{"id":5394,"date":"2026-10-14T13:14:38","date_gmt":"2026-10-14T13:14:38","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.tomat-pomidor.com\/en\/?p=5394"},"modified":"2026-10-14T13:14:38","modified_gmt":"2026-10-14T13:14:38","slug":"limonchik","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.tomat-pomidor.com\/en\/limonchik\/","title":{"rendered":"Limonchik (Little Lemon) Tomato Review & Photos"},"content":{"rendered":"\n\n
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\ud83c\udf45 Quick take:<\/strong> Limonchik<\/strong> (Little Lemon) is a highly productive, indeterminate<\/strong> orange tomato that sets fruit in massive, heavy trusses. Despite the name, the most popular strain (from vendor V. Redko) is bright orange and round, not yellow or lemon-shaped. Growers rave about its meaty texture, extreme yields, and reliability, though some note it requires heavy feeding to support the sheer weight of the fruit it produces. Full summary \u2193<\/a><\/div>\n

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Tall vine, hits about 5.6 ft (1.7 m), sets in trusses, mid-season, weight is around 7 oz (200 g). Bright orange, super meaty and sweet, heavy yielder. Seeds from V. Redko.<\/p>\n

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Is this really Limonchik? I thought this variety was supposed to be shaped like a lemon, yellow with a little pointed tip… \ud83d\ude32<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n

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On 2\/1\/2015 at 10:15 AM, NatashKa said:
\nIs this really Limonchik? I thought this variety was supposed to be shaped like a lemon, yellow with a little pointed tip… \ud83d\ude32<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

Redko’s Limonchik grows exactly the way Irina’s did..<\/p>\n

The yellow ones with a pointed tip that actually look like lemons are Citrus Garden, Anna German, and Wonder of the World \ud83d\ude42<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n

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Got it! Thanks for clearing that up, Svetlana. \ud83c\udf38<\/p>\n

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On 1\/31\/2015 at 11:25 AM, PanIrina said:
\nTall vine, hits about 5.6 ft (1.7 m), sets in trusses, mid-season, weight is around 7 oz (200 g). Bright orange, super meaty and sweet, heavy yielder. Seeds from V. Redko.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

Ira, thanks for the seeds! \ud83c\udf38 Verrry productive variety \ud83d\udc4d No matter how I tied it up, it still kept trying to flop over \ud83d\ude1b Beautiful and tasty! \ud83d\ude0b Flavor-wise, it falls just a tiny bit short of Southern Tan. But it totally blew it out of the water in terms of yield! \ud83e\uddfa Fruits weighed up to 9 oz (250 g).<\/p>\n

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I can’t say it’s exceptionally tasty. But it’s very… dense. Not hard, but dense, it has a great texture for processing and canning. Dropped some blossoms in the heat, very vigorous plant. It’s one of the few varieties I want to take another look at and try to tame for its yield potential.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n

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Growing Limonchik for the second year. Seeds were from Sveta Svetikk. I love this variety for its reliability, yield, and flavor. The tomatoes don’t grow into massive giants, the trusses hold up almost all of them without needing extra support, I weighed one truss and it was 2.8 lbs (1.3 kg). Meaty. Low acid, practically none at all. Last summer they were sweeter, this time it grew in the shade of a cucumber vine and apparently didn’t get enough sun. The lower trusses had seven fruits, they all set and grew perfectly. Further up the vine there are more blossoms per truss, but for me, they didn’t all set, averaged about four.<\/p>\n

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I’ve got some other kind of Limonchik \ud83e\udd37\u200d\u2640\ufe0f. Seeds from Aelita. Extremely prolific, handled the heat perfectly, set an absolute ton of fruit, it was hard to keep it fed. The plant started showing signs of magnesium deficiency, and as a result, the fruits on the bottom truss weren’t sweet. That single truss weighed over 8.8 lbs (4 kg), I fed and watered this plant heavier than any of the others. The flavor of the fruits on the upper trusses improved, but those trusses were around 4.4 lbs (2 kg) each. Excellent for canning, there are better slicers for salads, but this one needs to be fed heavily and you absolutely have to amend the planting hole with banana peels among other things.<\/p>\n

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Full Summary: Plant, Yield, Taste and Storage<\/h2>\n