Roma Tomatoes Are Awesome And Easy To Grow! In this video, I’ll show you how I plant my Roma Tomatoes in my summer garden for maximum success. Romas are a determinate variety of tomato. That is, they are a bush-type of plant that grows to a fixed size (large) and sets fruit within a short-ish window.
Romas however, are not like other bush tomatoes. They tend to grow long, and very large. In most setups, they cannot support their own weight and will need to be staked to grow properly as an adult plant. I’ll show you from beginning to end how I plant my Roma Tomatoes in my garden including staking, actual planting, mulching, and watering.
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Might want to Avoid newspaper since this contains ink! Other then that nice videos
Thanks for the video. Can you tell me how wide the bed is? I'm planning for next spring and want to get the spacing right. Thanks!
Best that I have seen and I’ve seen buckets.
Right on. I learned a lot. Your technique is easy on the elderly and not stressful to the seddling. I note you didn't separate root balls on this bed, man.
Those seedlings are no longer seedlings… I was like could that be even possible? But, I will try this method. I think we have maybe two to our expected last frost. Any suggestion when to start my seedlings? I love Romas!
how big is this bed? also i curious could you grow more plants in that bed
Thanks for the awesome video appreciated your insight.
I started gardening last year in toilet paper rolls. Within a week my romas’s were 4” tall! I gave them all away to people who have gardens. The secret to get them to germinate and grow so fast was adding a sprinkle of crushed eggshells to each plant and only watering with collected rain water.
If I keep anything this year I’ve have to grow in big pots.
I love gardening!
Why do you giggle when you talk
do you have a vid on doing sun dried tomato's?
So how often should they be watered about?
Why do you laugh while talking so much….hard to watch?
it’s the constant fake laughing for me
Outstanding instruction and content. I'm "digging" the no till approach. 🙂
Wow didn't know tomatoes could thrive on quite a shallow ish cover of soil. I'm in the UK and will be growing a few varieties, some in raised beds and some in pots but I'm going to try and plant less and space them out more this time (:
Great video! By the by, your stake is a1x2, not a 2×2. Just mentioned that for the new guys starting a garden. GARDEN ON !!!
That is very useful information for growing Roma tomatoes – especially regarding the issue of Blossom End Rot. There are so many home gardeners (and YouTubers) recommending a variety of treatments for this disease, while the simplest cure is to adjust one's watering schedule (water only when needed and water deeply, as you advised).
I've grown Romas successfly in 4', no-dig raised beds for many years.My mulching and watering schedule is identical to yours (except I use a drip system on a timer). I set up tomato cages and plant 9 tomatoes in each 4' bed. This may sound like too many plants but it works well for me. Over the years I've tried combinations of 6, 9 and 12 plants per bed and my best production has been with 9 plants/bed.
As for feeding, I simply apply about 3 inches of compost to the top of the bed at the end of the growing season, then I cover the bed with leaves for the winter.
Hope this helps an thanks for posting. Cheers.
You are such a layback gardener.
Great video. Subbed.
Your video was so good! Thanks much for the tips I've never seen anywhere coming from an experienced gardener!
Our first year with Romo and mine are neck height and not yet ripen season yet.
You always so well prepared and informative
Thanks
To me cardboard is over kill for garden, Believe I want to go with news paper but I don't want the colors or die so only the print black ink newspaper.
Really good NO DIG method, thank you. Wondering how do u maintain it later, fertilizers, trimming…..?
I really like the style of this video right off the bat. I came here cause I dumped a bag of old roma tomatoes outside and about 20 plants sprouted. I spread them out when they were babies and now they're fruiting.
Romas are also used in most salsas and. Italian Red Sauces. Romas yield the more fruit weight from a plant than any other tomato.
You don’t need to do that you can just plant them
You have some of the best gardening videos ever! My tomatoes had some mystery holes in it for two months this year and I am looking for better ones to plant.