomato for seeds from my husband \ud83d\ude21, he pretended he didn&#8217;t see the &#8220;save for seed&#8221; tag and was just about to wolf it down \ud83d\ude02.<\/p>\n<div class=\"post-images\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.tomat-pomidor.com\/uploads\/newforum\/attachments\/58604_eeda5a6805153f877630adb6b9f846372a85419d.jpg\"><br \/>\n<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.tomat-pomidor.com\/uploads\/newforum\/attachments\/58604_eeda5a6805153f877630adb6b9f846372a85419d.jpg\" alt=\"Sliced Green Giant tomato showing kiwi like flesh\" width=\"581\" height=\"698\" \/><br \/>\n<\/a><br \/>\n<a href=\"https:\/\/www.tomat-pomidor.com\/uploads\/newforum\/attachments\/58606_af62ff0327f36a24c00c652f8ab8d8f7ce3a7dae.jpg\"><br \/>\n<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.tomat-pomidor.com\/uploads\/newforum\/attachments\/58606_af62ff0327f36a24c00c652f8ab8d8f7ce3a7dae.jpg\" alt=\"Massive Green Giant beefsteak tomato on scale\" width=\"730\" height=\"547\" \/><br \/>\n<\/a><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"forum-post\">\n<div class=\"author-header\">\n<div class=\"forum-avatar\">I<\/div>\n<div class=\"author-meta\">\n<div class=\"author-name\">IrinaA <span class=\"author-stats\">\u2b50 Pro Grower (5,492 posts)<\/span><\/div>\n<div class=\"author-geo\">\ud83d\udccd Sverdlovsk Region, Ural (USDA Zone 3)<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"post-content\">\n<p>My seeds were from Svetlana, thanks to her! \ud83d\ude42 Well, she already wrote everything about it, and I completely agree with her.<\/p>\n<div class=\"post-images\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.tomat-pomidor.com\/uploads\/newforum\/galleries\/31\/12-190814104530.jpeg\"><br \/>\n<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.tomat-pomidor.com\/uploads\/newforum\/galleries\/31\/thumb_12-190814104530.jpeg\" alt=\"Green Giant tomato plant in greenhouse\" width=\"160\" height=\"120\" \/><br \/>\n<\/a><br \/>\n<a href=\"https:\/\/www.tomat-pomidor.com\/uploads\/newforum\/galleries\/31\/12-190814104557.jpeg\"><br \/>\n<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.tomat-pomidor.com\/uploads\/newforum\/galleries\/31\/thumb_12-190814104557.jpeg\" alt=\"Ripe Green Giant tomatoes harvested\" width=\"160\" height=\"120\" \/><br \/>\n<\/a><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"forum-post\">\n<div class=\"author-header\">\n<div class=\"forum-avatar\">T<\/div>\n<div class=\"author-meta\">\n<div class=\"author-name\">tomatinka (Vera) <span class=\"author-stats\">\u2b50 Pro Grower (14,911 posts)<\/span><\/div>\n<div class=\"author-geo\">\ud83d\udccd Tyumen Region, Siberia (USDA Zone 3)<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"post-content\">\n<p>It has another distinct trait: it doesn&#8217;t change color, it doesn&#8217;t turn olive or yellow on the bottom. It just gets soft to the touch.<\/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 Khotkovo <span class=\"author-stats\">\u2b50 Pro Grower (2,753 posts)<\/span><\/div>\n<div class=\"author-geo\">\ud83d\udccd Unknown Location<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"post-content\">\n<p>I also really love this tomato, so far it&#8217;s the tastiest of all the green-fruited ones \ud83d\ude0b<\/p>\n<div class=\"post-images\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.tomat-pomidor.com\/uploads\/newforum\/galleries\/32\/411-280814100652.jpeg\"><br \/>\n<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.tomat-pomidor.com\/uploads\/newforum\/galleries\/32\/thumb_411-280814100652.jpeg\" alt=\"Green Giant tomato showing pinkish blush\" width=\"89\" height=\"160\" \/><br \/>\n<\/a><br \/>\n<a href=\"https:\/\/www.tomat-pomidor.com\/uploads\/newforum\/galleries\/32\/411-280814100559.jpeg\"><br \/>\n<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.tomat-pomidor.com\/uploads\/newforum\/galleries\/32\/thumb_411-280814100559.jpeg\" alt=\"Sliced green tomato with pink streaks\" width=\"89\" height=\"160\" \/><br \/>\n<\/a><br \/>\n<a href=\"https:\/\/www.tomat-pomidor.com\/uploads\/newforum\/galleries\/32\/411-280814100049.jpeg\"><br \/>\n<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.tomat-pomidor.com\/uploads\/newforum\/galleries\/32\/thumb_411-280814100049.jpeg\" alt=\"Harvest of green and pink tomatoes\" width=\"106\" height=\"160\" \/><br \/>\n<\/a><br \/>\n<a href=\"https:\/\/www.tomat-pomidor.com\/uploads\/newforum\/galleries\/32\/411-280814095852.jpeg\"><br \/>\n<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.tomat-pomidor.com\/uploads\/newforum\/galleries\/32\/thumb_411-280814095852.jpeg\" alt=\"Large Green Giant tomato on scale\" width=\"160\" height=\"89\" \/><br \/>\n<\/a><\/div>\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 Khotkovo <span class=\"author-stats\">\u2b50 Pro Grower (2,753 posts)<\/span><\/div>\n<div class=\"author-geo\">\ud83d\udccd Unknown Location<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"post-content\">\n<blockquote><p><strong>tomatinka wrote:<\/strong><br \/>\nIt has another distinct trait: it doesn&#8217;t change color, it doesn&#8217;t turn olive or yellow on the bottom. It just gets soft to the touch.