Crop type: Tomatoes
Solanum lycopersicum ‘Tigerella’ AGM
Common name: Tomato ‘Tigerella’
Crop slug: tomatoes
This Allotment Pro editorial draft summarises the cited RHS cultivar profile.RHS cultivar profile
1 - Overview
‘Tigerella’ is a cordon salad tomato for greenhouse or outdoor cultivation. It gives reliable crops of distinctive round red tomatoes marked with orange stripes, combining productive cordon growth with an immediately recognisable fruit pattern. It holds the RHS Award of Garden Merit.
2 - Size
- Ultimate height
- 1–1.5 metres
- Ultimate spread
- 0.5–1 metre
- Time to ultimate size
- 1 year
Train its columnar upright stems against a tall cane or string.
3 - Growing conditions
- Suitable soils
- Clay, loam or sand
- Moisture
- Moist but well drained
- Soil pH
- Acid or neutral
Fertile soil or compost and even watering support continuous fruit development.
4 - Position and hardiness
- Light
- Full sun
- Aspect
- South- or west-facing
- Exposure
- Sheltered
- Hardiness
- H1c — suitable outdoors in summer at approximately 5–10°C or warmer, but not frost hardy
Move plants outside only after frost and use a sheltered position.
5 - Colour and seasonal interest
| Season | Flowers | Foliage | Fruit |
|---|---|---|---|
| Spring | Yellow | Green | — |
| Summer | Yellow | Green | Red with orange stripes |
The striped fruit separates ‘Tigerella’ visually from plain-red salad cultivars.
6 - Botanical details
- Family
- Solanaceae
- Native to Great Britain and Ireland
- No
- Foliage
- Evergreen on the profile; grown as an annual crop
- Habit
- Columnar and upright
- Name status
- Accepted
- Award
- RHS Award of Garden Merit
Genus
Solanum plants bear five-lobed flowers with prominent stamens followed by fleshy fruits; the genus includes annual, perennial, shrubby and climbing forms.
7 - How to grow
Cultivation
Start indoors or in a heated greenhouse. After frost, grow under glass or outside in full sun, tying the cordon to a support and keeping the growing medium evenly moist.
Propagation
Propagate by seed indoors.
Pruning
Remove every side-shoot. Stop the leader after seven trusses under cover or four outdoors.
Pests
Glasshouse whitefly and tomato moth may attack.
Diseases
The profile lists rare honey fungus, blossom-end rot, magnesium deficiency, tomato spotted wilt virus and grey mould under glass.