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Tomatoes Ripening on the Vine

Flux
By Varun Sharma Tested with Flux Flux.1 dev

Tomatoes Ripening on the Vine is a Flux.1 dev prompt that shows fruit at mixed ripeness. It backlights the red tomatoes so they glow against the foliage.

Last tested: July 2026 with Flux Flux.1 dev

Part of the Flux prompt library · see more photorealistic prompts .

A cluster of tomatoes ripening on the vine, red and green fruit glowing in backlight.
Tomatoes Ripening on the Vine — Flux Flux.1 dev, Aspect ratio 3:2

Prompt 

A cluster of tomatoes ripening on the vine, some deep red, some still green with a blush of orange, on a healthy plant with slightly fuzzy stems and serrated leaves, in a sunny greenhouse, warm backlight making the red fruit glow, a few leaves in soft focus in the foreground

Settings

Model
Flux Flux.1 dev
Aspect ratio
3:2
Steps
28
CFG scale
3.5

How to use this prompt

Mixed ripeness is what makes the image feel real, so the prompt asks for some deep red and some still green with a blush of orange — a uniform red cluster looks artificial. Backlight is the key move: it makes the red fruit translucent and glowing, which flat front light cannot do. The slightly fuzzy stems and serrated leaves are the diagnostic details of a real tomato plant, so name them or the model draws generic leaves. Keep a few foreground leaves in soft focus to give the cluster depth. Avoid a count of tomatoes; a cluster is enough.

Variations to try

  • A hand cupping a ripe tomato still on the vine
  • A trug of harvested tomatoes beside the plant
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For developers — copy this prompt as JSON 
{
  "title": "Tomatoes Ripening on the Vine",
  "prompt": "A cluster of tomatoes ripening on the vine, some deep red, some still green with a blush of orange, on a healthy plant with slightly fuzzy stems and serrated leaves, in a sunny greenhouse, warm backlight making the red fruit glow, a few leaves in soft focus in the foreground",
  "model": "Flux",
  "model_version": "Flux.1 dev",
  "settings": {
    "aspect_ratio": "3:2",
    "steps": 28,
    "cfg": 3.5
  },
  "style_tags": [
    "photorealistic",
    "botanical"
  ],
  "use_case_tags": [
    "pinterest-pins",
    "product-photography"
  ],
  "source_url": "https://promptkoi.com/prompts/flux/tomato-vine-ripening/"
}

The whole library is available as an open JSON dataset · developer docs.