Best sauce/passata Tomato

Morning guys,

What would you say is the best tomato to grow to make sauce out of, for flavour, quantity, etc.

I was thinking a plum type like Roma but would like your input as i'm probably wrong! 

I have plenty of space in the greenhouses to grow quite a few plants and as we eat allot of spagbol and lasagne would like to have fesh/frozen sauce to use.

Thanks

Andy

Hi jambop,

Just had a read about the 3 you recomend.
I won't be growing Roma now after what i read, i think i'll be growing Amish Paste, all the reviews are really good and they say the taste is outstanding.

Thanks for the reply.

Andy

I grew Amish Paste for a couple of years and found the yield to be quite disappointing...so I now grow Roma or San Marzano. I tend to find that Roma perform better in terms of yield and the flavour is quite similar. Actually, once you add some garlic and basil, they tend the same!

I'd suggest growing a variety of seeds and seeing what suits your particular conditions the best.

Argh, now you've gone and done it.
I was all decided on which to grow and now im confused again! 

I will grow 2 of each, Roma and a Amish Paste and see which i prefer.
Thats one side of the greenhouse filled. 
I'll try San Marzano next year and replace either the Roma or Amish Paste dependant on wich is best.

Andy

Of course it is all down to what you can grow re conditions and of course whether under glass or outdoors. Roma really does best outdoor and is determinate so those are things to think about. I have never had BER issues with San Marzano but it is grown outdoors and my soil is quite rich in clay. I grew cornue des Andes it was a great cropper and tasted good but the shape and the fact that I thought they were slightly on the soft side put me off I prefer a nice hard fleshed tomato. For outdoor growing Princep d'Borghese is without doubt the best for the kitchen plant and forget then pick when ready... by the bucket load a really heavy cropper.

I got a good crop of Roma last year ( outdoors, London) but the flavour was a little bland.

I second jambobs seed supplier choice, I have never had anything but good quality seeds from them, and they are nicely packaged too.

Thanks for this guys,
Do you know roughly what the delivery time has been?

Andy