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Roma VF

Tomato

Solanum lycopersicum 'Roma VF'

Overview
The gold standard paste tomato for home gardeners, producing abundant crops of meaty, low-moisture fruits perfect for sauces, paste, and canning. This improved version of the classic Roma offers better disease resistance while maintaining the dense flesh and rich flavor that makes it indispensable for preserving and cooking. Determinate plants provide a concentrated harvest ideal for batch processing.
Planting
Start indoors 6-8 weeks before last frost. Transplant after soil reaches 60°F and all frost danger has passed.
Growing
Sun: full. Water: high. Soil pH: 6–6.8. Space plants 18" apart. Germination: 7-10.
Pests & diseases
Common pests: Tomato hornworm, aphids, cutworms, spider mites. Common diseases: Early blight, late blight, bacterial spot, blossom end rot.