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Sat, Sep 6, 14 at 3:45
| Anyone grow the Rosso Sicilian Tomato? I am not impressed with it but would love to hear others opinions. Its leaves curled up. I swear I always have one tomato variety, and only one, that does that. The tomatoes are way too soft and not ripening fully. I am not sure if they just didn't do well because we had a pretty hot summer or something else. Had a bug problem but got control of that really fast and my other tomatoes are in good shape. I know it is best for sauce but it just is weak even for sauces. |
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| It is susceptible to foliage diseases in humid climates. It has a physiological trait for uneven fruit ripening. Almost all the fruit on my plants were green on one side and red on the other. They will eventually ripen entirely, but often the side that ripened first will begin to decay before the green side fully ripens. This is a variety that does well in a dry climate with very high sun exposure. I had far better results with Costoluto Genovese which has a very similar fluted tomato shape, but produces exceptionally heavy crops of fruit that ripen evenly. |
RE: Rosso Sicilian Tomato
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| Hi fusion_power, Thanks so much! I will replace it with the Costoluto Genovese. I like that it ripens evenly unlike the Rosso. My weather was and is odd. I had a cold June and extremely hot July and August. I think the cold June is what set it up to fail. I put this on my "do not grow here" list lol. Thanks again! |
RE: Rosso Sicilian Tomato
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| I just got seeds for it as been highly recommended by brokenbar for drying purposes... oh well, does not sound like variety that will do well in Chicago either |
RE: Rosso Sicilian Tomato
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| lindalana, Maybe you will have better luck? I had terrible weather (one cold month and then 2 months of VERY hot), couple of windstorms and an invasion of stink bugs. I was able to save my other tomatoes and they taste great! But I think the Rosso is very delicate. You must do an update next year on how it did! |
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| Gardengal, will do! Am wondering though as brokenbar specifically states she does not take primadonnas in her garden and this is one of her favs... go figure... |
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| Lindalana, That it is quite the contradiction lol! Maybe she has the magic touch?! |
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