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>Vera, look at mine, this is when it&#8217;s overripe. Maybe I got a mixed-up seed (off-type)?<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"forum-post\">\n<div class=\"author-header\">\n<div class=\"forum-avatar\">T<\/div>\n<div class=\"author-meta\">\n<div class=\"author-name\">tomatinka (Vera) <span class=\"author-stats\">\u2b50 Pro Grower (14,911 posts)<\/span><\/div>\n<div class=\"author-geo\">\ud83d\udccd Tyumen Region, Siberia (USDA Zone 3)<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"post-content\">\n<p>Natasha, I&#8217;ll reply here too, my opinion is that yours is an off-type (mixed seed). \ud83d\ude15<\/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 Khotkovo <span class=\"author-stats\">\u2b50 Pro Grower (2,753 posts)<\/span><\/div>\n<div class=\"author-geo\">\ud83d\udccd Unknown Location<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"post-content\">\n<p>I just started looking up what my tomato might actually be, and found a photo of a Green Giant that looks very much like mine. I can&#8217;t say for sure about the leaf type, I think it was potato leaf. Maybe there are different strains of Green Giant out there?<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"forum-post\">\n<div class=\"author-header\">\n<div class=\"forum-avatar\">T<\/div>\n<div class=\"author-meta\">\n<div class=\"author-name\">tomatinka (Vera) <span class=\"author-stats\">\u2b50 Pro Grower (14,911 posts)<\/span><\/div>\n<div class=\"author-geo\">\ud83d\udccd Tyumen Region, Siberia (USDA Zone 3)<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"post-content\">\n<p>Mine definitely had potato leaves. But they didn&#8217;t change color at all, and neither did Emerald Pear (Izumrudnaya Grusha). All my other green varieties had varying degrees of an olive-yellow blush to them. \ud83d\ude15<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"forum-post\">\n<div class=\"author-header\">\n<div class=\"forum-avatar\">T<\/div>\n<div class=\"author-meta\">\n<div class=\"author-name\">Tomatanya (Tatyana) <span class=\"author-stats\">\u2b50 Moderator (10,246 posts)<\/span><\/div>\n<div class=\"author-geo\">\ud83d\udccd Leningrad Region (USDA Zone 4)<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"post-content\">\n<p>Maybe yours cross-pollinated with some red\/pink neighbor last year and showed a blush this generation \ud83d\ude02<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"forum-post\">\n<div class=\"author-header\">\n<div class=\"forum-avatar\">L<\/div>\n<div class=\"author-meta\">\n<div class=\"author-name\">LLL (Vyacheslav) <span class=\"author-stats\">\u2b50 Pro Grower (15,626 posts)<\/span><\/div>\n<div class=\"author-geo\">\ud83d\udccd Unknown Location<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"post-content\">\n<blockquote><p><strong>tomatinka wrote:<\/strong><br \/>\nMine definitely had potato leaves. But they didn&#8217;t change color at all, and neither did Emerald Pear&#8230;<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>The &#8220;Boloto&#8221; (Swamp) variety is exactly the same way.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"forum-post\">\n<div class=\"author-header\">\n<div class=\"forum-avatar\">D<\/div>\n<div class=\"author-meta\">\n<div class=\"author-name\">Drosera (Svetlana) <span class=\"author-stats\">\u2b50 Moderator (5,413 posts)<\/span><\/div>\n<div class=\"author-geo\">\ud83d\udccd Yekaterinburg, Russia (USDA Zone 3)<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"post-content\">\n<blockquote><p><strong>Tomatanya wrote:<\/strong><br \/>\nMaybe yours cross-pollinated with some red\/pink neighbor last year and showed a blush this generation \ud83d\ude02<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>If that were true, the fruit would have turned completely solid red or pink.<\/p>\n<p>Just writing this to clarify, in case someone reads this and actually thinks that&#8217;s how genetics work.