| Heredity: | Open Pollinated |
| Skin Color: | Red |
| Flesh Color: | Red |
| Fruit Shape: | Plum Elongated |
| Fruit Size: | Medium |
| Leaf Type: | Regular-Leaf |
| Tomato Plant Height: | 5 feet |
| Best Uses: | Canning Paste Cooking |
| Growth Mode: | Indeterminate |
| Earliness: | Late |
| Days to Maturity: | 80 days |
| Miscellaneous: | Heirloom |
| History: | The San Marzano is an old Italian variety of paste tomato first documented in 1894 in the USDA yearbook of Agriculture. It was a deliberately thin skinned variety for the peeled tomato market in Italy. |
| Country: | Italy |
| Plant Habit: | Vine |
| Life cycle: | Perennial |
| Sun Requirements: | Full Sun |
| Water Preferences: | Mesic |
| Minimum cold hardiness: | Zone 11 +4.4 °C (40 °F) to +7.2 °C (50 °F) |
| Plant Height: | Varies greatly by species and cultivated variety. |
| Plant Spread: | Varies greatly by species and cultivated variety. |
| Leaves: | Other: Varies greatly by species and cultivated variety. |
| Fruit: | Showy Edible to birds |
| Fruiting Time: | Other: Varies greatly by species and cultivated variety. |
| Flower Color: | Yellow |
| Bloom Size: | Under 1" |
| Flower Time: | Other: Varies greatly by species and cultivated variety. |
| Uses: | Vegetable Suitable as Annual |
| Edible Parts: | Fruit |
| Eating Methods: | Raw Cooked |
| Resistances: | Rabbit Resistant |
| Toxicity: | Leaves are poisonous Roots are poisonous |
| Propagation: Seeds: | Self fertile Other info: Direct sowing into the garden not recommended. Sow seeds into sterile seed starting mix, 1/8"-1/4" deep, indoors, 6-8 weeks prior to last expected frost date. Optimal germination occurs in 7-14 days with constant moisture and soil temperatures of 75-90F. |
| Propagation: Other methods: | Cuttings: Stem |
| Pollinators: | Self Various insects |
| Containers: | Preferred depth: Some tomato varieties, primarily dwarf and determinate varieties, are suitable for container gardening. Large, vining, indeterminate types can be grown in 5 gallon or larger containers but may require extra attention. |
| gardengus | On July 22, 2015 | Harvested |
| Kevs | On April 5, 2016 | Potted up I planted Spicy Globe Basil next to it. |
| GaNinFl | On January 21, 2019 | Seeds sown |
| antsinmypants | On May 13, 2022 | Transplanted Into Garden Two |
| antsinmypants | On March 17, 2022 | Plant emerged 2 seedlings emerged |
| antsinmypants | On March 16, 2022 | Plant emerged 1 seedling emerged. |
| antsinmypants | On March 13, 2022 | Seeds sown Indoors under lights on heat mat. 4 seeds. |
| gladyscallagy | On February 19, 2021 | Potted up |
| gladyscallagy | On February 3, 2021 | Plant emerged first set of true leaves |
| gladyscallagy | On January 28, 2021 | Seeds germinated |
| gladyscallagy | On January 21, 2021 | Seeds sown |
| paleohunter | On April 27, 2025 | Transplanted |
| paleohunter | On March 1, 2025 | Seeds sown |
| paleohunter | On May 27, 2023 | Obtained plant |
| paleohunter | On February 25, 2023 | Seeds sown |
| paleohunter | On March 25, 2022 | Transplanted |
| dnrevel | On August 18, 2022 | Harvested Picked a good crop of these robust plum, roma type tomatoes. We are roasting them & freezing in late August 2022. |
| dnrevel | On April 27, 2022 | Seeds germinated Aided by heat mats in greenhouse. |
| dnrevel | On April 16, 2022 | Seeds sown Sown in new greenhouse in a cell pack. On a heat mat as of April 18th. |
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