Tomatoes go great with venison. Roma will do fine, just plant at the
appropriate time.
>I noticed my local grocery store offering packets of "Roma Tomato" seeds
> but that started me wondering if they taste any better than store bought.
> So, anyway, I live in the Pacific Northwest. Are Roma Tomatoes suitable
> for my growing region? Has anybody had trouble with Roma Tomatoes? What
> kind of problems am I going to run into here?
> Last summer, our tomato plants were eaten down to the nub by the Columbia
> Blacktail Deer that frequent our property, a sight worse than being eaten
> by slugs. (We found deer hoofprints all over the tomato garden, and
> signs of deer teeth nipping away at the tomato plants.)
>
> I noticed my local grocery store offering packets of "Roma Tomato" seeds
> but that started me wondering if they taste any better than store bought.
> So, anyway, I live in the Pacific Northwest. Are Roma Tomatoes suitable
> for my growing region? Has anybody had trouble with Roma Tomatoes? What
> kind of problems am I going to run into here?
> Last summer, our tomato plants were eaten down to the nub by the Columbia
> Blacktail Deer that frequent our property, a sight worse than being eaten
> by slugs. (We found deer hoofprints all over the tomato garden, and
> signs of deer teeth nipping away at the tomato plants.)
I can't address anything related to your specific growing area (I'm in PA) but I
can certainly understand your frustration with the
deer. Last year I ended up putting an 8 foot high deer fence around my 30 x 45
garden, which already had a 4 foot fence around it.
One day and $150.00 later, no more deer problems.
Usually about half of my tomato plants are romas, since I like to make sauce and
salsa. Always taste better from the garden.
--
Al Reid
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> but that started me wondering if they taste any better than store bought.
> So, anyway, I live in the Pacific Northwest. Are Roma Tomatoes suitable
> for my growing region? Has anybody had trouble with Roma Tomatoes? What
> kind of problems am I going to run into here?
> Last summer, our tomato plants were eaten down to the nub by the Columbia
> Blacktail Deer that frequent our property, a sight worse than being eaten
> by slugs. (We found deer hoofprints all over the tomato garden, and
> signs of deer teeth nipping away at the tomato plants.)
>