Tomato (Solanum lycopersicum) 'Golden Currant': Highly Productive Yellow Wild Tomato with Hundreds of Fruits

The Tomato (Solanum lycopersicum) 'Golden Currant' is a unique and extremely robust wild tomato known for its enormous productivity and exceptional disease resistance. This selection of a wild tomato variety produces hundreds of small, yellow fruits per plant and is therefore also known as a curly, berry, or currant tomato. Golden Currant is ideal for gardeners looking for a carefree tomato with a long and bountiful harvest.

Small fruits, big yield

Golden Currant produces numerous small, round tomatoes in generously filled clusters. The yellow, berry-like fruits have a fresh, slightly sweet tomato flavor and are perfect as a snack. A major advantage of this variety is that the tomatoes don't fall off the plant when ripe, making it easy to harvest them at your own pace.

Thanks to its wild origins, Golden Currant is extremely vigorous and productive. A single plant can produce literally hundreds of fruits throughout the season, without requiring intensive care.

Key Features:

• Yellow wild tomato / currant tomato

• Very small, berry-like fruits

• Hundreds of tomatoes per plant

• Ripen in bunches and do not fall off

• Highly resistant to diseases

• No support needed

• Suitable for open ground and pots

Strong growth and minimal care

Golden Currant is distinguished by its resistance to tomato diseases, particularly brown spot disease and late blight (phytophthora). This makes the variety particularly suitable for outdoor cultivation, even in years with changeable and wet weather.

The plant has a free-growing, slightly creeping or shrubby habit and doesn't require tying or pruning. You can simply let it grow, making Golden Currant ideal for beginner gardeners, permaculture gardens, and organic vegetable gardens.

Cultivation advice:

• Sowing: March – April

• Planting out: From mid-May

• Location: Sunny to partial shade

• Soil: Well-drained, moderately nutritious

• Maintenance: Minimal, no thieves required

• Support: Not required

Golden Currant grows surprisingly well in a sufficiently large pot, making this tomato also suitable for balconies, terraces and patios.

Harvest and use

The Golden Currant harvest begins relatively early and often continues into autumn. The tomatoes remain firmly attached to the vine and can be picked as needed.

Culinary applications:

• Ideal as a snack tomato

• Delicious in salads

• Suitable for children's gardens

• Perfect for decorating dishes

• Nice to eat fresh from the plant

Thanks to their small size and fresh taste, the fruits are loved by young and old.

Why choose Tomato 'Golden Currant'?

✔ Highly productive wild tomato
✔ Hundreds of yellow fruits per plant
✔ Extremely disease resistant
✔ No support or pruning required
✔ Ideal for outdoor cultivation
✔ Suitable for pots and containers
✔ Perfect for beginners and natural gardens