Oregon Star Tomato
Price: $4.45
SKU: 3402881A sister to 'Oregon Pride', 'Oregon Star' is another tomato variety that came out of Dr. James R. Baggett's program at Oregon State University. It was stabilized from a cross between 'Santiam' and 'Roma' and was released in 1993.
Fruit Color: Red
Harvest Timing: Main Crop / Mid-Season
Growth Habit: Determinate
Full light and cooler temps (60° to 70°) will help to prevent the seedlings from becoming too leggy. If plants become rootbound before you can safely set them into the ground, transplant them into larger pots.
Harden off plants before planting outside. Young plants are very susceptible to frost and sunburn damage. Avoid too much nitrogen. Water evenly but not in excess.
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Customer Reviews:
By Trish (Texas Panhandle) on January 2, 2023
This is the best paste tomato I have ever grown. Beautiful color, very flavorful, nearly seedless even in late summer. The sauce and canned tomatoes I make are unequalled in flavor and consistency. They are extremely shelf stable for when you need to harvest some and wait for more to ripen. I freeze a lot of them for later canning and they are as good as when I process fresh from the vine. They slip their skins easily and they are a robust, perfectly firm fruit. None better. Bonus; they are great to eat fresh on salads or with a little salt while standing in the garden. The seeds I saved from my first year are true.
By Amy Bowman on August 4, 2021
I grew these for the first time this year and will DEFINITELY grow them from now on! Very large, prolific, tasty! At first the plants seemed iffy , but once in the garden, they grew quite well.
By Anthony Martin on August 31, 2019
These tomatoes are meaty and delicious! And the earliest ones don't have seeds! We won't have enough at once to can, but we dehydrated 1/4 inch slices. They're amazing little snacks that store well.
By Janet Szabo on October 20, 2015
We grew this variety for the first time this year and it will be a staple in our garden from now on. I have always done San Marzanos, with mixed success, as a paste tomato. These plants did much better. They grew thick and lush and set lots of large fruit--easily 1-1/2 times as large as the San Marzanos. I just finished canning the first batch of tomato sauce using these and the Cherokee Purple tomato. Delicious!
