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open-pollinated
Midnight Roma
Also sold as: Midnight Roma Tomato
Jim Myers/OSU open-pollinated purple-skinned, red-fleshed paste tomato with meaty texture and layered sweetness, acidity and umami.
- Shape
- Elongated
- Fruit type
- Plum / Roma
- Growth habit
- Semi-determinate
- Where it grows
- Outdoor
- Typical fruit weight
- 85 g
- Days to maturity
- 78 days (75–80) from transplant
- Sweetness
- High
- Flavour intensity
- High
- Productivity
- High
- Cracking resistance
- High
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- Containers
- Suitable for containers
- Support needed
- Moderate
- Heat tolerance
- Medium
- Cool-climate suitability
- High
- Growing notes
- Direct sun deepens the purple anthocyanin pigmentation. Row 7 recommends avoiding excessive nitrogen before flowering and supplying adequate phosphorus/calcium, support the semi-determinate plants.
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