Tamarillo 'Inca Gold'
Tamarillo 'Inca Gold' is backordered and will ship as soon as it is back in stock.
'Inca Gold' produces abundant quantities of sweet, tangy golden fruit over a long season. Fruit can be eaten raw, cooked as a fruit sauce or made into jam. Nutritionally high in vitamins, iron and low in carbohydrates. It survives light frost by dropping affected leaves and shooting back in spring. Intolerant of waterlogging or drought.
Product: Tamarillo 'Inca Gold'
Product type: SEED ()
Botanical name: Cyphomandra betacea
Syn.: Syn Tree Tomato
Inca Gold' produces abundant quantities of sweet, tangy golden fruit over a long season. Fruit can be eaten raw, cooked as a fruit sauce or made into jam. Nutritionally high in vitamins, iron and low in carbohydrates. It survives light frost by dropping affected leaves and shooting back in spring. Intolerant of waterlogging or drought.
Plant type: Small, bushy, fast growing tree
Plant height: 3 to 5 m high
Sow when: Germinate best at 24 - 29°C soil temp.
Temperate: Early spring - inside with extra heat; outside after frost danger has passed
Subtropical: Spring
Tropical: Unlikely to do well
Germination: 25 days
Depth: 5 mm deep
Position: Full sun
Sow where: Into seedling pots; liquid feed once germinated
Soil type: Fertile, very well-drained, pH 5.8 - 7
Details: Seedlings should have their growth tip removed to encourage multiple trunks, this makes the fruit easier to reach & reduces the risk of a heavily laden tree toppling over
Harvest: 600 days
seeds per packet
Cyphomandra betacea
Syn Tree Tomato
Small, bushy, fast growing tree
Tamarillo 'Inca Gold'
'Inca Gold' produces abundant quantities of sweet, tangy golden fruit over a long season. Fruit can be eaten raw, cooked as a fruit sauce or made into jam. Nutritionally high in vitamins, iron and low in carbohydrates. It survives light frost by dropping affected leaves and shooting back in spring. Intolerant of waterlogging or drought.