The Golden Stream tomato is an ultra-early ripening, low-growing and productive variety that grows well both in a greenhouse and in open ground. The variety was named because of the bright orange fruits that fall in clusters from the top of the bush to the ground, like a “golden stream.”
Description of the variety
The bush is spreading, determinate, grows up to 70 cm. Each cluster can support up to 8 epileptic fruits weighing 80 grams. The golden-orange fruits contain increased amounts of vitamin A and 5% sugar. Golden Stream is an early ripening tomato variety. With good care, the first harvest can be harvested after 95 days.
Description of the Golden Stream tomato, its advantages:
- ultra-early;
- the bush does not need shaping and pinching;
- Golden Stream is immune to disease and sudden temperature changes;
- the variety is easy to grow;
- transports well without losing its presentation;
- has unchanged taste;
- It is used fresh and does not lose its taste when preserved.
The first flower cluster appears above the 6th leaf.
Features of cultivation
It is recommended to grow tomatoes using the seedling method. To do this, you need to grow seedlings 2 months before planting in the beds.
The prepared seeds are buried a centimeter into the nutrient soil, covered with plastic film, creating a microgreenhouse, and put in a warm place until the first shoots appear.
Seed preparation
Seed material must go through 4 stages of preparation before planting in the ground:
- warming up;
- disinfection;
- processing in a root former;
- hardening.
Productivity depends on proper care of the seed.
With the appearance of three true leaves, the seedlings dive and harden by gradually lowering the air temperature. The grown seedlings are planted in nutrient soil on prepared beds according to the 50x40 pattern.
Care
Caring for tomatoes consists of watering, loosening the soil, preventing diseases, feeding and removing weeds.
Watering and loosening
The tomato bush is watered no earlier than 14 days after planting in a permanent place. Subsequent watering is carried out with warm, settled water in the morning or evening, as the soil dries out. Tomatoes will get sick less often and develop better if you add 2 pinches of wood ash to a bucket of water. Loosening is carried out after each watering.
Top dressing
The variety needs feeding at least three times per season, but to obtain a rich harvest, the bush is fertilized once every 10 days. Fertilizers are used complex, with a minimum nitrogen content.
Diseases and pests
The variety practically does not get sick, but there is one enemy - the Colorado potato beetle. If it is detected, the tomato bush can be saved by treating it with insecticides strictly according to the instructions.
Prevention from diseases consists of:
- in seed treatment before sowing;
- in timely watering with warm water;
- in maintaining temperature and humidity conditions.
Reviews
Ekaterina, Moscow region:
“I learned about the Golden Stream from my neighbor in the country. I sowed it and got two in one: delicious tomatoes and a decorative look for the plot. I recommend this unpretentious and high-yielding variety to everyone.”
Elena, Leningrad region:
“I read reviews about Golden Stream tomatoes and decided to grow them in open beds through seedlings. I didn’t expect a rich harvest in our climate, but the tomato turned out to be resistant to the changeable St. Petersburg weather and gave us a generous harvest by the end of summer. Next year I will definitely plant this miracle.”
The description and characteristics of the variety speak for themselves. With proper care, the yield is 4 kg per square meter.
