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'San Marzano 2' Tomatoes
 
Sub-Category: Plum
Main-Season
 
Sub-Category 2:
Description: Main-season, Italian, plum/paste tomato. Indeterminate vines bear elongated, red, 5- to 7-ounce fruit with green shoulders in clusters of 5 or 6. Disease resistant. Also known as 'San Marzano II'.
Days To Maturity: 79-90
Seed Sources:
 
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Yield: (4.2 Stars)Yield
Ease/Reliability: (4.2 Stars)Ease/Reliability
 
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Reviewed on 01/07/2014 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

Extremely productive. Bucket loads of small roma tomatoes. They were the first to fall victim to blight but they produced so much that I was sick of canning. The previous year they went strait threw till frost.
 

Reviewed on 09/27/2010 by mikey99 - A novice gardener

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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

Very flavorful. Made marinra sauce multiple times and was very delicious. Planted 2 plants, 6-8 hrs of sunlight. Decent yield, but I believe bad genetics provided some cracking and deformity. Considering not planting next season due to expense...roma or viva italia are less expensive and provide similar flavor, better yields.
 

Reviewed on 07/09/2009 by westernNYguy - An experienced gardener

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Chautauqua, New York, United States
Frost Free Season: 163 - 183 days
Soil Texture: Loam
Garden Size: Small - Less than 400 square feet (20' x 20')
Sun Exposure: More than 8 hours per day

Tried first time last year - I prune and stake to a single stem removing about 2/3 of the lower "leaf branches". Goal is to produce tomatoes not excess leaves. Spacing is down to 14 inches apart in the row with excellent results. In the space void of foilage under the tomatoes - two closely planted rows of carrots are surviving well.
 
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Reviewed on 01/09/2009 by Keeper - An experienced gardener

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Hartford, Connecticut, United States
Frost Free Season: 163 - 183 days
Soil Texture: Loam
Garden Size: Large - More than 1,600 square feet (40' x 40')
Sun Exposure: More than 8 hours per day

If you plant sauce tomatoes this one is a must. The standard paste tomatoes like Roma can't come close to it's flavor. If I could give this tomato a ten I would.
 
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Reviewed on 01/08/2008 by Myrto - An intermediate gardener

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Boulder, Colorado, United States
Frost Free Season: 103 - 123 days
Soil Texture: Clay
Garden Size: Medium - 400 square feet to 1,600 square feet
Sun Exposure: More than 8 hours per day

First year growing this, and the tomato sauce I made from it was the best I ever tasted. The only issue for me is that it needed a longer season (Boulder is challenging for tomatoes) and so I had to give up a lot of green fruit when frosts hit. Also, I want to grow heirloom and not hybrid next summer.
 




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