Tomato (Solanum lycopersicum 'Sungold') in the Tomatoes Database

Data specific to Tomatoes (Edit)
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

General Plant Information (Edit)
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.

Common names

Tomato

Botanical names

Accepted: Solanum lycopersicum
Synonym: Lycopersicon lycopersicum

Also sold as:

Sun Gold

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Location: Long Island, NY
Date: 2017-08-08

By Newyorkrita

By Anderwood

Location: Northeastern, Texas
Date: 2019-05-27

By wildflowers

Location: Naperville, IL
Date: July 2013

By wickedelph

Location: Long Island, NY
Date: 2013-09-05

By Newyorkrita

Location: raised bed ~ zone 8a
Date: 2013-06-13
These are the <i> sweetest </i> orange cherry tomato I have ever

By pod

Location: Mason, New Hampshire
Date: 2012
Ripening trusses of Sungold tomatoes

By robertduval14

Location: Long Island, NY
Date: September 2018

By Newyorkrita

Location: Long Island, NY
Date: 2017-09-07

By Newyorkrita

Location: Very high on the garden gate.
Date: 2014-09-27
Even the deer don't bother with them! Score one for the humans.

By pirl

By wickedelph

Location: My garden in Kalama, Wa. Zone 8
Date: 2014-08-13

By Joy

Location: Long Island, NY
Date: June 2018

By Newyorkrita

By pirl

By bubs

Location: all photos from my garden
Date: 2015-06-01

By poisondartfrog

Location: Compost bin
Date: 2014-08-12
Growing very well having been directly planted in the compost. No

By pirl

By bubs

By beclu727

By Maridell

Location: In my home.
Date: 2020-04-20
First transplant from cell packs started 4-4-2020

By evelyninthegarden

Location: Vaughan, ON, Canada
Date: 2012-07-21

By Anne

Location: raised beds, zone 8a
Date: 2013-04-16
First blooms on a new 'favorite' Sun Gold Cherry

By pod

Location: Long Island, NY
Date: 2013-09-23

By Newyorkrita

Location: raised bed ~ zone 8a
Date: 2013-06-30
The Sun Gold cherry tomato vines grew to over 6 feet tall.

By pod

Location: Long Island, NY
Date: 2017-08-18

By Newyorkrita

Location: Maryland
Date: 2015-06-26
Bloom just opening

By Catmint20906

Location: The Park
Date: 2014-10-03
All from fallen tomatoes.

By pirl

By Newyorkrita

Location: The Park
Date: 2014-10-05
Crawling all over the three old compost bins. Very prolific!

By pirl

Location: Kadlec Volunteer Gardens
Date: 2011-08-11

By psa

Location: Long Island, NY
Date: 7-24-2021

By Newyorkrita

By pirl

By pirl

Date: 2020-06-30
Sungold Tomato, staking method, weed control

By katesflowers

By bubs

Location: Mason, New Hampshire (zone 5b)
Date: 2012
flowers and buds from our 'Sungold' plant.

By robertduval14

By Anderwood

By Anderwood

Location: My garden in Kalama, Wa. Zone 8
Date: 2014-07-29

By Joy

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Comments:

Posted by RickCorey (Everett WA 98204 - Zone 8a) on May 25, 2012 10:47 PM concerning plant:

Gold / orange / tangerine fruit color.
Very sweet, intense, fruity "tropical" flavor when fully ripe.
More tart just before fully ripe.
Large sprawling vine but will grow in a large container.
Somewhat cool-tolerant. Quite early, but keeps bearing all summer.

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Posted by Anderwood (North Branch, MN - Zone 4b) on Aug 1, 2015 2:43 PM concerning plant:

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.

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Posted by Bonehead (Planet Earth - Zone 8b) on Sep 12, 2014 4:04 PM concerning plant:

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.

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Posted by missmaven on Apr 7, 2018 12:14 AM concerning plant:

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.

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Posted by Newyorkrita (North Shore, Long Island, NY ) on Sep 5, 2013 1:51 PM concerning plant:

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.

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Posted by robertduval14 (Milford, New Hampshire - Zone 5b) on Mar 4, 2013 9:48 AM concerning plant:

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.

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Posted by Larkie (Camilla, GA.. - Zone 8a) on Aug 9, 2017 12:22 AM concerning plant:

This is one of my favorite cherry tomatoes..Mine did well this year.

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Posted by brerabbit on Aug 19, 2018 8:31 AM concerning plant:

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?

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