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Re[4]: Tomato varieties for taste.

>> going to order Viva Italia F1 (Italian Sauce Tomato) for a paste
>> variety, as I've never grown these before. Is this a Roma? Am I
>> going to get a blah tomato?

Bob wrote:

>I'm grown them several times.  They're an elongated egg shaped paste variety,
>fairly thick skinned and quite good in my opinion, definitely not blah.  A
>little moister inside than some of the very dry paste varieties, so I suppose
>you could make a sandwich with one although they are best suited for making
>sauce or paste.  The determinate bushes get about 3-4' tall, so are best grown
>caged.  I use cages make of page wire, 4' tall and about 2-3' in diameter.
>Like most determinates I find them pretty susceptable to blight.  If you
>can grow them where they'll have some protection from overhead watering/rain
>they'll fair much better.

Thanks, Bob. I'll try them, they sound mm mm good. I have wire cages
already, for my indeterminates. And yes, I should be able to grow them
with no overhead watering (I use soaker hose) and no rain (or at least
very little in So. Cal. by the time they are full grown and producing
fruit!!).
Shawn
Claremont, Ca USDA 9b, Sunset 19
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