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Growing Roma Tomatoes in the San Lorenzo Valley
If you garden in Felton, Ben Lomond, or Boulder Creek, whether you can grow a Roma depends almost entirely on which part of your property you are standing in. The SLV is a split reality: sunny ridges can do it, shaded redwood canyons cannot.
Growing Roma Tomatoes in the Santa Cruz Banana Belt
If you garden in the county's warm sunny pocket, the hill belts above the fog around Soquel, Aptos, and the sunnier side of Santa Cruz, this is the good news page. The Banana Belt is the best place in Santa Cruz County to grow a Roma.
Growing Roma Tomatoes in the Santa Cruz Coastal Fog Belt
If you garden in the fog belt, from Davenport down through the Santa Cruz, Capitola, and Aptos coast, the honest truth is that Romas are a stretch here. You can grow them, but you have to stack the deck.