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sunray tomato Sunray Tomato

solanum lycopersicum
Also known as yellow tomato (EN)

A variety of tomato

How to sow sunray tomato: Direct seed indoors, transplant seedlings outside after hardening off

Sun requirement for sunray tomato: Plant in Full Sun

Sunrays or Sungolds are a cherry tomato variety that produce small, round golden to orange tomatoes. They have deeply sweet, delicious, fruity flavor. Harvest when they are at their deepest hue for the most intense flavor. Cherry tomatoes do not need to be pruned. Trellis and staking is optional.

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Sunray tomato facts

Lifespan

Annual living and reproducing in a single year or less
21 weeks median lifespan

First harvest expected

17 weeks after planting

Last harvest expected

19 weeks after planting

Height × spread

300cm × 45cm

Row Spacing

90cm

Grown for

fruit harvested 6 times

Growing sunray tomatoes

  1. Sow seeds indoors 6 weeks before planting out
  2. Harden off the seedlings 1 week before planting out
  3. Stake or cage the plants 1 week after planting out
  4. Water deeply 2 weeks after planting out every week
  5. Pinch out side shoots 3 weeks after planting out every 2 weeks
  6. Feed with tomato fertiliser 6 weeks after planting out every 2 weeks
  7. Check for first ripe fruit 1 week before first harvest
  8. Pull out finished plants 4 weeks after first harvest

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