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Originally Posted by NewWestGardener
How big is everybody's Sungold F1 fruit? I got one plant with all large fruit last year, as wide as 2" across as I remember, similiar to Mountain Magic, wonderful flavour. So I saved seeds and planted a couple of F2s this year, got the same large fruit that taste as good as any regular Sungold F1s. I will keep growing this next year again. The original seeds are from a trade labelled as F1, all grew true. I grew Sungolds from Johnny's for a few years before, so I am familiar with the variety, just never got the bigger fruit.
Here's a picture of the large ones vs. regular sized ones . The reference coin is a Canadian Toonie(1.1"). Or the large one is regular and I've been growing the off type smaller ones all these years and didn't know it?!  |
Does anyone know if NewWestGardener continued developing this 2" Sungold? There's a photo with their original post about it. I couldn't find any updates. I love making sauce out of roasted Sungolds, but it's a lot of processing effort with the high percentage of skins and seeds, so a saladette or larger version would be amazing.