Tomato 'Big Mama'

Grow this plant every year big beautiful plants , fruit and yes have issues with blight but that i caused and all the tomato plants suff...Read Moreered/ last year no problem with all plants in garden
any tomatoes i till into ground big mama do grow next year on there own but are late to ripen of cource late start.The plant discription says plant has no seeds ? not true to seed produced? I buy new seed because i grow differant tomato plants togeather. These are big roma tomato's I WILL ALWAYS GROW THIS PLANT EVERY YEAR!

Produced late into the fall. Did not tolerate heat too well. Blossom end rot. May use this for a later season planter. Good size fruit...Read More and wonderful taste. I'll take precautions on watering regular and try it again this year. I want this one to work.

Spring of 2009 started plants from seed inside. Got an abundance of plants--too many for my tomato cages--so I let them spread on the gro...Read Moreund. The stems/branches took root and I had an overabundance of very large fruit. This year will do the same and let them root again. Big Mama will replace Roma and Viva Italia I have grown in the past. (Central Minnesota)

I grow this tomato (and all of my tomatoes) in a large hoop-style greenhouse because my nighttime temperatures (even in summer!) are too ...Read Morecool for ripening the pesky things. Big Mama has performed well for me in this setting, and I have no complaints about flavor or quality of fruit. They've won me blue ribbons at the county fair! I have some blight issues with all my tomatoes in the greenhouse, but I find that pruning tends to reduce that problem. It's a vigorous grower so, if I didn't prune hard, I'd have a Big Mama jungle (think pith helmets and machetes)!

Very heavy producer of BIG, meaty pasters. My favorite paster by far.

My Big Mamas have been very healthy plants in my garden. The foliage is not very dense compared to some other plants. However, they hav...Read Moree produced lots of beautiful looking, good tasting tomatoes.

Plant is very susceptable to blight - I was looking forward to growing this tomato. Would probably not grow again.

I have grown Big Mama hear in the Sacramento Valley and it is a heavy producer of fist sized Roma type tomatoes that are ideal for salsas...Read More and other sauces. Thick walled with a medium sweet and acid flavor.

Oval-shaped and very large. Wonderful for pastes, sauces and eating fresh. Ready to harvest in 80 days. Grow in full sun.

Heavy producer of very tasty fruit. Meaty. Rich deep color. Perfect for dehydrating or salsa, yet very "tomatoey" tasting. Each fruit is ...Read Moreabout equal to three Romas, so you get a lot of bang for your buck on this one.

Always has blight issues for us, yet keeps right on producing. I prefer plants that look nicer, but I just can't give up on this one. It just is too tasty and too productive.

A big home garden paste type tomato. Fruits are 3 inches across and 5 inches long.