Good tomato to grow for making sauces?

[Tori]

I don't like to eat raw tomatoes but love all varieties of cooked tomato sauces etc.
which variety would be a good one for me to grow? maybe a plum type?

[Pumpkin Becki]

I understand that true plum tomatoes are really only best for sauces, passatta that sort of thing - I don't know if its to do with the acidity level that makes them not so ideal for eating raw.

Sungold is quite a prolific normal tomato, grows happily outdoors all summer and has the sweetest tasting fruits. Its very versatile and makes a super sauce.

[Irie Jan]

Try Royal Chico is a red plum type and also, Cream Banana this is said to be one for the chef's it is a creamy yellow long shaped tomatoe! Nicky's seeds again! lol I will be trying these 2 this year!

Oops is Cream Sausage not cream banana sorry! Im in a rush time to get out of work and play with the traffic on theway home!

[shirlthegirl43]

I am trying Roma this year. Tried it last year too but not much sucess with any of my toms last year It is a plum type and supposedly has hardly any seeds so good for cooking and sauces etc. I have loads of seeds if you fancy some let me know.

[markwcel]

we used alicante for all our sauces last year...nice to eat raw but nicely juicy for sauce

[King Carrot]

Ms Carrot likes Pink Brandywines for making sauce, although I'm partial to them sliced in sarnies, very very tasty especially if they get some sunshine and not many seeds inside.

[zazen999]

Roma for me, although i use this for half and use whatever else I've got for the rest.

[emilymup]

Last year i grew 'san marzano' and had lovely huge tommies - with barely any seeds and quite a 'dry' tommie so excellent for cooking with.

This year i am going to grow san marzano again and also scatolone - another type of plum tommie. Check out the seeds of italy website - i got lots of ideas from there and they are really good value for money!

[HeyWayne]

San Marzano has to be the daddy.

[Rocketron]

Another vote for San Marzano here.

[bramble]

have grown Roma, San Marzano and Orange Banana for sauces. all produced wellp Plenty of toms and its hard to say which would be my favourite if I had to decide.

[Tori]

thanks for the advice guys

[Snadger]

I wish you lot would pack it in............there's two extra tomato varieties I've had to add this week i.e San Marzano and Amish Paste!

I grew 8 types of tom two years ago and whittled it down to just 4 last year. I may even exceed 8 varieties this year at the rate I'm going!

[Cutecumber]

San Marzano - absolutely the king for sauce.

I'm going to try Roma this year, so it better be good!

[pigletwillie]

San Marzano and Roma have proved to be both prolific and ideal for sauces, being a bit drier than salad tomatoes.

Pink brandywine are ok but a lot less productive.

This year I am growing both Amish paste and Urbikany (Real seeds) for sauce tomatoes as well as roma. Both come highly recommended.