Vita Sementi Italian Seeds : Tomato : Pomodoro Il Pantano Romanesco

Vegetable Fruit

• Crops in : July to October
• Ideal for : Children

Description

Indeterminate.

Typical Italian variety producing large, flattened round, ribbed tomatoes. The ripe red fruits of Tomato Pomodoro Il Pantano Romanesco show the greener unripe crown. Flavour is superb sliced in a mixed salad, or in cooking.

Sowing Instructions

Tomatoes require a very fertile moisture retentive soil which has had generous applications of well-rotted manure or compost. Choose a site which receives full sun and shelter from strong wind. Sow seeds, under protection or on the windowsill from February to April. Sow in pots/seed trays, 7-10mm deep, using a good compost, at a minimum temperature of 15C.

Growing Instructions

Pot on in individual 7.5cm pots when large enough to handle. When the plants have reached 20cm high they should be transplanted outdoors, either under plastic for protective cropping or into the open ground when all danger of frost has passed. Also suitable for planting in large containers or growing bags outdoors in very sheltered sites. In very warm areas, cropping can be extended well into autumn by planting late crops in June-July. Plants can also be grown in the glasshouse.

Aftercare

Keep plants well watered and feed with potash (tomato feed) once first flowers have set fruit. The tall indeterminate varieties will need strong supports.

Kitchen Notes

Serving suggestion - Fried tomato fritters with bacon. Fry bacon till crisp, break into pieces. Blend sliced tomatoes, flour, cornflakes, cider vinegar, corn oil. Shape into rounds. Fry until golden brown.