Super Roma VF Tomato

Super Roma VF Tomato: Meaty Plum Tomato Perfect for Sauces

The Super Roma VF Tomato is a popular plum-type tomato, celebrated for its large, meaty fruits with relatively low moisture content. This determinate variety is an excellent choice for making rich soups, sauces, and pastes, and also performs well in sunny, sheltered garden spots.

• Large Plum-Shaped Fruits:
  • It produces large, elongated, plum-shaped tomatoes that are ideal for slicing and processing.
  • Uniform shape makes them easy to work with in the kitchen.
• Meaty Texture with Low Moisture:
  • Features a dense, meaty flesh with relatively little moisture.
  • This characteristic makes them superb for cooking down into thick soups and flavorful sauces.
• Determinate Growth Habit:
  • Determinate plants grow to a certain size and then set most of their fruit at once.
  • Generally requires less staking than indeterminate varieties.
  • Ideal for gardeners who prefer a concentrated harvest for canning or sauce-making.
• Suitable for Various Growing Conditions:
  • Can be started early in a protected seed bed or later outdoors in frames.
  • Thrives in warm, sunny, sheltered spots in the garden.
  • Also suitable for indoor growing in pots.
• VF Resistance:
  • The “VF” designation indicates resistance to Verticillium Wilt and Fusarium Wilt, common tomato diseases.
  • This resistance helps ensure a healthier and more productive harvest.
• Growing Information:
  • Type: Determinate, Plum Tomato.
  • Fruit Shape: Large, plum-shaped (Roma).
  • Texture: Meaty.
  • Moisture: Relatively low.
  • Growth Habit: Determinate.
  • Disease Resistance: Verticillium Wilt (V), Fusarium Wilt (F).
  • Sowing Indoors: Early spring in a protected seedbed at 20°C.
  • Sowing Outdoors: Later outdoors in frames.
  • Transplanting: Prick out once and plant out indoors in pots or outdoors after hardening off.
  • Location: Loves warmth; sunny sheltered spot in the garden.
  • Care: Prune regularly.
• Harvesting and Culinary Use:
  • Harvest when fruits are fully red and slightly soft to the touch.
  • Excellent for making rich soups, flavorful sauces, tomato paste, and canning due to their meaty texture and low moisture content.