Crop type: Tomatoes
Solanum lycopersicum ‘Gold Nugget’ AGM
Common name: Cherry tomato ‘Gold Nugget’
Crop slug: tomatoes
This Allotment Pro editorial draft summarises the cited RHS cultivar profile.RHS cultivar profile
1 - Overview
‘Gold Nugget’ is a compact bush cherry tomato with slightly oval yellow fruits. Their thin skin and outstanding flavour distinguish the crop, while the small self-supporting plant suits containers and confined spaces. It holds the RHS Award of Garden Merit.
2 - Size
- Ultimate height
- 0.1–0.5 metres
- Ultimate spread
- 0.1–0.5 metres
- Time to ultimate size
- 1 year
Its short bushy habit is markedly smaller than a cordon tomato.
3 - Growing conditions
- Suitable soils
- Clay, loam or sand
- Moisture
- Moist but well drained, or well drained
- Soil pH
- Acid or neutral
Fertile, evenly moist soil or compost supports its container crop.
4 - Position and hardiness
- Light
- Full sun
- Aspect
- South- or west-facing
- Exposure
- Sheltered
- Hardiness
- H1c — suitable outdoors in summer above approximately 5–10°C, but not frost hardy
Plant outside or in containers only after frost danger has passed.
5 - Colour and seasonal interest
| Season | Flowers | Foliage | Fruit |
|---|---|---|---|
| Spring | Yellow | Green | — |
| Summer | Yellow | Green | Yellow, slightly oval cherries |
Thin-skinned yellow oval fruit on a low bush makes the cultivar easy to recognise.
6 - Botanical details
- Family
- Solanaceae
- Native to Great Britain and Ireland
- No
- Foliage
- Deciduous
- Habit
- Columnar upright and bushy
- Name status
- Accepted
- Award
- RHS Award of Garden Merit
Genus
Solanum includes annuals, perennials, shrubs and climbers with lobed leaves, five-lobed flowers and fleshy fruit.
7 - How to grow
Cultivation
After frost, grow outdoors or in containers in fertile, moist but well-drained soil in full sun. Do not pinch out its bush side-shoots; remove the growing tip only if the plant exceeds the size wanted.
Propagation
Propagate by seed indoors.
Suggested locations
- City and courtyard gardens
- Cottage and informal gardens
- Patios and containers
- Conservatories and greenhouses
- Edible gardens
Pruning
No routine pruning is required.
Pests
Glasshouse red spider mite and tomato hornworms may attack.
Diseases
The profile lists rare honey fungus, tomato blight, leaf mould and other leaf or stem problems.