The first tomato blushing on the first Sun Gold plant on July 29th
Two days later the tomato is golden-orange, and two more have also started turning yellow.
The first tomato blushing on the second Sun Gold plant on July 30th.
The tomato is golden-orange just three days later, when two others have blushed.
I couldn't wait and picked the first orange tomato off the first Sun Gold on August 1st. I let it sit on the counter for a day to ripen before I had to eat it. It had a smooth texture, but the flavor wasn't very sweet or strong. I don't think it was really ripe yet. I'm leaving the others to ripen on the vine before we eat them.
This first Sun Gold was transplanted on May 21st, so its days to maturity (DTM) was 72 days, much longer than the 55-60 days indicated on most seed packets and websites, probably because of our cool weather. I noticed the first fruit set on this plant on July 2nd, when they were about 2 mm in diameter, so it takes about 30 days from fruit set to almost ripe fruit given our weather conditions.
This first Sun Gold was transplanted on May 21st, so its days to maturity (DTM) was 72 days, much longer than the 55-60 days indicated on most seed packets and websites, probably because of our cool weather. I noticed the first fruit set on this plant on July 2nd, when they were about 2 mm in diameter, so it takes about 30 days from fruit set to almost ripe fruit given our weather conditions.
The lower three trusses full of fruit on the first Sun Gold plant
By August 2nd this first Sun Gold plant has 83 tomatoes on it, and 48 of them are 3/4" to an inch or more in diameter. All four Sun Gold plants have 177 tomatoes total. They would have had more if I hadn't accidentally pruned off the growing tips on two plants. In the future I'll leave 3-4 main stems to grow, so we'll get more fruit like on this plant.
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