Dixie Golden Giant

Errol · November 12, 2013

I have some Dixie Golden Giant tomato seed which I have never grown before. Has anyone had good growing experience with this tomato? also is it indeterminate or determinate? what would be the desired spacing between plants? thanks for any information on this tomato,
Errol

ginger2778 · November 12, 2013

http://tatianastomatobase.com/wiki/Dixie_Golden_Giant

This should tell you what you need.

Marsha

Fred Hempel · November 12, 2013

The fruits on Tatiana's page look very different (from golden to yellow, and from round to beefsteak). Is it really that variable?

Tania · November 12, 2013

Fred,

All mine were pretty consistent - yellow beefsteaks, flattened, and slightly ribbed.

I would not pay too much attention to the color differences on the photos, as it depends on light conditions, cameras, etc when pictures were taken by different people.

I hope Steve McClaren chimes in to comment on his growout.

Tatiana

**carolyn137** · November 12, 2013

Yes, I've grown it and it would have been pictured in my tomato book had not my saved seeds been crossed, so it is mentioned on page 43, the field guide.

Here's my SSE description from the 1995 SSE Yearbook.

80 days, NSL 67886, large indet, regular foliage plant with good set of one lb plus beefsteak fruits, ripens gold, excl taste.

Back then when it was still possible to request seeds from the USDA Craig LeHoullier and I did so, and shared seeds and both of us often listed the same varieties in the SSE Yearbooks. Craig in his listing for it also called the ripe fruits gold.

I didn't check to see when this variety entered the USDA collection, as donated seeds, but most USDA heirloom accessions are the closest one can get to the absolute original. But there were few real hieloom varieties in the USDA Collection, over maybe 95% were breeding lines, and Craig and I felt that we got the last of them out of there, b'c there were those before us who had done the same thing, although selecting other varieties and also SSE listing them.

Carolyn

Patihum · November 12, 2013

I've grown it for the last two years both times using seed from the same pack. While I got beefsteak shape only the first year this year there were some that were definitely globe shaped and darker in color later in the season. I suspect it could be environmental factors in play.

November 12, 2013	#1
Errol Tomatovillian™ Join Date: Aug 2011 Location: beech grove, tn Posts: 45	Dixie Golden Giant I have some Dixie Golden Giant tomato seed which I have never grown before. Has anyone had good growing experience with this tomato? also is it indeterminate or determinate? what would be the desired spacing between plants? thanks for any information on this tomato, Errol

November 12, 2013	#4
Tania Tomatovillian™ Join Date: Jan 2006 Location: Anmore, BC, Canada Posts: 3,970	Fred, All mine were pretty consistent - yellow beefsteaks, flattened, and slightly ribbed. I would not pay too much attention to the color differences on the photos, as it depends on light conditions, cameras, etc when pictures were taken by different people. I hope Steve McClaren chimes in to comment on his growout. Tatiana __________________ Tatiana's TOMATObase

November 12, 2013	#5
carolyn137 Moderator Emeritus Join Date: Jan 2006 Location: Upstate NY, zone 4b/5a Posts: 21,169	Yes, I've grown it and it would have been pictured in my tomato book had not my saved seeds been crossed, so it is mentioned on page 43, the field guide. Here's my SSE description from the 1995 SSE Yearbook. 80 days, NSL 67886, large indet, regular foliage plant with good set of one lb plus beefsteak fruits, ripens gold, excl taste. Back then when it was still possible to request seeds from the USDA Craig LeHoullier and I did so, and shared seeds and both of us often listed the same varieties in the SSE Yearbooks. Craig in his listing for it also called the ripe fruits gold. I didn't check to see when this variety entered the USDA collection, as donated seeds, but most USDA heirloom accessions are the closest one can get to the absolute original. But there were few real hieloom varieties in the USDA Collection, over maybe 95% were breeding lines, and Craig and I felt that we got the last of them out of there, b'c there were those before us who had done the same thing, although selecting other varieties and also SSE listing them. Carolyn __________________ Carolyn

November 12, 2013	#2
ginger2778 Tomatovillian™ Join Date: Aug 2011 Location: Plantation, Florida zone 10 Posts: 9,283	http://tatianastomatobase.com/wiki/Dixie_Golden_Giant This should tell you what you need. Marsha

November 12, 2013	#3
Fred Hempel Tomatovillian™ Join Date: Dec 2010 Location: Sunol, CA Posts: 2,723	The fruits on Tatiana's page look very different (from golden to yellow, and from round to beefsteak). Is it really that variable?

November 12, 2013	#6
Patihum Tomatovillian™ Join Date: Feb 2013 Location: Southeast Kansas Posts: 878	I've grown it for the last two years both times using seed from the same pack. While I got beefsteak shape only the first year this year there were some that were definitely globe shaped and darker in color later in the season. I suspect it could be environmental factors in play.