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"forum-post\">\n<div class=\"author-header\">\n<div class=\"forum-avatar\">T<\/div>\n<div class=\"author-meta\">\n<div class=\"author-name\">trofi (Elena) <span class=\"author-stats\">\u2b50 Pro Grower (10,715 posts)<\/span><\/div>\n<div class=\"author-geo\">\ud83d\udccd Southern Moscow Region (USDA Zone 4)<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"post-content\">\n<p>Natasha, was your Giant productive?<\/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 Khotkovo <span class=\"author-stats\">\u2b50 Pro Grower (2,753 posts)<\/span><\/div>\n<div class=\"author-geo\">\ud83d\udccd Unknown Location<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"post-content\">\n<p>I got about 15 tomatoes off it.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"forum-post\">\n<div class=\"author-header\">\n<div class=\"forum-avatar\">T<\/div>\n<div class=\"author-meta\">\n<div class=\"author-name\">trofi (Elena) <span class=\"author-stats\">\u2b50 Pro Grower (10,715 posts)<\/span><\/div>\n<div class=\"author-geo\">\ud83d\udccd Southern Moscow Region (USDA Zone 4)<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"post-content\">\n<p>Mine grew with potato leaves. Very productive and tasty variety. Got to about 5.5 ft (1.7 m) in the greenhouse. The only downside is that the leaves are prone to diseases, but it doesn&#8217;t affect the yield. Loved it.<\/p>\n<p>Definitely a candidate for replanting. \ud83d\ude42<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"forum-post\">\n<div class=\"author-header\">\n<div class=\"forum-avatar\">C<\/div>\n<div class=\"author-meta\">\n<div class=\"author-name\">cat2008 (Oksana) <span class=\"author-stats\">\u2b50 Pro Grower (5,827 posts)<\/span><\/div>\n<div class=\"author-geo\">\ud83d\udccd Orsha, Belarus (USDA Zone 4)<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"post-content\">\n<p>I completely missed the window and mine got overripe.. \ud83d\ude02 and the whole truss at once.. \ud83d\ude15 But still &#8211; not a bad variety.. Thanks for the seeds Svetlana! \ud83c\udf3a<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.tomat-pomidor.com\/uploads\/newforum\/galleries\/99\/12397-241115172330.jpeg\"><br \/>\n<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.tomat-pomidor.com\/uploads\/newforum\/galleries\/99\/12397-241115172330.jpeg\" alt=\"Green Giant tomato plant with heavily loaded trusses\" width=\"1000\" height=\"600\" \/><br \/>\n<\/a><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"forum-post\">\n<div class=\"author-header\">\n<div class=\"forum-avatar\">T<\/div>\n<div class=\"author-meta\">\n<div class=\"author-name\">tomatinka (Vera) <span class=\"author-stats\">\u2b50 Pro Grower (14,911 posts)<\/span><\/div>\n<div class=\"author-geo\">\ud83d\udccd Tyumen Region, Siberia (USDA Zone 3)<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"post-content\">\n<p>This is how it looks so far, but there are even bigger ones ripening on the bush.<\/p>\n<div class=\"post-images\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.tomat-pomidor.com\/uploads\/newforum\/galleries\/87\/92-290815081119.jpeg\"><br \/>\n<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.tomat-pomidor.com\/uploads\/newforum\/galleries\/87\/92-290815081119.jpeg\" alt=\"Vera's Green Giant tomato on scale\" width=\"1000\" height=\"750\" \/><br \/>\n<\/a><br \/>\n<a href=\"https:\/\/www.tomat-pomidor.com\/uploads\/newforum\/galleries\/87\/92-290815081156.jpeg\"><br \/>\n<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.tomat-pomidor.com\/uploads\/newforum\/galleries\/87\/92-290815081156.jpeg\" alt=\"Green Giant weight in grams\" width=\"1000\" height=\"750\" \/><br \/>\n<\/a><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"forum-post\">\n<div class=\"author-header\">\n<div class=\"forum-avatar\">I<\/div>\n<div class=\"author-meta\">\n<div class=\"author-name\">ilja (Ilya) <span class=\"author-stats\">\u2b50 User (758 posts)<\/span><\/div>\n<div class=\"author-geo\">\ud83d\udccd Moscow Region, Klin (USDA Zone 4)<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"post-content\">\n<p>An old green-fruited tomato variety originating from Germany, with potato-type leaves. Tall. Showed good yield in the hoop house. I didn&#8217;t get any gigantic fruits, but it made up for it with a very sweet taste.