{"id":1903,"date":"2026-09-05T18:35:35","date_gmt":"2026-09-05T18:35:35","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.tomat-pomidor.com\/en\/?p=1903"},"modified":"2026-09-05T18:35:35","modified_gmt":"2026-09-05T18:35:35","slug":"aunt-gerties-gold","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.tomat-pomidor.com\/en\/aunt-gerties-gold\/","title":{"rendered":"Aunt Gertie\u2019s Gold Tomato Review"},"content":{"rendered":"\n\n<div class=\"kk-star-ratings kksr-auto kksr-align-left kksr-valign-top\"\n    data-payload='{&quot;align&quot;:&quot;left&quot;,&quot;id&quot;:&quot;1903&quot;,&quot;slug&quot;:&quot;default&quot;,&quot;valign&quot;:&quot;top&quot;,&quot;ignore&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;reference&quot;:&quot;auto&quot;,&quot;class&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;count&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;legendonly&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;readonly&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;score&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;starsonly&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;best&quot;:&quot;5&quot;,&quot;gap&quot;:&quot;5&quot;,&quot;greet&quot;:&quot;Rate this&quot;,&quot;legend&quot;:&quot;0\\\/5 - (0 votes)&quot;,&quot;size&quot;:&quot;24&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;Aunt Gertie\u2019s Gold Tomato Review&quot;,&quot;width&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;_legend&quot;:&quot;{score}\\\/{best} - ({count} {votes})&quot;,&quot;font_factor&quot;:&quot;1.25&quot;}'>\n            \n<div class=\"kksr-stars\">\n    \n<div class=\"kksr-stars-inactive\">\n            <div class=\"kksr-star\" data-star=\"1\" style=\"padding-right: 5px\">\n            \n\n<div class=\"kksr-icon\" style=\"width: 24px; height: 24px;\"><\/div>\n        <\/div>\n            <div class=\"kksr-star\" data-star=\"2\" style=\"padding-right: 5px\">\n            \n\n<div class=\"kksr-icon\" style=\"width: 24px; height: 24px;\"><\/div>\n        <\/div>\n            <div class=\"kksr-star\" data-star=\"3\" style=\"padding-right: 5px\">\n            \n\n<div class=\"kksr-icon\" style=\"width: 24px; height: 24px;\"><\/div>\n        <\/div>\n            <div class=\"kksr-star\" data-star=\"4\" style=\"padding-right: 5px\">\n            \n\n<div class=\"kksr-icon\" style=\"width: 24px; height: 24px;\"><\/div>\n        <\/div>\n            <div class=\"kksr-star\" data-star=\"5\" style=\"padding-right: 5px\">\n            \n\n<div class=\"kksr-icon\" style=\"width: 24px; height: 24px;\"><\/div>\n        <\/div>\n    <\/div>\n    \n<div class=\"kksr-stars-active\" style=\"width: 0px;\">\n            <div class=\"kksr-star\" style=\"padding-right: 5px\">\n            \n\n<div class=\"kksr-icon\" style=\"width: 24px; height: 24px;\"><\/div>\n        <\/div>\n            <div class=\"kksr-star\" style=\"padding-right: 5px\">\n            \n\n<div class=\"kksr-icon\" style=\"width: 24px; height: 24px;\"><\/div>\n        <\/div>\n            <div class=\"kksr-star\" style=\"padding-right: 5px\">\n            \n\n<div class=\"kksr-icon\" style=\"width: 24px; height: 24px;\"><\/div>\n        <\/div>\n            <div class=\"kksr-star\" style=\"padding-right: 5px\">\n            \n\n<div class=\"kksr-icon\" style=\"width: 24px; height: 24px;\"><\/div>\n        <\/div>\n            <div class=\"kksr-star\" style=\"padding-right: 5px\">\n            \n\n<div class=\"kksr-icon\" style=\"width: 24px; height: 24px;\"><\/div>\n        <\/div>\n    <\/div>\n<\/div>\n                \n\n<div class=\"kksr-legend\" style=\"font-size: 19.2px;\">\n            <span class=\"kksr-muted\">Rate this<\/span>\n    <\/div>\n    <\/div>\n<h2>Quick Summary of Aunt Gertie&#8217;s Gold<\/h2>\n<ul>\n<li>\ud83c\udf0d <strong>Origin:<\/strong> A very famous American heirloom tomato variety, frequently ranked among the top 10 best-tasting heirlooms in the USA.