Roma Tomato
Solanum lycopersicum · Native to western South America
A meaty, low-moisture paste tomato — the classic choice for rich sauces, salsa, and canning.
Available in garden-ready pots
💧 Water deeply, often
🪴 Rich, draining mix
⚠️ Fruit edible — leaves toxic to pets
Care
Light
Tomatoes need full sun — six to eight hours a day — to flower well and ripen a good crop. Choose the sunniest spot you have.
Water
Water deeply and consistently to keep the soil evenly moist. Erratic watering is the leading cause of cracked fruit and blossom-end rot.
Soil & Feeding
Plant in rich, well-draining soil and feed with a tomato or vegetable fertilizer once flowers and fruit set. Mulch helps keep moisture even.
Quick Tip
Support the plant with a stake or cage as it grows, and harvest fruit as it ripens to keep more coming.
Details
A meaty, low-moisture paste tomato — the classic choice for rich sauces, salsa, and canning. Give it sun, steady water, and a little feeding and it will produce from summer into fall.
- ✅ Dense, meaty flesh with few seeds
- ✅ The go-to tomato for sauce and canning
- ✅ Heavy yields of uniform, egg-shaped fruit
Size
Available in convenient, garden-ready pots — ready to plant into a sunny bed, large container, or raised bed for a summer of homegrown tomatoes.
Good to Know
⚠️ The ripe tomatoes are delicious and safe to eat, but the leaves, stems, and unripe green fruit are toxic to cats and dogs (and shouldn’t be eaten by people). Keep pets from grazing the foliage.
Plant Bio
Solanum lycopersicum · Roma Tomato
Tomatoes, Solanum lycopersicum, came originally from western South America and are now the most popular thing to grow in a home garden — and for good reason: homegrown flavor is in a different league from store-bought.
Roma is a paste-type tomato with thick, meaty flesh and little juice, which makes it the classic choice for sauces, salsa, paste, and canning where you want flavor without excess water.
With full sun, steady water, and a little feeding, this variety will flower and fruit for months, giving you fresh tomatoes right from your own pot or bed.
What makes it special?
- Dense, meaty flesh with few seeds
- The go-to tomato for sauce and canning
- Heavy yields of uniform, egg-shaped fruit
⚠️ Enjoy the ripe fruit freely, but the leaves, stems, and green unripe fruit are toxic to cats and dogs — keep pets from chewing the plant itself.