Solanacées • Solanum lycopersicum

Ropreco Paste Italian Tomato - Organic

"A small, early-ripening Italian variety with firm fruit, perfect for thick sauces."

$4.49

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Originating from Italian selections of sauce tomatoes, Ropreco Paste is a determinate variety that thrives in a sunny, productive vegetable garden. Its elongated, red Roma -type fruits evoke the time-honored traditions of preparing sauces and coulis in family kitchens.

In the garden, it forms a compact and productive plant, offering a consistently good harvest. Its firm, low-water-content tomatoes ripen in clusters, making it a valuable ally for gardeners who preserve their harvests or make rich sauces. In a harmonious garden, it naturally finds its place among other warm-season fruiting vegetables, contributing to a bountiful and bountiful space.

  • Growing climate: Warm season
  • Sowing difficulty level: Easy
  • Care required: Regular
  • Growth: Summer growth

Annotation: Classic open-field tomato cultivation for northern climates, requires heat, sun and regular watering.

The Italian Ropreco Paste tomato is primarily grown for processing: its firm, low-water flesh makes it an excellent base for homemade sauces, coulis, and ketchups. It is well-suited for canning, jarring, or sterilizing, as well as freezing once cooked in a sauce.

The fruits can also be used sliced ​​in stews or gratins, but it is in preserving food that it best expresses its potential, in continuity with the traditions of Italian pasta tomatoes.

Ropreco Paste Italian Tomato - Organic

$4.49

$4.49

écoumene seeding advice

Seeding type

Indoor seeding

Germination time

7-10 days

Germination temperature

26° to 30° Celsius

Sowing depth

Sowing at a depth of 5 mm

Transplantation

Easy transplantation

Technical

Row sowing

Growing conditions

Number of days to maturity

Harvest at ± 65 days

Hardiness zone

Zone-3b

Distance between plants

45 cm

Distance between rows

100 cm

Optimal brightness

Sun plant

Soil texture

Loose (silty) soil

Soil moisture

Cool, well-drained soil

Soil fertility

Plant very demanding in bacteria-dominant compost

optimal soil pH

Low acidic pH

Average plant height

90 cm

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