<\/li>\n<li>\ud83c\udf3f <strong>Plant Habit:<\/strong> Indeterminate (tall), highly vigorous, and fast-growing with massive potato leaf foliage. In a greenhouse, it easily reaches over 2.1 m (7 ft). Growers recommend pruning it to a single stem for best results.<\/li>\n<li>\ud83c\udf45 <strong>Fruit Characteristics:<\/strong> Bright, large, orange-gold beefsteaks. The flesh is highly pigmented, and growers note it literally seems to &#8220;glow&#8221; from the inside. Fruits typically weigh 200-450g (7-16 oz), but can reach up to 850g (30 oz \/ 1.9 lbs).<\/li>\n<li>\ud83d\udc45 <strong>Flavor:<\/strong> The fruits are tender, melting, and juicy, with an intense, highly concentrated fruity aroma. The taste is harmonious and pleasant with a slight tartness\/acidity.<\/li>\n<li>\u23f3 <strong>Maturity &amp; Yield:<\/strong> Mid-to-late season. It sets fruit reliably without skipping trusses (no blossom drop), even in rainy and overcast summer conditions. Harvested ripe fruits have a decent shelf life of about a week.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<div class=\"add-review-cta\" style=\"margin: 20px 0; padding: 15px; background: #f9f9f9; border-left: 4px solid #4CAF50; border-radius: 4px;\"><strong>\ud83c\udf45 Grown this variety?<\/strong> <a href=\"#wpdcom\">Click here to add your own photos and review below!<\/a><\/div>\n<div class=\"forum-post\">\n<div class=\"author-header\">\n<div class=\"forum-avatar\">R<\/div>\n<div class=\"author-meta\">\n<div class=\"author-name\">Rok5 (Valery) <span class=\"author-stats\">\u2b50 Pro Grower (4,482 posts)<\/span><\/div>\n<div class=\"author-geo\">\ud83d\udccd Kolomna, Moscow Region, Russia (USDA Zone 4)<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"post-content\">\n<p>Seeds were from Kulik.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Description (from the seller):<\/strong><br \/>\nA famous tomato variety that often ranked among the top 10 American family heirlooms. Bright, large orange fruits with highly pigmented flesh. The fruits are very tender, melting, and juicy. Intense, highly concentrated fruity aroma. Plants are vigorous, potato leaf. A late-season variety, bushes up to 1.80 m (6 ft) tall. Fruits are oblate, up to 850 g (30 oz \/ 1.9 lbs).<\/p>\n<p><strong>My experience:<\/strong><br \/>\nA strong and fast-growing indeterminate with huge potato leaves.<br \/>\nIt grew in the greenhouse, pruned to two stems, reached 2.1 m (7 ft), and was then topped (growing tip removed).<br \/>\nYield is average. Mid-season. There were no skipped trusses (no blossom drop).<br \/>\nIt&#8217;s better to prune it to a single stem.<\/p>\n<p>On each truss, there are 1-3 fruits ranging from 200 to 450g (7 to 16 oz), oblate in shape.<br \/>\nIt has the most beautiful flesh color of all the yellow-orange varieties I&#8217;ve seen.<br \/>\nThe flesh literally seems to &#8220;glow&#8221; from the inside.<br \/>\nInside the fruit, there is a perfect balance of meatiness and juiciness (&#8220;water&#8221;).<br \/>\nFruits picked ripe can be stored for about another week.<\/p>\n<p>The bush grew in the 4th garden bed (furthest from the Sun) + we had a rainy and overcast July, but:<br \/>\nthe taste was harmonious, pleasant, with a slight tartness. A solid 4 out of 5.<br \/>\nI liked the variety. I will definitely plant it next year, but closer to the Sun.