Organic Italian 'Roma' Tomato

Latin name Tomato
Quantity per packet Around 35 seeds
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Product
identification
Latin nameTomato
FamilyNightshades
TypeVegetable
CycleAnnual
Quantity per packAround 35 seeds
Code produitJAREC-0261
Product
description

The Italian 'Roma' tomato is an essential classic variety, long appreciated for its productivity, reliability, and the excellent quality of its fruit for culinary processing. Its bright red, elongated, and regular tomatoes ripen in abundant clusters, giving the vegetable garden a tidy and generous appearance throughout the season. Their dense, low-juice, and rich flesh makes them an ideal candidate for homemade sauces, preserves, stews, and all preparations where concentration and texture are desired. On the palate, its mild flavor with a slight tartness also allows it to find its place in salads or daily cooked dishes. Its determinate habit makes plant management easy, although staking remains useful to support the heavy fruit load. Easy to grow in full sun in fertile, well-drained soil, it is suitable for both beginner gardeners and home cooking enthusiasts. Its flowering attracts some pollinators, while its generous fruiting promises good harvests for canning or cooking fresh from the vine. Simple, efficient, and deeply useful, the 'Roma' remains a benchmark Italian tomato for gourmet vegetable gardens.

Sowing
guide
Sowing periodMarch to April
Sowing depth0.5 cm (1/4 in)
Germination temperature22 to 28 °C (72 to 82 °F)
Germination time5 to 10 days
Soil
and care
ExposureSun
Soil
Rich, fertile, and well-drained
Watering
Regular
Container
growing
true
Bloom,
harvest
and garden
Garden use
Sauces, preserves, stews, salads, cooking
Bloom period
June to August
Harvest
75 to 80 days after transplant
Size
and facts
Height90 to 120 cm (3 to 4 ft)
Spread45 to 60 cm (18 to 24 in)
Planting
partners
Good companions
Basil, garlic, onion, pepper
Avoid planting with
Fennel, potato
The availability of our seeds varies depending on seasonal availability, production schedules and supplier inventory. Certain varieties may only be offered for a limited time based on their natural growth cycle, sowing period or available stock. These product pages are designed to help and inspire gardeners in choosing the right seeds for vegetable gardens, flower beds, pollinator gardens, container growing, naturalization projects and sustainable outdoor spaces.