{"id":6504,"date":"2026-10-27T12:31:53","date_gmt":"2026-10-27T12:31:53","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.tomat-pomidor.com\/en\/?p=6504"},"modified":"2026-10-27T12:33:26","modified_gmt":"2026-10-27T12:33:26","slug":"gold-stripes","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.tomat-pomidor.com\/en\/gold-stripes\/","title":{"rendered":"Gold Stripes Tomato Review & Photos"},"content":{"rendered":"\n\n
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\ud83c\udf45 Quick take:<\/strong> Gold Stripes is an indeterminate<\/strong> dark, striped tomato that produces mid-sized fruits. Growers note a surprisingly tangy flavor for a dark variety, though growing in the shade might play a role. The main discussion in this thread revolves around its striking resemblance to the famous Chocolate Stripes, with growers diving into seed databases to figure out if the two varieties are actually identical. Full summary \u2193<\/a><\/div>\n

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Grew it in the greenhouse, vine reached up to 5 feet (1.5 m) tall. Yield was about average, fruits weighed up to 7 oz (200 g). Classic tomato flavor, but surprisingly for a dark tomato it had a nice tang to it (a bit too tart for my liking, honestly). They sure look cool though. It’s possible the shade it was growing in affected both the taste and the yield.<\/p>\n

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Going by the looks of the fruits, it strongly resembles Chocolate Stripes<\/a> (a lot of folks around here just call it Striped Chocolate) \ud83d\ude09<\/p>\n

But the CS vine gets taller, and the fruits run larger…<\/p>\n

Alexander, did you happen to compare the taste to CS?<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n

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Alexander! They are completely different.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n

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\nAlexander! They are completely different.
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I took a look… Honestly, even on Tatiana’s site they don’t look completely different to me. Very similar, just slight differences \ud83e\udd37\u200d\u2642\ufe0f<\/p>\n

And Alexander’s pics look exactly like my CS \ud83d\ude09<\/p>\n

I’ll post a riddle on my own thread later about CS, it doesn’t just look like Gold Stripes \ud83d\ude09<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n

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\nAlexander! They are completely different.
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Chocolate Stripes: “Very similar, if not identical to Gold Stripes” \ud83d\ude09<\/p>\n

My loose translation of that is that they are basically impossible to tell apart \ud83e\udd37\u200d\u2642\ufe0f<\/p>\n

And she also writes under Gold Stripes: “Al Anderson of Troy, Ohio (OH AN A) said that it is a darker colored version of Chocolate Stripes, and then – but I did not notice much difference”<\/p>\n

So Anderson said Gold Stripes is a darker version of Chocolate Stripes, but she didn’t see much difference herself \ud83e\udd37\u200d\u2642\ufe0f<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n

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Full Summary: Plant, Yield, Taste and The Chocolate Stripes Debate<\/h2>\n