Roma

[igenlode]

I have my first little pear-shaped Roma tomato.

Comments

[sallymn]

How lovely!

[igenlode]

To be honest I'm a bit sceptical about how successful this variety is likely to be -- I was given some random seedlings a few years ago that turned out to be 'dwarf bush' tomatoes which are absolutely ideal for my conditions, and every other variety I've tried before or since has been a disappointment in terms of cropping and much more inconvenient to grow.
But I feel a certain responsibility to this one as it is descended from a plant that I rescued from severe neglect last year and that produced a handful of fruit... so I am seeing if it will breed true, at least. It looks so far as if it may, since the baby tomatoes are the authentic Roma shape.

The question is how big it will get and how well it will deal with baking hot conditions -- the cherry tomatoes I experimented with last year simply stopped flowering/setting fruit when the heatwave hit :-(