Description
1 packet contains - 50 seeds. Small golden colored tomato (a near relative to the common tomato) with an excellent sweet flavor.
The plants typically grows as an Annual/Perennial. The plants are very vigorous. Golden Currant produces numerous small, sweet, yellow fruits. Currant type tomatoes are quite sprawling and require either a lot of space or a very sturdy trellising system.
They typically require around 75 days to reach maturity, and make a good choice for containers and hanging baskets.Seeds Specifications
| Seeds per Packet | 40 |
| Common Name | Golden Currant |
| Height | Up to 10 inches |
| Flower Colour | Yellow |
| Bloom Time | April to June |
| Difficulty Level | Moderately difficult |
Planting and care
- Water generously for the first few days
- Water well throughout growing season, about 2 inches per week during the summer
- Keep watering consistent
- Mulch five weeks after transplanting to retain moisture
- To help tomatoes through periods of drought, find some flat rocks and place one next to each plant
- The rocks pull up water from under the ground and keep it from evaporating into the atmosphere
- Fertilize two weeks prior to first picking and again two weeks after first picking
- If using stakes, prune plants by pinching off suckers so that only a couple stems are growing per stake
- Practice crop rotation from year to year to prevent diseases that may have over wintered
Tomato Golden Currant care
- Sow indoors from the late February to April
- Sow 1 to 2 cm deep
- Plant outside in May, 1 plant per meter square
- Plants like few supporting sticks around them
- Keep 60 to 80 cm distance between transplanted plantlets
| Sunlight | Full sun |
| Watering | Moderate |
| Soil | Well-drained, fertile soil, high in organic matter |
| Temperature | 18 to 26 degrees C |
| Fertilizer | Use any organic fertilizer (rich in phosphorus and potassium). |
| Harvest Season | Harvest is possible until the first frosts. |
Tomato Golden Currant special feature
Fruits
Tomato Golden Currant uses
Medicinal Use:
- It contains high amount of anti-oxidants
Culinary Use:
- It is a part of food system