San Marzano tomato
$4.00 – $8.00
(Lycopersicon esculentum var. esculentum)
A good little paste tomato; prolific plants are covered in long, rather rectangular fruit.
Start indoors 7 weeks before last frost. Sow 1/2” deep; harden off for 10 days before transplanting. Prepare hole with manure and ground eggshell in the bottom, covered by a layer of soil. Set bush types 24” apart, vines 18” apart. Train vines up trellises.