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I think there's also a genetic component. I planted Roma seeds from a store bought tomato, grew the plant, and they still didn't have much flavour compared to a
by brailsafe 6y ago
I think there's also a genetic component. I planted Roma seeds from a store bought tomato, grew the plant, and they still didn't have much flavour compared to any other garden tomato I've tried.
- dmitriid 6y agoYup. Store varieties are bread for exactly this: transportation. I read somewhere that unfortunately the taste and transportability are mutually exclusive when you go through traditional selective breeding.
- nitrogen 6y agoTomatoes are often hybrids, so growing from seed you'll be missing some of the characteristics of the parent. Not sure if this applies to roma tomatoes.