Roma VF, organic seeds

Eco Heirloom

Information

Is a very popular European pasta tomato with plum-pear-shaped fruits of 70-80 g. It is resistant to many diseases, vigorous and sturdy, yielding a very good crop of juicy tomatoes with thick skin and few seeds. Roma is easy to grow and the harvest is quite concentrated, perfect for pasta sauces. A portion contains about 20 seeds.


 

Product number:7565
Scientific name:Solanum lycopersicum
Botanic family:The Nightshade Family - Solanaceae
Organic:Yes
Days to maturity:75
Lifespan:Annual
F1 Hybrid:No
New variety:No
Sowing time:Pre-cultivate: February–April
Sowing depth:1 cm
Germination temperature:24-29°C
Germination time:7–14 days
Plant spacing:35–55 cm
Row spacing:50–70 cm
Height:150–200 cm
Plant location:Sun
Harvest/blooming:July–frost
Seeds/g:300–350 seeds
Other:Prune suckers 
Heirloom variety:Yes

Cultivation advice

Sowing

Sow indoors just under 1 cm deep 7-8 weeks before setting out, in February-March for cool green houses and in March April for outdoors tomatoes! The best germination temperature is 24-29°C. Let the plants stand in a light airy place and after sprouting preferably at a temperature of 18°C. After getting a few real leaves the sprouts should be planted in pots. The temperature can now be lowered further.

Temper the plants successively before setting out. Do not set the plants outdoors before the risk of nightly frost is over and the nightly temperature keeps above 7°C! Plant them a little deeper then they were in the pots and never allow them to dry out. Tomatoes get roots on the stems if they are allowed to get under the soil so overgrown plants can be planted lying with just the top above the earth. However, tomatoes which have been sown and set out too early often get disturbed while growing and that causes lanky plants and a bad crop of tomatoes. Do not hurry too much with your sowing if you do not have a really good "nursery".

Spacing

Tomatoes need a mutual distance of 35-55 cm and 50-70 cm between rows. 

Harvest

Pick the tomatoes when they are fully ripe and warm from the sun! If there is risk of frost before all the tomatoes have ripened it is okay to let them after ripen indoors in a dark, cool (8-12°C) place. The whole de-leaved plant can also be hung upside down indoors and harvested gradually. Green tomatoes can be preserved or used for marmalade or fried.  Tomatoes can also be frozen in pieces like peppers and chillies, without parboiling for sauces and casseroles in the future.

Seed

300-350 seeds/g. About 5 g for 1000 seedlings.
A portion contains about 20 seeds.