Tomato, Amish Paste

$5.25

Heirloom, Plum Tomato

Indeterminate

Days to Maturity: 80

We love these bright red, heart-shaped tomatoes with meaty, juicy texture. Great sauce tomatoes with a superior flavor. The fruit are coreless, top-shaped, that often weigh as much as 12 oz. Tall plants provide heavy yields with staking. Despite the name ‘Amish Paste,’ the juicy fruits are best suited to making sauce, but you can keep cooking to a reduction for paste.

Very few seeds, which normally make sauces and pastes bitter. Sweeter flavor than other paste tomatoes.

Features

Indeterminate

Few seeds

8-12 oz. at maturity

Heirloom

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Growing Specifications:

Tomatoes yield best in clay or loam soils that are well drained and high in organic matter. They can tolerate acid soil as low as 5.5, but they prefer to grow in 6.0-6.8 range. Using the Cottage Seed Co. Organic Calcium can help to maintain a base saturation for calcium. Use a high phosphorus fertilizer for transplants. Take care not to over-fertilize with Nitrogen as this can result in more foliage but lower yields.

Seeding Depth: Planting depth: 1/8-1/4".

Plant Spacing: Plant spacing: for indeterminate 24-36".

Row Spacing: 4-6’ centers. Greenhouse Tomatoes- maintain 4 square ft/plant.

When to Sow:

Days to maturity are from transplants. Start seeds 6-8 weeks before planting date. Optimal soil temperature for germination is 75-85°F; seeds in colder situations will germinate very slowly. Do not start too early; transplants will suffer if allowed to become root bound and leggy. Harden off transplants by reducing water and nitrogen fertilizer. Transplant outdoors after danger of frost has passed.

Companion planting: plant alongside cucumbers, Basil, Onions, Nasturtium, Calendula, Carrot, and Parsley