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| Solanum lycopersicum | Accepted |
| Lycopersicon lycopersicum | Synonym |
| Sun Gold |
| Heredity: | Hybrid |
| Skin Color: | Orange Gold Other: orange-tangerine |
| Fruit Shape: | Round |
| Fruit Size: | Cherry |
| Leaf Type: | Regular-Leaf |
| Best Uses: | Salad Snacking |
| Growth Mode: | Indeterminate |
| Earliness: | Extra-early Mid-season |
| Days to Maturity: | 57 |
| Disease Resistance: | Fusarium Wilt Verticillium Wilt Nematode Tomato Mosaic Virus |
| Miscellaneous: | Suitable for patio |
| Plant Habit: | Vine |
| Life cycle: | Perennial |
| Sun Requirements: | Full Sun |
| Water Preferences: | Mesic |
| Minimum cold hardiness: | Zone 11 +4.4 °C (40 °F) to +7.2 °C (50 °F) |
| Plant Height: | Varies greatly by species and cultivated variety. |
| Plant Spread: | Varies greatly by species and cultivated variety. |
| Leaves: | Other: Varies greatly by species and cultivated variety. |
| Fruit: | Showy Edible to birds |
| Fruiting Time: | Other: Varies greatly by species and cultivated variety. |
| Flower Color: | Yellow |
| Bloom Size: | Under 1" |
| Flower Time: | Other: Varies greatly by species and cultivated variety. |
| Uses: | Vegetable Suitable as Annual |
| Edible Parts: | Fruit |
| Eating Methods: | Raw Cooked |
| Resistances: | Rabbit Resistant |
| Toxicity: | Leaves are poisonous Roots are poisonous |
| Propagation: Seeds: | Self fertile Other info: Direct sowing into the garden not recommended. Sow seeds into sterile seed starting mix, 1/8"-1/4" deep, indoors, 6-8 weeks prior to last expected frost date. Optimal germination occurs in 7-14 days with constant moisture and soil temperatures of 75-90F. |
| Propagation: Other methods: | Cuttings: Stem |
| Pollinators: | Self Various insects |
| Containers: | Suitable in 3 gallon or larger Preferred depth: Some tomato varieties, primarily dwarf and determinate varieties, are suitable for container gardening. Large, vining, indeterminate types can be grown in 5 gallon or larger containers but may require extra attention. |
The Top 25 Tomatoes and Peppers, Selected by NGA MembersThe 2014 top 25 most popular varieties, as determined by the number of individuals who have posted comments and photos to the entries in our database.
| Posted by RickCorey (Everett WA 98204 - Zone 8a) on May 25, 2012 10:47 PM Gold / orange / tangerine fruit color. |
| Posted by robertduval14 (Mason, New Hampshire - Zone 5b) on Mar 4, 2013 9:48 AM Produces huge numbers of tomatoes per plant. Helps a lot to have these staked or caged, as they sprawl quite a bit. Taste is unlike any other tomato, with a strong 'tropical' flavor. [ Reply to this comment | |
| Posted by Newyorkrita (North Shore, Long Island, NY ) on Sep 5, 2013 1:51 PM Sungold makes small cherry tomatoes in various sizes. Sometimes the fruit gets truly small due to the stress of the end of summer. Regardless of size, Sungold tastes really good. It is very prone to cracking, especially if you leave the tomatoes to fully ripen on the vine. [ Reply to this comment | |
| Posted by Anderwood (North Branch, MN - Zone 4b) on Aug 1, 2015 2:43 PM Mmmmmm! These are to die for. I need to grow at least three plants of these for them to make it into the house. During peak harvest, it is inevitable to get a canker sore from eating so many of these delectable fruits. [ Reply to this comment | |
| Posted by Bonehead (Planet Earth - Zone 8b) on Sep 12, 2014 4:04 PM This is a very robust and sprawling plant (too much so for me), with good yield. I found the fruit to be more acidic and less sweet than Sun Sugar (a similar orange cherry hybrid), and also prone to cracking. [ Reply to this comment | |
| Posted by missmaven on Apr 7, 2018 12:14 AM Sungold cracks very easily, helping it reseed like a weed year after year. This is the only tomato that pops up in late spring and matures quickly enough that I actually get to harvest fruit in August. All others I start indoors. Long tassels of delicious tomatoes grow on huge disease-free plants. It's impossible to pick them all. Effortless gardening with no problems common to tomatoes in the PNW. I don't cage them, I don't even water them. They seem to grow true from seed, it's been three years and so far they're the same Sungold I first planted. |
| Posted by Larkie (Camilla, GA.. - Zone 8a) on Aug 9, 2017 12:22 AM This is one of my favorite cherry tomatoes..Mine did well this year. [ Reply to this comment | |
| Posted by brerabbit on Aug 19, 2018 8:31 AM I have planted Rutgers tomatoes and the vines are growing vigorously to a height of 5-6 feet but I am getting very little produce. Does anyone have any idea why this is happening? [ 1 reply | |
| Catmint20906 | On June 26, 2015 | Bloomed |
| lovesblooms | On February 16, 2020 | Seeds sown indoors; heat/lights |
| lovesblooms | On February 25, 2018 | Seeds sown indoors |
| lovesblooms | On July 7, 2015 | Bloomed |
| lovesblooms | On April 20, 2015 | Seeds germinated |
| lovesblooms | On January 25, 2015 | Seeds sown winter sown |
| LizDTM | On March 13, 2017 | Potted up Put in 5 gallon bucket Kratke system. |
| LizDTM | On March 11, 2017 | Obtained plant |
| antsinmypants | On March 17, 2021 | Plant emerged |
| antsinmypants | On March 10, 2021 | Seeds sown Indoors under lights |
| Thread Title | Last Reply | Replies |
|---|---|---|
| "sprawl" by Maridell | Aug 1, 2012 11:31 AM | 0 |
| Yum by Bonehead | Aug 9, 2017 10:37 AM | 1 |
| Chicagoland annual garden swap 2018 by oerickson | Aug 28, 2018 7:35 PM | 310 |
| 2018 Northeast Veggie Gardening by Newyorkrita | Dec 23, 2018 6:36 PM | 894 |
| You can now propose merging two plants by dave | Sep 25, 2014 6:48 PM | 14 |
| Tomato Sungold & Sun Gold - same plant? by Bonehead | Sep 15, 2014 5:43 AM | 3 |
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