The yellow tomato variety 'Golden Currant' convinces with a fast and lush growth. Here you can find out what you have to consider when planting and caring for the Golden Currant tomato.
In the summer, hundreds of 'Golden Currant' fruits hang on the vigorous plants. In this profile you can find out how best to plant and care for the yellow wild tomato.
Golden Currant: Wanted Poster
| Synonyms | 'Golden Currant' |
| Fruit | cocktail tomato; yellow |
| Flavour | fruity, mild, sweet and sour |
| Maturity | early |
| Growth | Wild tomato, up to 1 m |
| Location | Outdoor, pot |
Origin and history of the wild tomato
From a botanical point of view, the 'Golden Currant' does not belong to our cultivated tomato (Solanum lycopersicum), but to the closely related species Solanum pimpinellifolium. Therefore, the 'Golden Currant' is also referred to as a wild tomato. However, the yellow color variant probably represents a selection, because the original tomato of this type only produces red fruits. Perhaps this already happened in the homeland of theSolanum pimpinellifolium, in Peru - more precise dates are unfortunately not known.
Golden Currant: Flavor & Properties
The 'Golden Currant' is extremely vigorous and tends to spread. So it is barely a meter high, but at least as wide and has a rather creeping growth. The leaves are deep green, delicate and comparatively small. It forms a large number of side shoots, on which the small fruits hang in panicles. The 'Golden Currant' is an early variety, it can be harvested continuously from mid-July to the end of October. It is counted among the currant tomatoes. The small, golden-yellow fruits taste fruity, while being mildly sweet and sour. They have a lot of seeds inside and weigh about one gram. As a yellow tomato variety, the 'Golden Currant' also works in the garden or on the balconyextremely ornamental. It is open pod, so this is a variety you can collect your own tomato seeds from and sow them next year.
Planting and caring for golden currant tomatoes correctly
The 'Golden Currant' is extremely resistant to diseases, even to the dreaded late blight (Phytophthora infestans). It is therefore particularly suitable for cultivation as an outdoor tomato. But even in a large pot or as a tomato in a raised bed, it brings in a rich harvest and is undemanding and easy to care for. From mid-May, after the ice saints, the 'Golden Currant' can be placed outdoors. When planting for the terrace or balcony, the largest possible pot should be selected. Fill the planter with a potting soil adapted to the needs of tomatoes, for example our Plantura tomato and vegetable soil. It contains nutrients that stimulate and promote growth and flowering. All our soils are climate-neutral and, thanks to their high compost content, do not require any peat at all. Now plant your young plants of the 'Golden Currant' in the soil, press down lightly and water extensively.
The wild tomato 'Golden Currant' does not necessarily need a support. In the field it grows creeping and spreads like this. By the way, you don't skimp on wild tomatoes, because they in turn bear hundreds of juicy small fruits on their many side shoots. It's best to just let them grow. Mulching plant matter under the wild tomatoes encourages soil life and reduces evaporation. In summer you save liters of water and at the same time improve the soil structure. The undemanding 'Golden Currant' is also happy about a fertilizer application from June. With an organic liquid fertilizer, such as our Plantura tomato and vegetable fertilizer, fertilizing tomatoes is very easy. About once a week, the nutrients are flushed directly into the soil to the roots with the irrigation water. We recommend this type of fertilization especially for balcony tomatoes, because solid granular fertilizers are difficult to work into the pot.
Harvesting and using ‘Golden Currant’ tomatoes
The many tiny fruits of the 'Golden Currant' are ideal sweet tomatoes. However, the high-yielding variety usually provides so many of its fruity tomatoes that they are not all eaten fresh. Halved and dried, the 'Golden Currant' is a true delicacy, but also as ayellow tomato soup or yellow ketchup brings variety to the table.
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