The process.
The San Marzano tomato is one of the Italian excellences in the world. San Marzano originates from the Agro Sarnese-Nocerino1, in the Sarno2 Valley, in the province of Salerno. Its center of origin is above all in the territory of the municipality of San Marzano, from which it took its name.
The all process follows a mandatory process dictated by the San Marzano DOP regulations.
- Cultivation
- Collection
- Trasformation
- Sele
Cultivation
CULTIVATION OF SAN MARZANO TOMATOES FROM THE NOCERINO SARNESE COUNTRYSIDE
First step of SMD process is “IMPLANT3“, the soil is prepared to welcome the tomato seedling of a KIROS species, San Marzano 2. The plant starts with traditional methods and without the use of machinery. The entire process is done by hand. The cultivation of San Marzano Dop is practiced vertically, with suitable stakes and horizontal wires.
The planting spacing must be at least 40 cm on the row and 110 cm between the rows.
Document disciplinary of San Marzano DOP
The exclusive training method must be vertical with suitable supports and horizontal wires. In addition to normal cultivation practices, both suckering and topping are permitted. Any forcing practice that tends to alter the natural biological cycle of the tomato is prohibited, with particular regard to ripening.
- The Agro Nocerino-Sarnese, located halfway between Naples and Salerno, is an area that includes 14 municipalities in the province of Salerno, for a total area of 188.1 km² and almost 300,000 inhabitants, with a population density of 1807 inhabitants per km². Wikipedia ↩︎
- Sarno is an Italian municipality of 30,577 inhabitants in the province of Salerno in Campania. It is one of the main centers of the Agro Nocerino-Sarnese, in the north-western part of the province. Wikipedia ↩︎
- The soil is prepared to welcome the tomato seedling of a KIROS species, San Marzano. The plant starts with traditional methods and without the use of machinery. The entire process is done by hand. ↩︎
