Roma Tomato Seeds
Roma Tomato Seeds
Each tomato seed pack includes 20+ seeds. For orders with more than 1,000 seeds, please request bulk packaging.
Description:
Description:
🍅 Roma Tomato Seeds – Meaty, Flavorful & Perfect for Sauces, Canning, and Cooking
The Roma Tomato is a classic meaty paste tomato prized for its true tomato flavor, firm texture, and exceptional versatility in the kitchen. With its distinctive elongated shape and minimal seed count, this variety is a favorite among chefs, canners, and home gardeners.
Roma tomatoes are ideal for creating rich spaghetti sauces, hearty salsas, chili bases, and tomato pastes, thanks to their dense flesh and naturally low juice content. They also hold up beautifully when canned, frozen, roasted, or sliced fresh for sandwiches and salads.
This productive determinate variety produces fruit in a concentrated window, making it perfect for batch processing and preserving. Reliable, flavorful, and easy to grow. Roma tomatoes are a must-have for any serious home garden.
🍅🌶️ Why Grow Tomatoes and Peppers Together?
Tomatoes and peppers make excellent garden companions! They share similar sunlight, soil, and watering needs, which helps streamline care. When planted side by side, they can improve overall plant vigor, maximize space, and even help reduce pest pressure by diversifying scents and foliage. It’s a win-win for gardeners growing both salsa ingredients and sauce essentials. Explore our Raised Garden Beds collection and get your garden started today.
🌱 Tomato Details
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Species: Solanum lycopersicum
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Type: Determinate
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Flavor: Classic tomato taste; rich and robust
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Texture: Meaty flesh, low juice, few seeds
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Best Uses: Sauces, salsas, canning, freezing, roasting, fresh eating
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Plant Habit: Compact and productive; great for small gardens or raised beds
Set your plants up for success with our Seed Starting Supplies, packed with essentials for strong starts and healthy growth
Growing Instructions
Growing Instructions
Getting Started
So, you've received your seeds and are wondering what's next? At Pepper Joe's, we're committed to equipping you with everything you need to succeed in germinating the pepper seeds you've chosen. Our mission is to introduce you to a diverse array of pepper varieties, setting the stage for an exciting and rewarding gardening experience. Let's dive into the essentials together.
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What You'll Need
Seed Starting SuppliesSoil and Tray Method
- Water
- Seed Starting Soil Mix of Choice (seed starting mix is different than potting soil.)
- Seed Germination Tray
- Humidity Dome
- Heat Mat
- Temperature Controller
- Plant Light
- Plant Labels
- Dibber or similar object
- Gloves (optional, but if you're dealing with super-hot peppers, oil may still be on the seed)
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Plant your Seeds
- Pre-saturate your seed starting soil mix. Ensure the seed starting mix is fully saturated prior to planting your seed.
- Make a ¼-inch hole in the center of each seed starting cell. A #2 pencil eraser is a great tool for making these holes.
- Place your seed and cover gently with soil.
You can plant up to 4 seeds per cell to help ensure successful germination.
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Starting Peppers from Seed4. Place your heat mat under your base tray and your humidity dome on top. For best results, set your temperature controller between 75 - 80 degrees.
5. Place your plant light above the seed starting tray and turn on. Refer to the plant light manufacturers instructions for the optimal distance. Plant light should remain on for 14 to 16 hours per day.
6. Enjoy watching them grow! See our full instruction page below for more information.
