Tomato 'San Marzano'

I have grown San Marzano several years but yield was not as impressive as I anticipated. Yes, we live quite far from Italy to north, of c...Read Moreourse... I had suspicion, that they didn't have enough time for growing properly. So last year I sow seeds on February 9, a month earlier, than previous years and had very good harvest. I made juice - it was thick and very tasty. Canned tomatoes in juice was very good, too. So - they need more time.

Lots of small fruits, little bigger then the pear shaped cherry tomato. Tasty but almost not with picking as it to so many tomatoes to eq...Read Moreual one Roma. Very disappointed.

I grew these for cooking. In addition to those I grew from seeds (Johnny's Seeds), I bought a grafted plant at the supermarket.
<...Read Morebr /> The plants: they all grew well (some of my seedlings were killed by a late frost). The grafted plant is far more compact and carries more tomatoes, but some are difficult to reach, precisely because the plant is compact.

The tomatoes: my first batch of sauce was pink, not red. I was disappointed, but then I realized that the tomatoes were probably not ripe enough. My fault. The next two batches gave me a beautifully red sauce. The taste: OK with seasoning. (I am getting old and I think my taste buds may no longer be what they used to be.)

started late march..planted out late may 2011 the second roma variety i've grown planted in a raised planter on the west side of house. w...Read Moreas slow to set fruit but then it took off.
did very well with our short manitoba season.
mid-to large sized plant
heavy leaf cover
left on the plant to ripen to soft thin-skinned
made the best deep red sauce ever.
required lots of water
fertilized three times with all purpose fertilizer.
stayed healthy till mid-september