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.tomat-pomidor.com\/uploads\/newforum\/galleries\/86\/13196-260815135532.jpeg\" alt=\"Tall Aunt Gertie's Gold potato leaf plant in greenhouse\" width=\"445\" height=\"1000\" \/><br \/>\n<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.tomat-pomidor.com\/uploads\/newforum\/galleries\/69\/13196-160615165622.jpeg\" alt=\"Massive potato leaf foliage\" width=\"1000\" height=\"750\" \/><br \/>\n<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.tomat-pomidor.com\/uploads\/newforum\/galleries\/87\/13196-310815141911.jpeg\" alt=\"Large orange Aunt Gertie's Gold beefsteak tomato\" width=\"1000\" height=\"971\" \/><br \/>\n<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.tomat-pomidor.com\/uploads\/newforum\/galleries\/87\/13196-310815122642.jpeg\" alt=\"Weighing large orange heirloom tomato\" width=\"1000\" height=\"629\" \/><br \/>\n<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.tomat-pomidor.com\/uploads\/newforum\/galleries\/87\/13196-310815114113.jpeg\" alt=\"Glowing orange meaty cross section of tomato\" width=\"1000\" height=\"973\" \/><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"forum-post\">\n<div class=\"author-header\">\n<div class=\"forum-avatar\">M<\/div>\n<div class=\"author-meta\">\n<div class=\"author-name\">mopsdad1 (Mikhail) <span class=\"author-stats\">\u2b50 Pro Grower (6,123 posts)<\/span><\/div>\n<div class=\"author-geo\">\ud83d\udccd Stary Oskol, Belgorod Region, Russia (USDA Zone 5)<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"post-content\">\n<p>I ordered it from China<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"forum-post\">\n<div class=\"author-header\">\n<div class=\"forum-avatar\">T<\/div>\n<div class=\"author-meta\">\n<div class=\"author-name\">TatianaSh (Tatiana) <span class=\"author-stats\">\u2b50 Pro Grower (5,470 posts)<\/span><\/div>\n<div class=\"author-geo\">\ud83d\udccd Ramensky District, Moscow Region, Russia (USDA Zone 4)<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"post-content\">\n<p>The Chinese one somehow doesn&#8217;t look like it in shape&#8230;<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Quick Summary of Aunt Gertie&#8217;s Gold \ud83c\udf0d Origin: A very famous American heirloom tomato variety, frequently ranked among the top 10 best-tasting heirlooms in the USA. \ud83c\udf3f Plant Habit: Indeterminate (tall), highly vigorous, and fast-growing with massive potato leaf foliage. In a greenhouse, it easily reaches over 2.1 m (7 ft). Growers recommend pruning it &#8230; <a title=\"Aunt Gertie\u2019s Gold Tomato Review\" class=\"read-more\" href=\"https:\/\/www.tomat-pomidor.com\/en\/aunt-gerties-gold\/\" aria-label=\"Read more about Aunt Gertie\u2019s Gold Tomato Review\">Read more<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":1903,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1,94,61],"tags":[72,11,33,43,82,28],"class_list":["post-1903","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-beefsteak-large-slicers","category-heirloom-other","category-orange-and-yellow-tomatoes","tag-greenhouse-tomato","tag-huge-tomato","tag-indeterminate","tag-late-season","tag-meaty-tomato","tag-potato-leaf"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.tomat-pomidor.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1903","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.tomat-pomidor.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.tomat-pomidor.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.tomat-pomidor.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.tomat-pomidor.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1903"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/www.tomat-pomidor.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1903\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":1905,"href":"https:\/\/www.tomat-pomidor.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1903\/revisions\/1905"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.tomat-pomidor.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1903"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.tomat-pomidor.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1903"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.tomat-pomidor.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1903"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.tomat-pomidor.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1903"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}