I've been growing these in VT for 3 years - they have become my favorite. I was surprised to find out they were bred for the SE! This y...Read Moreear my ave fruit size is just over a pound each, with 10-16 tomatoes per plant. I grow from seed started about a month before frost and give them nothing but "tough love" in the garden.
Snellville, GA (Zone 7b) | February 2012 | positive
Planted 1st time in 2011 along side with Big Beef Hyb. Hard to tell the difference between the two with the exception that Bella was shor...Read Moreter in size and it seemed to last longer than Big Beef when the heat set in. I let it grow to fall and it still had tomatoes coming. This is a great large fruited determinate, that withstood up well to all the troubles of tomato diseases.
A very well balanced plant that handles heat well, and sets a lot of nicely sized tomatoes. A cage is needed, but not a particularly tall...Read More one; as the plant is strongly determinate and halts plant growth at full fruit set. Taste is very good with a good balance for a less acidic tasting tomato. .....Overall, A Winner in My Book!
This tomato is a keeper and a pleasant surprise. I pushed them hard in my hydroponics system and they have grown to5- 6’ tall when they...Read More are happy. Beefy tomatoes with good taste but need good support cages for the large tomatoes.
Sakata’s newest tomato, Bella Rosa is a large round determinate type that has trialed well in the Southeast. It is both heat tolerant ...Read Moreand resistant to Tomato Spotted Wilt Virus, two very important benefits for the Florida tomato market! Bella Rosa produces firm and uniformly shaped fruit. This is the best flavored of the TSWV tomatoes that I have tried. Not as large as Topgun, but a softer juicer fruit. Production is about the same. Smaller plant than Amelia. much better tasting than BHN 444.
I have a problem. The stem tips of my Bella are die-
ing off and the newest fruit that have set have a brown mottling. What's happening?
I've been growing these in VT for 3 years - they have become my favorite. I was surprised to find out they were bred for the SE! This y...Read More
Planted 1st time in 2011 along side with Big Beef Hyb. Hard to tell the difference between the two with the exception that Bella was shor...Read More
A very well balanced plant that handles heat well, and sets a lot of nicely sized tomatoes. A cage is needed, but not a particularly tall...Read More
This tomato is a keeper and a pleasant surprise. I pushed them hard in my hydroponics system and they have grown to5- 6’ tall when they...Read More
I got a lot of fruit from these plants, but they're pretty much done on July 12th, I'll pull them up in the am and replant with Amelias.
Sakata’s newest tomato, Bella Rosa is a large round determinate type that has trialed well in the Southeast. It is both heat tolerant ...Read More