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Amish Paste

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Amish Paste

Tomato

Solanum lycopersicum

  • Full sun
  • Zones 10–11
  • 85 days to maturity
  • Vegetables
  • 24" spacing
  • High water
  • Annual
  • pH 6.2–6.8
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  • Overview

    Large for a sauce tomato, Amish Paste's slightly irregular plum to strawberry-shaped fruits avg. 8-12 oz. with excellent flavor. These meaty tomatoes are good in salads and great for processing. A Slow Food USA Ark of Taste variety. Indeterminate.

  • Planting

    Start indoors 6-8 weeks before last frost date. Transplant after all danger of frost has passed and soil is at least 60°F.

  • Growing

    Sun: full. Water: high. Soil pH: 6.2–6.8. Space plants 24" apart. Germination: 7-14.

  • Pests & diseases

    Common pests: Tomato hornworm, aphids, flea beetles, stink bugs. Common diseases: Late blight, early blight, fusarium wilt, bacterial canker.