{"id":6751,"date":"2026-10-30T17:27:06","date_gmt":"2026-10-30T17:27:06","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.tomat-pomidor.com\/en\/?p=6751"},"modified":"2026-10-30T17:28:28","modified_gmt":"2026-10-30T17:28:28","slug":"lugas-f1","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.tomat-pomidor.com\/en\/lugas-f1\/","title":{"rendered":"Lugas F1 Tomato Review & Photos (Hungarian Greenhouse Hybrid)"},"content":{"rendered":"\n\n
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\ud83c\udf45 Quick take:<\/strong> Lugas F1<\/strong> is a renowned Hungarian greenhouse truss hybrid bred by ZKI<\/strong> (Vegetable Crop Research Institute). While some foreign catalog listings mistakenly label it determinate, it behaves as a tidy, manageable indeterminate vine<\/strong> reaching 5.2-5.5 ft (160-170 cm)<\/strong> with minimal suckering. It yields heavy clusters of uniform, oval-round red fruit weighing 2.1-3.9 oz (60-110 g)<\/strong>. Unlike bland commercial supermarket hybrids, Lugas F1 combines rock-solid texture and an incredible two-week vine-holding ability with rich, sweet-tart, authentic homegrown flavor. Full summary \u2193<\/a><\/div>\n

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Growers’ Notes and Photos (USDA Zones 4-5 Experience)<\/h2>\n

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\ud83d\udccd Moscow \/ Istra District, Russia (USDA Zone 4)<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n
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Lugas F1 tomato.<\/p>\n

I picked up these seeds at one of our local Moscow seed swaps. Later on, I tracked down a description online, but only on overseas seed sites:<\/p>\n

Determinate, 110-115 days, cluster-type, fruit 2.1-2.8 oz (60-80 g).<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

Started them on my normal schedule alongside everything else. Planted two vines in the back bed of my polycarbonate hoop house. Pruned one to two leaders and the other to three. The final result blew me away! (In the photo showing the hybrid row: the first two plants across the bed on the right are Vermilion F1, followed by two plants of Lugas F1).<\/p>\n

The plant has a very tidy footprint, not sprawling or wild at all, topping out around 5.2-5.5 ft (160-170 cm) with very few suckers to pinch. The first flower truss formed right after the 7th to 9th leaf. After that, flower trusses popped up every leaf or two.<\/p>\n

Fruit set was fantastic across the board despite intense greenhouse heat. Trusses are single, occasionally branched. I had 7-8 tomatoes per single cluster and up to 12 on branched ones, though the very tips skipped setting, likely from the high heat spikes.<\/p>\n

The tomatoes are smooth, oval-round egg shapes, very uniform. The biggest hit up to 3.9 oz (110 g), with the bulk of the harvest running slightly smaller. Deep, solid red color from top to bottom with zero green shoulders. Skin is decently firm and the flesh is solid red with no hollow pockets.<\/p>\n

It is neither dry nor watery, packing a genuinely rich, outstanding flavor that hits the sweet spot between acidity and sugars. Next to it, Vermilion F1 tasted like absolute nothing, completely flat, watery grocery store cardboard.<\/p>\n

Fruit ripen sequentially down the cluster, but fully red tomatoes do not drop and refuse to go soft on the vine. I actually left the first ripe ones hanging for two full weeks just to see the whole cluster turn red together. When I finally checked them, the earliest ones were just as firm and pristine as the ones that had just colored up. Had to pull them eventually to spray, but the shelf life is off the charts.<\/p>\n

This hybrid will be killer not only for fresh slicing, but for whole-jar pickling and canning too. Couldn’t track down seeds in any domestic seed shops here unfortunately. A truly top-notch hybrid!<\/p>\n

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\ud83d\udccd 15 miles (25 km) from Minsk, Belarus (USDA Zone 5a)<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n
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Going to see if I can hunt down seeds around here. Thanks for starting the thread!<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n

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Full Summary: Hybrid Qualities, Growth Habit & Flavor<\/h2>\n