40+ San Marzano Tomato Seeds- Italian Heirloom Variety- Ohio Heirloom Seeds

Pic speaks for itself. 100% germination. Grown outside in soil. Fertilized with general hydroponics flora series, calimagic and humic acid.

I started these seeds in small peat pots on the windowsill.. then as they grew I transplanted them into bigger peat pots and then started to harden them off outside for a couple of weeks. My small raised beds were nothing special and had been unused for years. I beefed up the soil with some manure, Miracle Gro Garden Soil, and whatever bits of compost I could toss in.Upon planting them in the beds, they immediately took off growing. As they continued to grow, I only used organic plant fertilizers. And made sure to water them well on a regular basis. Once they started producing fruit, they never stopped until the frost finally hit in October (I'm in NE Pennsylvania). Even then they still had lots of undeveloped fruits flowers on them.All total, from JUST 7 PLANTS, I was able to harvest over 300 picture perfect SM tomatoes! We then went through the whole process of canning them. I am very happy (and kinda proud) to say that they enabled me to make some of the best sauce that I have ever eaten.So... as someone who isn't really a gardener (it's been over 20 years since I had a garden), I HIGHLY recommend these seeds to anyone who is looking to make sauce. Short of having a volcano in your backyard like they do in Italy, I don't think you are going to do any better than these seeds.*Heads-up though.... these things grow VERY TALL. All 7 of the plants that I had, were easily well over 7 feet tall. So be sure that you have some means of supporting them as they grow taller and taller. Sorry that I wasn't able to find my pics of the mature plants, but trust me... these things are a Home-Run!

These were smaller than expected, but my plants were crowded, and that likely limited plant health some.These tasted great, and I'd like to plant again next year, smarter.But!Of all my tomatoes, only these got bloom rot (where the bottom of the tomato is black and nasty).I want to caution to not blame the seeds!Bloom rot is caused by calcium deficiency in the fruit, which means in your soil. The seeds are not to blame.As I used the same soil for all my tomatoes, and only this variety showed those problems, it is my belief that this variety uses much more calcium than others.This is easily addressed, by simply fortifying your soil!I will learn from this year, and have a better fertilizing mix for my soil next year, so they get the calcium they crave.All in all, though, an amazing tomato.

The germination on these is phenomenal! If you keep it at 70-80 degrees in the room plus keep soil moist at all times they will germinate no problem. I think the few reviews where people couldn't germinate them is a gardener issue, not a seed issue. These are very good seeds.

I opened these today to get my seeds started and the envelope was just dust. Not 1 usable seed to be found.

The discrimination grade is phenomenal. About 90%. Best I've had so far

I hope these are the authentic big; fat; pulpy and delicious Italian San Marzano's and not the imposters local growers try to pass off here in Berks County PA.They are germinating although I did have to replant 5 out of the 6 pots I started. So far only 3 plants have started. Remains to be seen whether these guys will get a higher rating.

Started seeds indoors. Had almost 100% germination rate.