The ‘Striped Roman’ not only impresses with its appearance, but also thanks to its good taste and high yield. We introduce the striped bottle tomato and explain what to look out for during cultivation and care.
The nicely striped Striped Roman tomato is a striking representative of the elongated bottle tomatoes. In this article you will find a portrait of the high-yielding tomato variety as well as tips for growing it.
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- Striped Roman Tomato: Wanted Poster
- History and origin of the ‘Striped Roman’
- Tomato taste and characteristics
- Special features when growing the tomato ‘Striped Roman’
- Care of the Striped Roman tomato: pruning and fertilizing
- Harvest and use the bottle tomato
Striped Roman Tomato: Wanted Poster
| fruit | Beefsteak tomato; orange-red striped |
| taste | fruity, sweet, spicy |
| Ripening time | medium early |
| growth | Stake tomatoes, up to 250 cm |
| Location | Greenhouse, protected field, tub |
History and origin of the ‘Striped Roman’
The "Striped Roman" tomato variety was bred by John Swenson, a member of the Seed Savers Exchange. This association takes care of the preservation of old crops in the USA, mainly vegetables. The ‘Striped Roman’ was created by crossing the two tomato varieties Antique Roman ’and‘Banana legs‘. It was launched in 1999 and has since become a popular variety with hobby gardeners around the world.
Tomato taste and characteristics
The plants of the ‘Striped Roman’ are extremely vigorous and can reach heights of up to 2.5 m. Many elongated bottle tomatoes form on the elongated tomato plants, which are 10 to 12 cm long on average and can weigh up to 200 grams. When ripe, the striped fruits turn deep red and orange. The ‘Striped Roman’ is a medium early variety that has a rich yield between mid-July and the end of October. The cut-resistant tomato fruits have a lot of pulp and only a few seeds. ‘Striped Romans’ taste fruity, sweet and spicy and have a strong tomato aroma. This variety is seed solid, so it can be propagated from its own seeds.
Special features when growing the tomato ‘Striped Roman’
‘Striped Roman’ is happy about a warm, sunny place in the greenhouse or in the protected field, but can also be cultivated in a tub. To do this, a deep hole is dug and the young plant is placed so deep that about half the plant is still visible. All shoots that are now underground are removed. For cultivation as a potted tomato, you should choose a bucket with a capacity of at least 20 liters and fill it with nutrient-rich potting soil. Our peat-free Plantura organic tomato & vegetable soil is suitable for plants in pots, but also for improving heavy or poor soils in beds and greenhouses. Tomato plants are also planted deep in the soil in the pot and leaves attached to the base of the stem are removed. Now fill the soil back into the planting hole or pot and lightly press the substrate around the plant. Then it is watered extensively. The pot used should have holes through which the water can drain. Ideally, expanded clay or potsherds are poured into the bottom of the pot to ensure good water drainage and the pot is placed on a saucer.
Care of the Striped Roman tomato: pruning and fertilizing
Due to its height, the Striped Roman tomato must be supported and tied directly with a stick after planting. The striped bottle tomato can also be grown very well with two shoots, for this you remove all side shoots in the leaf axils except for one far below. This will quickly stretch in length and must then also be tied up and supported. This means that the vigorous variety is a little wider and not quite as tall. Flowers and later fruits also appear on the second shoot. That Skinning the tomato should be repeated about once a week, by the way.
The first fertilization takes place in June, because now blossoms and the first fruits are formed, in which the tomato plant contains a lot of strength and nutrients. To fertilize the Striped Roman tomato, it is best to use a primarily organic slow release fertilizer, such as ours Plantura organic tomato fertilizer, to grab. This is only slowly converted by the soil organisms and thus converted into plant-available nutrients over a period of two months. Until the end of the season, only a single top dressing is required to provide the bottle tomatoes with essential nutrients.
Harvest and use the bottle tomato
From mid-July, the ‘Striped Roman’ can be harvested almost continuously, because its fruits flourish and ripen one after the other until the first frost. In this way, considerable amounts of harvest can come together. One advantage of the ‘Striped Roman’ is that it has few stones and a lot of pulp, which makes it a good processing tomato. The good taste of ‘Striped Roman’ comes into its own in sauces, spreads or ketchup. Of course, it can also be consumed fresh.
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