SunGold 2015

MikeInCypress · May 15, 2015

A commonly held belief is that SunGold cracks when you look at it. In the oast mine cracked more than other cherries but nothing outrageous. This year I bought my plants rather than grow these from seed and even through all the rain we have had I have not had a single cracked SunGold. And mine are all in SWC's (One in an Alaskan Bucket & one in an Earthbox. The skins seem thicker as well but the taste is outstanding as always. May be the developer tweaked the cross to bring more crack resistance to the mix?

MikeInCypress

feldon30 · May 15, 2015

It's a Japanese variety so it would be up to them to fiddle. I think if they'd made a significant improvement they'd have released it under a new name and marketed it heavily, as cracking is a known issue with Sungold. Glad to hear you're having better results though, regardless the cause!

MikeInCypress · May 15, 2015

I have had one cracked fruit out of over 100 so far. Keeping my fingers crossed.

MikeInCypress

Worth1 · May 15, 2015

Mike your thread just made me reach over and eat another Sungold.

It makes all of the hard work worth every bit of it.

Worth

feldon30 · May 15, 2015

*jealous* I'll be lucky to have tomatoes by July 4th!

I JUST planted my tomatoes last week. I'm a few weeks later than I'd hoped but everything was so wet this spring.

ContainerTed · May 15, 2015

I had some commercial seed that I got from Sample Seed back in 2010. It had pretty good germination percentages and I managed to get 5 plants from 7 seeds. Remy has always had good seeds.

Anyhow, I'll let you know how they taste.

May 15, 2015	#1
MikeInCypress Tomatovillian™ Join Date: Jan 2006 Location: Cypress, TX Posts: 963	SunGold 2015 A commonly held belief is that SunGold cracks when you look at it. In the oast mine cracked more than other cherries but nothing outrageous. This year I bought my plants rather than grow these from seed and even through all the rain we have had I have not had a single cracked SunGold. And mine are all in SWC's (One in an Alaskan Bucket & one in an Earthbox. The skins seem thicker as well but the taste is outstanding as always. May be the developer tweaked the cross to bring more crack resistance to the mix? MikeInCypress __________________ "Growing older, not up"

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feldon30 Tomatovillian™ Join Date: May 2006 Location: Rock Hill, SC Posts: 5,346	It's a Japanese variety so it would be up to them to fiddle. I think if they'd made a significant improvement they'd have released it under a new name and marketed it heavily, as cracking is a known issue with Sungold. Glad to hear you're having better results though, regardless the cause! __________________ [SIZE="3"]I've relaunched my gardening website -- [B]TheUnconventionalTomato.com[/B][/SIZE] * [I][SIZE="1"]*I'm not allowed to post weblinks so you'll have to copy-paste it manually.[/SIZE][/I]

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MikeInCypress Tomatovillian™ Join Date: Jan 2006 Location: Cypress, TX Posts: 963	I have had one cracked fruit out of over 100 so far. Keeping my fingers crossed. MikeInCypress __________________ "Growing older, not up"

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feldon30 Tomatovillian™ Join Date: May 2006 Location: Rock Hill, SC Posts: 5,346	jealous I'll be lucky to have tomatoes by July 4th! I JUST planted my tomatoes last week. I'm a few weeks later than I'd hoped but everything was so wet this spring. __________________ [SIZE="3"]I've relaunched my gardening website -- [B]TheUnconventionalTomato.com[/B][/SIZE] * [I][SIZE="1"]*I'm not allowed to post weblinks so you'll have to copy-paste it manually.[/SIZE][/I]

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ContainerTed Tomatovillian™ Join Date: Jul 2008 Location: 6a - NE Tennessee Posts: 4,538	I had some commercial seed that I got from Sample Seed back in 2010. It had pretty good germination percentages and I managed to get 5 plants from 7 seeds. Remy has always had good seeds. Anyhow, I'll let you know how they taste. __________________ Ted ________________________ Owner & Sole Operator Of The Muddy Bucket Farm and Tomato Ranch

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Worth1 Tomatovillian™ Join Date: Feb 2006 Location: Den of Drunken Fools Posts: 38,539	Mike your thread just made me reach over and eat another Sungold. It makes all of the hard work worth every bit of it. Worth