{"id":826,"date":"2026-08-25T14:30:54","date_gmt":"2026-08-25T14:30:54","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.tomat-pomidor.com\/en\/?p=826"},"modified":"2026-08-25T14:34:52","modified_gmt":"2026-08-25T14:34:52","slug":"sugar-giant","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.tomat-pomidor.com\/en\/sugar-giant\/","title":{"rendered":"Sugar Giant Tomato Review"},"content":{"rendered":"\n\n
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Quick Summary of Sugar Giant (Sakharnyi Gigant)<\/h2>\n
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  • \ud83c\udf0d Origin & Vendor Issues:<\/strong> A large-fruited Russian commercial variety. The name translates to “Sugar Giant”. However, there is massive inconsistency between the major seed vendors (Russian Garden\/RO<\/em> vs. Siberian Garden\/SibSad<\/em>).<\/li>\n
  • \ud83d\udd0d The Shape Mystery:<\/strong> The packet from “Russian Garden” promises a large, barrel-like (cuboid) or blocky plum shape. However, most growers report that the true stable shape of this variety is actually a large, pink\/red oxheart<\/strong>. SibSad packets often result in complete off-types (\u043f\u0435\u0440\u0435\u0441\u043e\u0440\u0442).<\/li>\n
  • \ud83c\udf3f Plant Habit:<\/strong> Indeterminate (tall) and vigorous.<\/li>\n
  • \ud83c\udf45 Fruit Characteristics:<\/strong> Large to massive pinkish-red tomatoes. The first fruits of the season often come from mega-blooms (fused blossoms) and have irregular, boat-like shapes. Subsequent fruits are beautifully heart-shaped. They have very thin skin.<\/li>\n
  • \ud83d\udc45 Flavor & Culinary Use:<\/strong> Meaty, juicy, and sweet. While some consider it top-tier for fresh eating, its thin skin and high juiciness make it absolutely perfect for processing into thick tomato juices, ketchup, and sauces.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n

    \ud83c\udf45 Have you grown this variety?<\/strong> Scroll down to add your review and photos<\/strong> in the comments below!<\/em><\/p>\n

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    \ud83d\udccd Orsha, Belarus (USDA Zone 5)<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n
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    On the seed packet, they promised a barrel-like shape… but the shape I actually got suited me perfectly too… \ud83d\ude03<\/p>\n

    The first small fruit came from a mega-bloom (fused blossom):<\/p>\n

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    Sliced open – it was slightly greenish, I picked it a bit underripe…<\/p>\n

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    The second and subsequent fruits were heart-shaped, juicy, sweet, and meaty… very good \ud83d\udc4d \ud83e\uddfa<\/p>\n

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    Matilda (Larisa) \u2b50 Pro Grower (3,431 posts)<\/span><\/div>\n
    \ud83d\udccd Odessa (USDA Zone 7)<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n
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    Ksyusha, whose seeds were those, tell us please, and write a few words about how it behaved over the summer. I bought seeds from “Russkiy Ogorod” (RO).<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n

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    Larisa said:<\/strong>
    \nKsyusha, whose seeds were those…<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

    Lora, mine were also from Russkiy Ogorod<\/em>… An amazing tomato! \ud83d\udc4d \ud83e\uddfa I will plant it next year without a doubt, and definitely more than just one bush…<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n

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    KsenaZ (Ksenia) \u2b50 Pro Grower (1,479 posts)<\/span><\/div>\n
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    Larisa, my Sugar Giant last year was from Olya Cherry (a private collector), and it wasn’t cuboid\/barrel-shaped, but close to heart-shaped, and very tasty.
    \nThis year, I had it from SibSad (Siberian Garden)<\/em>. They grew into massive trees with a very small amount of raspberry-colored fruits. Only one plant (out of 4 bushes) had fruits close to a cuboid shape. The rest were some kind of wonky, crooked things. Since it didn’t impress me with abundance and was quite late, I have no burning desire to grow it again.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n

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    Galla (Galina) \u2b50 Pro Grower (6,765 posts)<\/span><\/div>\n
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    I planted Sugar Giant from SibSad<\/em>, and something completely incomprehensible grew, I didn’t even bother taking pictures. Apparently, a complete genetic off-type. According to the description and the photo on the packet, it didn’t look like yours at all.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n

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    Galina said:<\/strong>
    \nI planted Sugar Giant from SibSad, and something completely incomprehensible grew…<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

    Looks like SibSad is misbehaving and playing tricks! As usual, the human (manufacturer) error factor is huge… Thank you, Galina! \ud83c\udf38<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n

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    I also planted Sugar Giant from RO (Russkiy Ogorod)<\/em>. The image on the picture is very, very different from what actually grew – the fruits are indeed large, completely identical to Ksyusha’s from the non-mega-bloom flowers. Personally, it seemed to me that it is a wonderful variety for juices, ketchups, and other processing\/canning, but its transportability is poor due to the thin skin. For eating fresh in salads, there are tastier varieties \ud83d\ude09<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n

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    I planted it in 2014, seeds also from Russkiy Ogorod<\/em>, though bought way back in 2011. I was very pleased with it, both productive and tasty, truly “sugary.” The weight in the photo is 510g (1.1 lbs). I wouldn’t say it is a late variety. On the first truss there were 6 fruits, on the second also 6 fruits. On the 3rd truss – 4 fruits… I stopped recording after that.<\/p>\n

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    In 2012, I had a few bushes of Sugar Giant from RO. The fruits only set at the very top of the plant, and only a few of them at that. I threw the seeds away, so I can’t check the batch or year. A friend from Stavropol also planted it that year (bought the seeds herself in a store), and she had the exact same issue. We were just unlucky. \ud83d\ude20<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n

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    This is the first time I’ve read that SibSad is misbehaving! …. \ud83d\ude1e
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    Sergey said:<\/strong>
    \nThis is the first time I’ve read that SibSad is misbehaving!<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

    Seryozha, they misbehave big time! \ud83d\ude03 I got several “surprises” from them this year under different names!<\/p>\n

    I planted my Giant from RO outdoors on the north side of the garden bed. It turned out to be mid-early, beautiful, with average yield, but a bit tart for me. I probably should have planted it in full sun \ud83d\ude15.<\/p>\n

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    Last year I couldn’t repeat it – it didn’t germinate… and that was from my own saved seeds \ud83d\ude03
    \nBut this year it germinated and made me very happy \ud83d\udc4d<\/p>\n

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    Quick Summary of Sugar Giant (Sakharnyi Gigant) \ud83c\udf0d Origin & Vendor Issues: A large-fruited Russian commercial variety. The name translates to “Sugar Giant”. However, there is massive inconsistency between the major seed vendors (Russian Garden\/RO vs. Siberian Garden\/SibSad). \ud83d\udd0d The Shape Mystery: The packet from “Russian Garden” promises a large, barrel-like (cuboid) or blocky plum … Read more<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":826,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[211,67,65],"tags":[72,11,33,82,49,15],"class_list":["post-826","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-ribbed-tomatoes","category-oxheart-tomatoes","category-pink-tomatoes","tag-greenhouse-tomato","tag-huge-tomato","tag-indeterminate","tag-meaty-tomato","tag-open-ground","tag-sweet-flavor"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.tomat-pomidor.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/826","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=826"}],"version-history":[{"count":4,"href":"https:\/\/www.tomat-pomidor.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/826\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":830,"href":"https:\/\/www.tomat-pomidor.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/826\/revisions\/830"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.tomat-pomidor.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/826"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.tomat-pomidor.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=826"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.tomat-pomidor.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=826"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.tomat-pomidor.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=826"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}