Tomato "Roma" first of all will interest novice gardeners, as it is very undemanding in the care. Farmers will be interested in its long-term fruiting, as well as good yield.
Tomato Roma - a variety of American breeders. More precisely, it can not be called a grade. This is a group of tomatoes with the common name "Roma". We will tell about the two most famous - the tomato "Roma" and the tomato "Roma" VF.
Tomato "Roma" F1: description of the variety
External shape | Plum, slightly elongated. |
Colour | Well pronounced red. |
Average weight | 55-70 grams on open ground, up to 90 grams in shelters and greenhouses. |
Application | Ideal for salting whole fruits, good taste when processed for sauces, lecho and other tomato products. |
Average yield | 14-16 kilograms from square meter of landings. |
Marketable condition | Excellent presentation, good safety during transportation. |
Tomatoes "Roma" F1 medium ripening season, with a powerful determinant shrub. Recommended for planting on open ground in the south of Russia, the rest of the territory require planting seedlings in a greenhouse or shelter film type.
The bush reaches a height of 65-75 centimeters. The number of leaves is average, the usual shape and color for a tomato. The best result in the formation of a bush with one stem with a garter to a vertical support.
“Roma” F1 is resistant to such diseases of tomatoes as verticillium wilt and fusarium. It reacts poorly to increased humidity, at which pollination of flowering brushes almost does not occur, the possibility of infection with fungal diseases rises sharply.
Specifications
The merits of the variety:
- determinant type of bush;
- the duration of fruiting;
- disease resistance;
- good safety during transportation;
- high yield.
The disadvantages include poor tolerability of high humidity.
As for yield, the data on it you will find below:
Grade name | Yield |
Roma | 14-16 kg per square meter |
Striped chocolate | 8 kg per square meter |
Big Mama | 10 kg per square meter |
Ultra early F1 | 5 kg per square meter |
Riddle | 20-22 kg per square meter |
White filling | 8 kg per square meter |
Alenka | 13-15 kg per square meter |
Debut F1 | 18.5-20 kg per square meter |
Bony m | 14-16 kg per square meter |
Room surprise | 2.5 kg from a bush |
Annie F1 | 12-13,5 kg from a bush |
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A photo
Below is the tomato "Roma" F1 in the photo:
Tomato "Roma" VF: Description
External shape | Slightly elongated, ovate, often with a well-defined spout. |
Colour | Red with green stripes disappearing as they mature. |
Average weight | 60-90 grams. |
Application | Universal. |
Productivity per square meter | 13-15 kilograms per square meter. |
Marketable condition | Good presentation, excellent preservation during prolonged storage of fresh tomatoes. |
Bush tomato "Roma" WF determinant type, reaches a height of 55-60 centimeters. The average time of ripening, from planting seeds to the first ripe tomatoes, takes 118-123 days. The leaves are medium sized, green. When growing, it is recommended to tie the stems to a vertical support in order to prevent lodging of the bush under the weight of the formed fruits. It is resistant to Fusarium and Verticillus, but it is very easily infected with late blight.
The weight of a variety can be compared with other tomatoes in the table below:
Grade name | Fruit weight |
Roma | 60-90 grams |
Ballerina | 60-100 grams |
Favorite F1 | 115-140 grams |
Tsar Peter | 130 grams |
Peter the First | 30-250 grams |
Black moor | 50 grams |
Apples in the snow | 50-70 grams |
Samara | 85-100 grams |
Sensei | 400 grams |
Cranberries in sugar | 15 grams |
Crimson Viscount | 400-450 grams |
The Tsar Bell | up to 800 grams |
The plant does not tolerate increased humidity, temperature changes. Under unfavorable conditions, the bushes are stretched in height and a sharp decrease in the yield of plants. The best yield in the formation of the bush with two stems. Requires constant regular removal of stepsons.
h2> strengths and weaknesses
The advantages include:
- disease resistance;
- good yield;
- high level of preservation of fresh fruits.
The disadvantage is easy to get late blight.
Features of growing
There are no special differences of cultivation in comparison with tomatoes of other varieties. Planting on seedlings, picking, planting seedlings on ridges, watering, feeding, processing do not differ from the general rules of caring for planting tomatoes.
There are a huge number of ways to grow tomato seedlings. We offer you a series of articles on how to do this:
- in twists;
- in two roots;
- in peat tablets;
- no picks;
- on Chinese technology;
- in bottles;
- in peat pots;
- without land.
On the territory of Russia, Roma and Roma VF tomatoes are not widely spread. On sale there are varieties of domestic breeding with the best yields, adapted to growing it in the conditions of Russia.
As you can see, the tomatoes "Roma" have a similar description. We hope that this article has helped you understand the differences between the tomatoes of this variety.
Late-ripening | Early maturing | Middle late |
Bobcat | Black bunch | Golden Crimson Miracle |
Russian size | Sweet bunch | Abakansky pink |
King of Kings | Kostroma | French grapevine |
Long keeper | Buyan | Yellow banana |
Grandma's Gift | Red bunch | Titanium |
Podsinskoe miracle | The president | Slot |
American ribbed | Summer resident | Krasnobay |