Wild tomato 'Gold Currant'

Solanum pimpinellifolium

How to grow Wild tomato 'Gold Currant'

  • Full Sun

  • High

Try to plant in a location that enjoys full sun and remember to water often. Keep in mind when planting that Gold Currant is thought of as tender, so it is really important to ensure that the outside temperature is well above freezing before planting or moving outdoors. Ensure your soil has a ph of between 5.0 and 6.0 as Gold Currant is a moderately acidic soil - weakly acidic soil loving plant.

Growing Gold Currant from seed

Look to ensure a distance 2.60 feet (80.0 cm) between seeds when sowing - bury at a depth of at least 0.78 inches (2.0 cm) deep. Soil temperature should be kept higher than 24°C / 75°F to ensure good germination.

By our calculations, you should look at sowing Gold Currant about 42 days before your last frost date.

Transplanting Gold Currant

Ensure that temperatures are mild and all chance of frost has passed before planting out, as Gold Currant is a tender plant.

Harvesting Gold Currant

Wild tomato Gold Currant Etymology

Heirloom. A native american (wild) tribal drought-tolerant yellow currant-sized tomato, originally from Mexico.

Misspellings of Wild tomato 'Gold Currant'

tomato gold currant, gold currant tomato, tomato yellow currant, yellow currant tomato

Other Names for Wild tomato 'Gold Currant'

Coyote, Yellow Currant, Gold Rush