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Roma / Paste Tomato · Determinate fruiting
Tomato (Roma)
Roma (paste)
Summer
Canonical 2026 paste tomato (supersedes San Marzano/Amish Paste). Ideal for sauce, jam, and oven-drying for vodka infusions.
SunFull sun (6–8+ hrs)
Water1–2" per week, deep and consistent.
Spacing24" apart
FeedingSame as slicers, but determinate plants set most fruit at once.
Care
- DO NOT prune determinate Roma — every flower is a potential fruit.
- Calcium + consistent water are critical: a determinate dump magnifies any blossom-end rot.
- Yield push: from ~25 lb/plant baseline toward 40–50 lb/plant with calcium, deep water, mulch, feeding.
Harvest
Determinate — produces 150–300 lbs in July all at once. Freeze whole or chopped (no blanching) to pace jam/sauce production through fall/winter; freezing breaks cell walls and speeds reduction. Roma is the ideal drying tomato for vodka infusions.
Watch for
Blossom-end rot if calcium/water are inconsistent during the heavy set.
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