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'Roma' Tomatoes |
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Plum
Main-Season
Heirloom
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Open pollinated. Main season paste type. Determinate plants bear red, 2 1/2 to 3 inch, thick fleshed, pear shaped, dry fruit with few seeds. Disease resistant variety. Resistance to fusarium wilt and verticillium wilt. About 75 to 80 days to maturity.
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75-80
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| Seed Sources: |
Totally Tomato - updated in 2014
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| Rating Summary |
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Overall: (3.9 Stars)
Taste: (3.2 Stars)
Yield: (4.1 Stars)
Ease/Reliability: (4.4 Stars) |
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Number of Reviews: 14
KEY: O=Overall Rating, T=Taste, Y=Yield, E=Ease
Reviewed on 03/01/2011 by
Joseph L
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Cache, Utah, United States
Frost Free Season: Fewer than 103 days
Soil Texture: Clay
Garden Size: Large - More than 1,600 square feet (40' x 40')
Sun Exposure: More than 8 hours per day
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| Roma tomatoes are among the first in my garden to produce fruit, they are about the only tomato I grow that consistently has blossom end rot. Flavor is bland. |
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Reviewed on 09/27/2010 by
mikey99
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Monroe, New York, United States
Frost Free Season: 163 - 183 days
Soil Texture: Not Sure
Garden Size: Medium - 400 square feet to 1,600 square feet
Sun Exposure: 6 to 8 hours per day
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| Favorite variety. Does well in NY climate. Planted 4 this season, huge yield. Great season for tomatoes this year. Still harvesting, picked well over 20 lbs already. Low maintenance, excellent flavor, awesome for sauce making and canning. Very disease resistant. Used stakes and tied with fabric, plants reached almost 7' tall. Will plant more next year in lieu of other varieties. |
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Reviewed on 04/28/2009 by
sherdygerdy
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Cleburne, Arkansas, United States
Frost Free Season: 183 - 203 days
Soil Texture: Loam
Garden Size: Large - More than 1,600 square feet (40' x 40')
Sun Exposure: More than 8 hours per day
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| If you are wanting sauce or salsa these are great. Huge crop. |
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Reviewed on 03/17/2009 by
Sillius
- An intermediate gardener
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Lorain, Ohio, United States
Frost Free Season: 123 - 143 days
Soil Texture: Sand
Garden Size: Small - Less than 400 square feet (20' x 20')
Sun Exposure: More than 8 hours per day
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| These lack flavor even from the home garden. I would pick another variety of plum tomato if you are making sauce. If you aren't making sauce, skip plums. |
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Reviewed on 03/02/2008 by
Skip
- An experienced gardener
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Mercer, New Jersey, United States
Frost Free Season: 143 - 163 days
Soil Texture: Clay
Garden Size: Small - Less than 400 square feet (20' x 20')
Sun Exposure: 6 to 8 hours per day
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| Roma produces when other varieties don't. Fruits tend to fall of the vine. Not a problem if you mulch with a thick layer of grass clippings. |
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Reviewed on 12/16/2007 by
Oregon
- An experienced gardener
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Lane, Oregon, United States
Frost Free Season: 143 - 163 days
Soil Texture: Loam
Garden Size: Large - More than 1,600 square feet (40' x 40')
Sun Exposure: 6 to 8 hours per day
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| Very productive and dependable. |
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Reviewed on 08/12/2007 by
Tomato Farmer
- An experienced gardener
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Berkshire, Massachusetts, United States
Frost Free Season: 103 - 123 days
Soil Texture: Loam
Garden Size: Large - More than 1,600 square feet (40' x 40')
Sun Exposure: More than 8 hours per day
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| Good tomato, easy to grow, plant loads up with fruit and then wilts like everything else I grow but produces lots of maters. Does what it is supposed to do, makes lots of paste tomatoes that taste great in sauces. I also like them in salsa. I could do better with these if I designed a small cage specifially for them. They grow short and wide for me. Tried a bunch from seed this year and they caught up to the transplants. Very uniform, dependable. Seeds were .10 cents a pack at Walmart (american seed) making them even more attractive. |
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Reviewed on 02/17/2007 by
spedoodle
- A novice gardener
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Kent, Michigan, United States
Frost Free Season: 163 - 183 days
Soil Texture: Clay
Garden Size: Small - Less than 400 square feet (20' x 20')
Sun Exposure: More than 8 hours per day
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| average paist tomatoe that anyone can grow. small friut will fall off the vine if not checked. good desease resistance. I planted them the one year and they have been comming up as volanteers (for the last three years) even though my chosen varieties die of blight. |
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Reviewed on 11/30/2006 by
DD
- An experienced gardener
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Linn, Iowa, United States
Frost Free Season: 163 - 183 days
Soil Texture: Clay
Garden Size: Medium - 400 square feet to 1,600 square feet
Sun Exposure: More than 8 hours per day
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| Yuck. Never again will I waste my garden space on this variety. There are many other paste types like opalka and others that are MUCH better. |
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Reviewed on 11/24/2006 by
Jess_L
- An intermediate gardener
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Providence, Rhode Island, United States
Frost Free Season: 163 - 183 days
Soil Texture: Clay
Garden Size: Small - Less than 400 square feet (20' x 20')
Sun Exposure: More than 8 hours per day
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| Very productive. Fruits do tend to fall off the vine. Taste is OK. Good for roasting and using in Calzones with roasted garlic and cheese! |
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Reviewed on 06/10/2006 by
Calypsa
- An intermediate gardener
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Wayne, Michigan, United States
Frost Free Season: 163 - 183 days
Soil Texture: Sand
Garden Size: Small - Less than 400 square feet (20' x 20')
Sun Exposure: 6 to 8 hours per day
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| Roma tomatoes are incredibly easy to grow in my garden. I have not found many other tomatos that have produced as vigorously as romas. Once they are truly producing full swing, it is necessary to check the plants every couple of days to make sure that you gather the tomatoes that may have fallen (I think I picked even more fruit up from the ground than I did from the plant last year...). Although not as flavourful as some of the other tomato varieties, romas are incredibly versatile. I have found them to be equally welcome in sauce or in salads. Goes very nice with sweet basil! |
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Reviewed on 02/10/2005 by
Grandad
- An experienced gardener
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East Baton Rouge, Louisiana, United States
Frost Free Season: More than 203 days
Soil Texture: Loam
Garden Size: Large - More than 1,600 square feet (40' x 40')
Sun Exposure: More than 8 hours per day
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| Variety seems to produce fairly well for us, although the do fruits seem to be of a somewhat small size. Has excellent disease resistance. Perfect for canning and use in sauces. Good taste but not as flavorfull as some of the slicing types. |
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Reviewed on 10/19/2004 by
Gretchen
- An experienced gardener
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Oneida, New York, United States
Frost Free Season: 103 - 123 days
Soil Texture: Loam
Garden Size: Medium - 400 square feet to 1,600 square feet
Sun Exposure: More than 8 hours per day
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| Abundant yeld, great for sauces, but make good saldad tomatoes as well. Not as early as other varieties, but still a not so juicy as other tomatoes... great at resisting disease. |
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Reviewed on 09/24/2004 by
Bruce
- An experienced gardener
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Oneida, New York, United States
Frost Free Season: 103 - 123 days
Soil Texture: Loam
Garden Size: Medium - 400 square feet to 1,600 square feet
Sun Exposure: More than 8 hours per day
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| Not a very good year here for these. Great start from seed. However, the fruits were small and the vines petered out in early August, so the number of fruits on each plant was less than in previous years. |
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