Tomato 'Gold Nugget'

Bought seeds from MI Gardener based on their comment that it is a "close relative" of sungold. Had poor germination, but planted one. I...Read Moret did grow well and produced earlier than standard sizes. It is very short plant suitable for patio planter. However, perhaps 20% of tomatoes have a rotten spot close to the stem end so throw out. Another 30+% have a translucent spot, like a blister but not raised, covering 10-20% of the surface - so throw those out too. Have nothing similar to those issues on my other 10 varieties so assume it is genetic. Those I've eaten are quite bland so there is no reason to try again; seeds are in the trash.

I've grown this sprawling plant every year for the last 11 years. I love the sweetness and strong tomato flavour of the 1" cherries. ...Read Morer /> I usually plant this variety into a hanging basket where it produces fruit all summer. This year, the trusses look a bit different, so the plant may have cross pollinated with another variety last season. If so, I'll just have to go back and use seed saved from two years ago, unless the cross is better than the original.

Compact grower, VERY prolific early producer. The plant is covered with large marble-sized tomatoes. Unfortunately, the tomato is very bl...Read Moreand with little flavor or sweetness. It's not quite a 'spitter', but unless the flavor improves over the season I won't be growing again.

I grew one vine of this in 2012, and I grew it in a hanging planter in a 16" pot (about 6 gallons of potting mix/kitty litter in the pot)...Read More. It produced lots of tomatoes, and it was the first one producing tomatoes, some were ripening around Mothers Day. It grew up the net in my planter. We went away for a week or two in the summer, for vacation, and when we returned, it was growing out the top and up onto the roof. I ended up trimming/pruning that back just a bit, and got some fall tomatoes from some of the trimmings that I rooted in another planter. This is on my regular grow list now, and I'll have 1 or maybe 2 vines in my hanging planters in 2013. This variety would also probably do well in a 5 gallon bucket on a porch or patio.