Description

Roma VF Tomato Seeds

Roma VF tomato is a determinate, paste-style tomato produced by Premier Seeds, a reputable producer of treated crop seeds.

• Roma VF has thick, meaty flesh and relatively few seeds. In addition, the Roma VF is resistant to both Verticillium and Fusarium wilts (hence the “VF”).
• The vines are compact and yield copious amounts of 3-inch long fruits that come out either pear- or plum-shaped. Set in a sunny location and get ready for a large harvest.
• This tomato variety will produce about 15 cherry red tomatoes per cluster, offering around 200 fruits per plant every growing season.
• Our Roma tomatoes turn red once they are ripe.
• Kindly note that if your tomatoes are still green, then it will take about 10 days to change from pink to bright red.

Roma Tomatoes: Features

• Fruit-bearing: Determinate
• Days to maturity: 75 – 95 days
• Fruit weight: 2 ounces
• Sun: Full sun
• Spread: 18 inches
• Height: 30-36 inches
• Sow Method: Indoor sow
• Sow time: 6-8 weeks BLF
• Recommended soil pH: 5.5-7.0
• Seedlings emerge in 7-14 days

How do I grow Roma VF? 

• Roma VT tomato plants should be started indoors 7-8 weeks before the last frost of the season.
• Sow your seeds into nutritious, moist soil and place them on a sun-facing windowsill. Your Roma tomato seeds will have germinated after 14 days and will have started to sprout.
• Common causes plant stress which is usually a result of lack of watering or irregular watering times. Water daily (twice on hot days) and give each plant good soaking to improve crop yield.
• Sow seeds ¼  inch deep in seed-starting formula.
• As soon as seedlings emerge, provide plenty of light on a sunny windowsill or grow seedlings 3-4 inches beneath fluorescent plant lights turned on 16 hours per day, off for 8 hours at night.
• Seedlings do not need much fertilizer, feed when they are 3-4 weeks old using a fertilizer solution.