{"id":6494,"date":"2026-10-27T12:08:09","date_gmt":"2026-10-27T12:08:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.tomat-pomidor.com\/en\/?p=6494"},"modified":"2026-10-27T12:18:33","modified_gmt":"2026-10-27T12:18:33","slug":"golden-gates","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.tomat-pomidor.com\/en\/golden-gates\/","title":{"rendered":"Golden Gates Tomato Review & Photos"},"content":{"rendered":"\n\n
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\ud83c\udf45 Quick take:<\/strong> Golden Gates is a mid-season, indeterminate<\/strong> striped yellow tomato bred by Brad Gates<\/strong>, notable for its wispy foliage. There is some debate among growers about its stability, as some get small cherry-sized fruits while others get larger plum-sized tomatoes (up to 3.5 oz \/ 100 g). Flavor reviews are also mixed: some find it wonderfully sweet, while others report it being somewhat bland, especially if grown in the shade. Full summary \u2193<\/a><\/div>\n

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Growers’ Notes and Photos (USDA Zones 3-6 Experience)<\/h2>\n

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Indeterminate mid-season cherry variety with wispy foliage. The fruits are oval, elongated, yellow with faint stripes. Very good flavor with a nice sweetness. Gorgeous and unusual at every stage of ripening:<\/p>\n

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Seeds from Popenko. He lists it in his catalog as Zolotye Geitsa. Beautiful, set fruit really well, zero blossom drop. But the flavor was kind of weak – no tang, no real sweetness. Maybe that’s because it was stuck in a shady spot in the greenhouse \ud83e\udd37\u200d\u2640\ufe0f<\/p>\n

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Strangely enough, mine didn’t turn out to be cherries at all. \ud83e\udd37\u200d\u2640\ufe0f<\/p>\n

They looked like Golden Gates, but I want to give them another run this year. It’s highly likely this is a variety with unstable, segregating traits. \ud83d\ude33 The ones I grew as ‘Zolotye Geitsa’ turned fully yellow when ripe. But the ones I had labeled as ‘Zolotye Vorota’ turned yellow inside but stayed green and striped on the outside. Before they started ripening, they were exact carbon copies of each other. \ud83d\ude33<\/p>\n

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Got mine from Popenko too, they ran about 2.8-3.5 oz (80-100 g). Yellow striped on the outside, yellow flesh inside. Gorgeous!<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n

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\nStrangely enough, mine didn’t turn out to be cherries at all. \ud83e\udd37\u200d\u2640\ufe0f
\nThey looked like Golden Gates, but I want to give them another run this year. It’s highly likely this is a variety with unstable, segregating traits. \ud83d\ude33 The ones I grew as ‘Zolotye Geitsa’ turned fully yellow when ripe. But the ones I had labeled as ‘Zolotye Vorota’ turned yellow inside but stayed green and striped on the outside. Before they started ripening, they were exact carbon copies of each other. \ud83d\ude33
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‘Zolotye Vorota’ and ‘Zolotye Geitsa’ are the exact same variety with different translations.<\/p>\n

The breeder is Brad Gates.
\nhttps:\/\/tatianastomatobase.com\/wiki\/Golden_Gates<\/p>\n

It makes more sense to call it ‘Gates’ Golden’ (Zolotye Geitsa) rather than translating his last name literally into the word for ‘gates’.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n

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Full Summary: Plant, Yield, Taste and Instability<\/h2>\n