San Marzano Tomato Starter Plant — photo: Goldlocki, CC BY-SA 3.0, via Wikimedia Commons
San Marzano Tomato Starter Plant — photo: Goldlocki, CC BY-SA 3.0, via Wikimedia Commons
Vegetable Starters

San Marzano Tomato Starter Plant

Live Plant
$7.00
$9.00
$7.00
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Harvest long, pointed, sweet paste tomatoes prized for authentic sauce roughly eleven to twelve weeks after transplanting this tall, staking-required Italian heirloom.
San Marzano Tomato Starter Plant

Pot Size: 4" Pot
Quantity
San Marzano Tomato Starter Plant — photo: Goldlocki, CC BY-SA 3.0, via Wikimedia Commons
Vegetable Starters

San Marzano Tomato Starter Plant

$9.00 $7.00
San Marzano Tomato Starter Plant — photo: Goldlocki, CC BY-SA 3.0, via Wikimedia Commons
Vegetable Starters

San Marzano Tomato Starter Plant

$9.00 $7.00
Pot Size: 4" Pot
Description

San Marzano is an indeterminate paste tomato that runs six feet or more and keeps producing until frost, so give it a tall stake, a heavy-duty cage or a string trellis from day one rather than trying to prop it up in July. This variety is notably prone to blossom end rot, which is a calcium delivery problem driven by uneven watering, so mulch deeply, water on a steady schedule instead of in cycles of drought and flood, and make sure soil calcium and pH are adequate before planting. Prune suckers below the first fruit cluster to improve airflow against the fungal diseases that Alabama humidity guarantees. Shipped in a 4" Pot, well-rooted from our Lineville, Alabama nursery.

Specifications
  • Mature size: 6-8 ft tall staked, 24-30 in wide
  • Grows best: Outdoors - Grown as an annual in all zones
  • Pet safety: Foliage toxic to pets if ingested; fruit is safe
  • Sourcing: Nursery-grown by Wade Greens; ships healthy from our Lineville, Alabama nursery to the lower 48 states.
Care Instructions
  • Light: Full sun, 8+ hours
  • Water: Deep, steady and regular; avoid drought-then-flood cycles
  • Soil: Well-drained, compost-rich soil at pH 6.2-6.8, limed if needed so calcium is available.
  • Feeding: Balanced feed at planting, then a low-nitrogen, high-potassium fertilizer every two weeks once fruit sets.
Growing Zone

No hardiness rating for this one. It's grown as an indoor plant, so the room it lives in matters more than the zone outside. Keep it above 50°F and out of a cold draft.

Questions & Answers

How big does it get?
6-8 ft tall staked, 24-30 in wide

How much light does it need?
Full sun, 8+ hours

Is it safe for pets?
Foliage toxic to pets if ingested; fruit is safe

How is it shipped?
Packed to arrive healthy and shipped from our Alabama nursery to the lower 48 states.

Shipping & Returns

Ships to all 48 contiguous states from our farm in Lineville, Alabama.

What it costs

Based on your order total: $12.95 under $35 · $16.95 to $75 · $21.95 to $125 · free over $125.

Ship days

Mondays and Tuesdays only — see below.

Getting it ready

1–3 business days to pot up, water back and pack.

Where we can't go

Alaska, Hawaii, U.S. territories, P.O. boxes, and outside the United States.

Why we only ship Mondays and Tuesdays

A plant in a dark box is on a clock. Shipping early in the week means it reaches you before the weekend instead of sitting in a warehouse from Friday to Monday. It costs us a day or two of lead time and saves a lot of plants.

Practically: an order placed Wednesday, Thursday, Friday or over the weekend goes out the following Monday. We'd rather tell you that now than let you find it in a tracking number.

How long it takes once it leaves

Typical ground transit from Lineville, Alabama after the ship day. Estimates, not guarantees — weather and carrier backlogs happen.

  • 1–2 days Alabama, Georgia, Tennessee, Mississippi, Florida, South Carolina, North Carolina, Louisiana, Arkansas, Kentucky
  • 2–3 days The rest of the Southeast and Midwest, Texas, the Mid-Atlantic and the Northeast
  • 3–5 days The Plains, the Mountain West and the West Coast

Tracking is emailed the moment your box is scanned.

If something arrives unhappy

A little leaf drop or travel stress is normal and usually sorts itself out within a week or two of settling in. If a plant arrives genuinely damaged, email support@wadegreens.com within 48 hours of delivery with a photo of the plant and the box, and we'll make it right.

Plant Traits

The facts that decide whether it takes root, in the order that matters.

Sunlight

Full Sun (6+ hrs)

Six or more hours of direct sun. With less it stretches toward the light and flowering thins out.

Water

Moderate

Water when the top inch of soil is dry. Evenly damp, never standing wet.

Mature Size

1-3 ft

Where it settles once established. Plan the spacing for this, not for the size it arrives at.

Foliage

Herbaceous

Soft-stemmed. It dies back to the ground and returns from the roots — the top going brown is the plan, not a failure.

Works As

Edible Garden

Traits

  • EdibleSome part of it is grown to be eaten. We grow without pesticides, so it needs nothing more than a rinse.

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