<\/p>\n<div class=\"post-images\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.tomat-pomidor.com\/uploads\/newforum\/attachments01\/65791_11d721729bc77c6d20a5cd2fce8691b5c1300fb1.jpg\"><br \/>\n<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.tomat-pomidor.com\/uploads\/newforum\/attachments01\/65791_11d721729bc77c6d20a5cd2fce8691b5c1300fb1.jpg\" alt=\"Ilya's Green Giant tomatoes\" width=\"500\" height=\"500\" \/><br \/>\n<\/a><br \/>\n<a href=\"https:\/\/www.tomat-pomidor.com\/uploads\/newforum\/attachments01\/65793_a5101e6d55014d5b123e82c3f961fb364240be17.jpg\"><br \/>\n<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.tomat-pomidor.com\/uploads\/newforum\/attachments01\/65793_a5101e6d55014d5b123e82c3f961fb364240be17.jpg\" alt=\"Sliced Green Giant tomato\" width=\"500\" height=\"500\" \/><br \/>\n<\/a><br \/>\n<a href=\"https:\/\/www.tomat-pomidor.com\/uploads\/newforum\/attachments01\/65795_da23aca40b93f0a671e7ab313884a1cc8cbe9e1c.jpg\"><br \/>\n<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.tomat-pomidor.com\/uploads\/newforum\/attachments01\/65795_da23aca40b93f0a671e7ab313884a1cc8cbe9e1c.jpg\" alt=\"Green Giant fruit held in hand\" width=\"500\" height=\"500\" \/><br \/>\n<\/a><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"forum-post\">\n<div class=\"author-header\">\n<div class=\"forum-avatar\">E<\/div>\n<div class=\"author-meta\">\n<div class=\"author-name\">elsa30 (Natalya) <span class=\"author-stats\">\u2b50 Pro Grower (5,117 posts)<\/span><\/div>\n<div class=\"author-geo\">\ud83d\udccd Unknown Location<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"post-content\">\n<p>How does it compare to Malakhitovaya Shkatulka (Malachite Box)?<\/p>\n<p>In terms of taste, yield, and ripening time?<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"editor-note\" style=\"background: #eef7ff; padding: 15px; border-left: 4px solid #2196F3; margin-top: 25px; font-size: 1.1em; border-radius: 4px;\"><strong>\ud83d\udc68\u200d\ud83c\udf3e Editor&#8217;s Note on Green Tomato Genetics:<\/strong><br \/>\nThe conversation here about &#8220;did it cross-pollinate to get that pink blush?&#8221; is a classic tomato grower debate! Drosera correctly points out that if an F1 cross-pollination happened between a green variety and a red variety, the resulting tomato in the very next generation would be entirely red (since the red gene is dominant). It would <em>not<\/em> be a green tomato with pink stripes.So why did Natalya&#8217;s Green Giant have pink streaks? Many green-when-ripe tomatoes (like <em>Captain Lucky<\/em> or <em>Grub&#8217;s Mystery Green<\/em>) naturally develop an amber\/pink blush on the blossom end when fully ripe. However, the true <strong>Green Giant<\/strong> (Reinhard Kraft&#8217;s original strain) is famous for staying almost completely green, with growers having to test it by &#8220;the squeeze test&#8221; rather than sight. Natalya likely received an off-type seed (a mutation or a later-generation cross) rather than the true pure strain!<\/p>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>\ud83d\udccc Quick Summary (TL;DR): Green Giant \ud83c\udf0d Origin: A legendary green-when-ripe heirloom variety bred by Reinhard Kraft of Neunkirchen, Germany, from a stray potato-leaf plant he found. It has become a gold standard for green tomatoes worldwide. \ud83c\udf3f Plant Habit: Indeterminate (tall), featuring vigorous, large Potato Leaf (PL) foliage. Known to be highly productive, though &#8230; <a title=\"Green Giant Tomato Review &#038; Photos\" class=\"read-more\" href=\"https:\/\/www.tomat-pomidor.com\/en\/green-giant\/\" aria-label=\"Read more about Green Giant Tomato Review &#038; Photos\">Read more<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":3831,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1,196,94],"tags":[72,30,11,28,982,15],"class_list":["post-3831","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-beefsteak-large-slicers","category-green-when-ripe","category-heirloom-other","tag-greenhouse-tomato","tag-heavy-yielder","tag-huge-tomato","tag-potato-leaf","tag-reinhard-kraft","tag-sweet-flavor"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.tomat-pomidor.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3831","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=3831"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/www.tomat-pomidor.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3831\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":3833,"href":"https:\/\/www.tomat-pomidor.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3831\/revisions\/3833"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.tomat-pomidor.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3831"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.tomat-pomidor.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=3831"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.tomat-pomidor.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=3831"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.tomat-pomidor.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=3831"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}