Group/Class:  Grape-Indeterminate

Description:

A lovely and unique addition to any container or garden; early maturing, elongated cherry tomatoes in shades of red, green and gold have a delicious, sweet and tart flavor with tropical notes; crack resistant; great for salsas, jams and jellies

Edible Qualities

Lucky Tiger Tomato is an annual vegetable plant that is commonly grown for its edible qualities. It produces small clusters of brick red oblong tomatoes (which are technically 'berries') with lime green variegation and brick red flesh which are typically harvested when mature. The tomatoes have a pleasant taste and a firm texture.

The tomatoes are most often used in the following ways:

• Fresh Eating
• Eating When Cooked/Prepared
• Cooking
• Preserves
• Canning

Planting & Growing

Lucky Tiger Tomato will grow to be about 4 feet tall at maturity, with a spread of 20 inches. When planted in rows, individual plants should be spaced approximately 24 inches apart. This fast-growing vegetable plant is an annual, which means that it will grow for one season in your garden and then die after producing a crop. While it is considered to be somewhat self-pollinating, it tends to set heavier quantities of fruit with a different variety of the same species growing nearby.

This plant can be difficult to integrate into a landscape or flower garden, and is best grown in a designated vegetable garden. It should only be grown in full sunlight. It does best in average to evenly moist conditions, but will not tolerate standing water. It is not particular as to soil pH, but grows best in rich soils. It is somewhat tolerant of urban pollution. Consider applying a thick mulch around the root zone over the growing season to conserve soil moisture. This is a selected variety of a species not originally from North America.

Lucky Tiger Tomato is a good choice for the vegetable garden, but it is also well-suited for use in outdoor containers and hanging baskets. With its upright habit of growth, it is best suited for use as a 'thriller' in the 'spiller-thriller-filler' container combination; plant it near the center of the pot, surrounded by smaller plants and those that spill over the edges. It is even sizeable enough that it can be grown alone in a suitable container. Note that when growing plants in outdoor containers and baskets, they may require more frequent waterings than they would in the yard or garden.