🍅 TomatoVarieties

Roma Tomato

Paste Red 🕐 75 days 🟢 Easy

Flavor: meaty, low-acid, mild

🎯 Best For

Home canners and sauce makers who want a reliable meaty paste tomato

About Roma

Roma is the classic paste tomato, prized for its dense, meaty flesh with few seeds and low moisture content. Determinate plants produce heavy crops all at once, ideal for canning and sauce making. The reliable performer is a staple in Italian cooking.

Growing Tips

Determinate — no pruning needed. Plant densely for high yield. Harvest all at once when fully ripe for canning.

Health & Nutrition

High LycopeneLow Calorie

Best Uses

saucepastecanningdryingcooking

Cooking Uses

SaucePasteCanningDrying

Disease Resistance

VFN

Key: V=Verticillium, F=Fusarium, N=Nematode, T/TMV=Tobacco Mosaic Virus, A=Alternaria, LB=Late Blight

Climate Zones

Zone 4Zone 5Zone 6Zone 7Zone 8Zone 9

USDA Hardiness Zones where this variety typically thrives.