I have grown Maglia Rosa many times. It has always been a very manageable plant. This year it's reaching for the sky. The first picture shows it growing up a shrub, about 10 feet tall and still growing. It is in a 15 gallon pot and sees only water. As always it makes out a very tasty tomato with great production.
I am also growing Marzano Fire this year. It is an irregular shaped paste about 3 1/2 inches long. It is not juicy enough for fresh eating but have cooked with them. We split them and hollow out the seed cavity. This is stuffed with a hot pepper and sausage mix and grilled on slow coals. This is a somewhat thin skinned tomato with thick walls, perfect for grilling. This plant grows very much like Maglia has grown for me in the past. Pumps out the fruit and picking 6-8 tomatoes every other day. Second pic shows both
tomatoes.
Seed for Marzano Fire came from Fred, Maglia from saved seed.
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