{"id":6716,"date":"2026-10-29T19:29:59","date_gmt":"2026-10-29T19:29:59","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.tomat-pomidor.com\/en\/?p=6716"},"modified":"2026-10-29T19:29:59","modified_gmt":"2026-10-29T19:29:59","slug":"lucky-tiger","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.tomat-pomidor.com\/en\/lucky-tiger\/","title":{"rendered":"Lucky Tiger Tomato Review & Photos"},"content":{"rendered":"\n\n
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\ud83c\udf45 Quick take:<\/strong> Lucky Tiger is an indeterminate<\/strong>, mid-season<\/strong> elongated cherry\/plum tomato originally bred by Fred Hempel (Artisan Seeds). It produces stunning 1-1.4 oz (30-40 g) green fruits with pink and red striping. Growers universally praise its massive yields, crack resistance, and complex, sweet, tropical flavor with a satisfying crunch. It’s an aggressive grower that doesn’t need heavy feeding and holds up extremely well in both greenhouse and outdoor settings. Full summary \u2193<\/a><\/div>\n

Growers’ Notes and Photos (USDA Zones 3-7 Experience)<\/h2>\n
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Indeterminate, mid-season, tall vine. Fruits are small, elongated, striped green-and-pink plum-icicle types. Flavor is really good, the little tomatoes are sweet with a slight tang and some spice. They are very crunchy though, and the skin is a bit thick.<\/p>\n

Grew this vine outdoors, very low maintenance and it didn’t miss a single truss. A great variety if you love exotic tomatoes.<\/p>\n

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Lucky Tiger is a tall variety (hit 6.5 ft \/ 2 m in my greenhouse), mid-season. Fruits are small, green with pink stripes, plum-shaped. Very beautiful and tasty, juicy, sweet with a fruity undertone.<\/p>\n

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Grew it in the greenhouse, but I totally could’ve just planted it outdoors. By fall, they got super sweet.<\/p>\n

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A really successful cherry variety with unique coloring. Indeterminate, grew it in the greenhouse pruned to 6 leaders, incredibly productive. The vine got to about 5 ft (150 cm). Fruits are striped, sweet, crunchy, weighing up to 1 oz (30 g). Makes great company for similar varieties like Blush, Sweet Cream, and Candy Sweet Icicle. Big shoutout to Masha-Murka for the seeds \ud83d\ude4f<\/p>\n

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Sowed commercial seeds from Aelita and really liked this variety. Reached about 5.5 ft (1.7 m) in my greenhouse, so not massive, but highly productive, tasty, and nice and sweet.<\/p>\n

This variety really doesn’t handle excess nitrogen well. I grew it in a heavily fertilized bed, and it pushed way too much vegetative growth, even throwing suckers right out of the leaf veins! But it didn’t hurt the yield at all.<\/p>\n

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Known globally as Lucky Tiger. Indeterminate vines, growing 5.5-6.5 ft (1.7-2 m) tall in the greenhouse. Mid-season producer, giving a harvest about 112-115 days after germination. The fruits are meaty, firm, with tender skin, and they don’t crack. The flavor is rich and sweet with tropical notes and a balanced tang. Tomatoes weigh around 1.2-1.4 oz (35-40 g).<\/p>\n

The variety handles temperature swings well and is highly productive. Great for fresh salads, sauces, and winter canning. Yield under plastic is about 1.8-2.4 lbs per sq ft (9-12 kg\/m2). The shape of the fruit and how pronounced the stripes are can change depending on growing conditions.<\/p>\n

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