Santa Maria Tomato? - Page 5

ddsack · April 11, 2020

Nice to see the photos at Remy's site, looking forward to growing Santa Maria. I had 6 seeds from a seed swap from 2014, never grown it. I started all 6 seeds in damp paper towels on heat, and 5 of 6 germinated between days 4-8. Pretty good! Since I don't need six plants, I didn't wait for the last one.

ddsack · August 14, 2020

I'm glad I grew this one, especially since Remy started this thread and has now passed away. What a great tomato! It was larger than I expected, two of the tomatoes weighed in at around 1 lb 6 oz, two just smaller at 14 oz. Lumpy or hearty shapes, Very meaty, few seeds, good stout fruit holds well on the vine, very minor cracking. Good flavor, nice acidity, good for eating fresh, should make great sauce.

Any one else grow them this summer?

KarenO · August 14, 2020

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Originally Posted by ddsack

I'm glad I grew this one, especially since Remy started this thread and has now passed away. What a great tomato! It was larger than I expected, two of the tomatoes weighed in at around 1 lb 6 oz, two just smaller at 14 oz. Lumpy or hearty shapes, Very meaty, few seeds, good stout fruit holds well on the vine, very minor cracking. Good flavor, nice acidity, good for eating fresh, should make great sauce.

Any one else grow them this summer?

That’s a gorgeous tomato
KarenO

hornstrider · August 17, 2020

I grew two Santa Maria plants this year...took forever to germinate....harvested maybe 10 tomatoes...not impressed at all...wont try again...much better success with San marzano, and Heidi...also grew Opelika, and opalaka did not do well either...san marzano produced approx. 64 lbs of big juice tomatoes...no problem with blossom end rot.....heidi the same...in fact 4 Heidi, and 4 San marzano are still going..im in central texas..maybe not the right climate for Santa Maria...

hornstrider · August 17, 2020

I grew two Santa Maria plants this year...took forever to germinate....harvested maybe 10 tomatoes...not impressed at all...wont try again...much better success with San marzano, and Heidi...also grew Opelika, and opalaka did not do well either...san marzano produced approx. 64 lbs of big juice tomatoes...no problem with blossom end rot.....heidi the same...in fact 4 Heidi, and 4 San marzano are still going..im in central texas..maybe not the right climate for Santa Maria...

April 11, 2020	#61
ddsack Tomatovillian™ Join Date: Jan 2006 Location: Northern Minnesota - zone 3 Posts: 3,219	Nice to see the photos at Remy's site, looking forward to growing Santa Maria. I had 6 seeds from a seed swap from 2014, never grown it. I started all 6 seeds in damp paper towels on heat, and 5 of 6 germinated between days 4-8. Pretty good! Since I don't need six plants, I didn't wait for the last one. __________________ Dee **************

August 14, 2020	#62
ddsack Tomatovillian™ Join Date: Jan 2006 Location: Northern Minnesota - zone 3 Posts: 3,219	I'm glad I grew this one, especially since Remy started this thread and has now passed away. What a great tomato! It was larger than I expected, two of the tomatoes weighed in at around 1 lb 6 oz, two just smaller at 14 oz. Lumpy or hearty shapes, Very meaty, few seeds, good stout fruit holds well on the vine, very minor cracking. Good flavor, nice acidity, good for eating fresh, should make great sauce. Any one else grow them this summer? __________________ Dee **************

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August 17, 2020	#64
hornstrider Tomatovillian™ Join Date: Jan 2007 Location: Hutto, Texas Posts: 230	I grew two Santa Maria plants this year...took forever to germinate....harvested maybe 10 tomatoes...not impressed at all...wont try again...much better success with San marzano, and Heidi...also grew Opelika, and opalaka did not do well either...san marzano produced approx. 64 lbs of big juice tomatoes...no problem with blossom end rot.....heidi the same...in fact 4 Heidi, and 4 San marzano are still going..im in central texas..maybe not the right climate for Santa Maria...