Golden Sunrise tomato
Golden Sunrise tomato is a bright golden yellow cherry tomato on the larger size that produces very high yields. A fruity sweet flavour that adds real colour to summer and autumn salads. An indeterminate tomato that needs staking. Plant out after risk of frost (start seed approx 8 weeks prior to planting on heat – minimum of 21 degree celsius).
Sow – Start on a heat mat or indoors in late August, plant out after risk of frost and soils warmed (November Cool Climate). Can start earlier if planting in a hot house. 8 weeks from sowing to planting approx.
Spacing – 60cm to 80cm. closer if you pinch to 2 stems.
- The wild ancestor of the tomato is native to western South America. These wild versions were the size of peas. Aztecs and other peoples in Mesoamerica were the first to have domesticated the fruit and used in their cooking.
- The Spanish first introduced tomatoes to Europe, where they became used in Spanish food.
- In France, Italy and northern Europe, the tomato was initially grown as an ornamental plant. It was regarded with suspicion as a food because botanists recognized it as a nightshade, a relative of the poisonous belladonna.
- This was exacerbated by the interaction of the tomato’s acidic juice with pewter plates.
- The leaves and immature fruit contains tomatine, which in large quantities would be toxic. However, the ripe fruit contains no tomatine.
