- Heirloom
- Paste
- 80 (estimated) days to maturity (from transplant)
- Indeterminate
- Red
Amish Paste
Heirloom paste from USA. Large heirloom paste tomato with enough flavour to eat fresh as well as cook. Ready in about 80 days from transplant.
Single source · Updated Sep 9, 2026 · Values marked like this (estimated) are estimates.
At a glance
- Fruit type
- Paste 4–8 oz (110–230 g) · Oval (estimated)
- Leaf type
- Regular leaf
- Days to harvest
- 80 days (estimated) from transplant · Mid-late
- Plant height
- 6–7 ft (180–210 cm) (estimated) Tall
- Spacing
- 24 × 35 in (60 × 90 cm) (estimated)
- Sunlight
- Full sun
- Position
- Handles open positions
- Growing sites
- Greenhouse · Polytunnel · Open ground
- Container growing
- Not suited to pots
- Difficulty
- Moderate (estimated) 3/5
- Skin
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- Red
- Interior
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- Red
Plant size and habit
Tall · Indeterminate
6–7 ft (180–210 cm) (estimated) · Regular leaf
Amish Paste is an indeterminate plant that keeps growing and setting fruit until frost; it needs a stake, cage, or trellis for the whole season. Expect a plant of 6–7 ft (180–210 cm).
Flavor
“Large heirloom paste tomato with enough flavour to eat fresh as well as cook.”
Growing calendar
80 (estimated) days from transplant Mid-late
Timing shown for temperate climates; sow indoors 6–8 (estimated) weeks before your last frost date. Look up your last frost date by ZIP code →
Disease resistance
No documented disease resistances — protect this variety with good airflow and crop rotation.
Uses & tags
- Slicing
- Sauce & paste
- Canning
- Drying
- Roasting
- Sauce workhorse
- Heirloom classic
- High flavor
Origin
Amish Paste is a family heirloom traced to Amish farmers in Medford, Wisconsin, and said to go back to the 1870s, though it was "discovered" near Lancaster, Pennsylvania, where Tom Hauch of Heirloom Seeds obtained it and shared it with the Landis Valley Museum. It entered the Seed Savers Exchange Yearbook in 1987 and has since been added to Slow Food's Ark of Taste. It is larger and less uniform than Roma, with a pointed blossom end, and juicier and seedier than a true paste type, with enough flavour to be worth slicing, which makes it the usual answer for someone who wants one variety that both cans well and tastes like something.
Sources
Where to buy seeds
Prices rechecked daily- Botanical InterestsSeeds
Packet size not listed
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$2.99Checked Nov 1, 2026 - Tomato Growers Supply CompanySeeds
Pack (30 seeds)
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$3.25Checked Nov 1, 2026 - True Leaf MarketSeeds
1 g Packet
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$3.99Checked Nov 1, 2026 - BurpeeSeeds
25 Seeds
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$5.95Checked Nov 1, 2026 - Eden BrothersSeeds
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$6.99Checked Nov 1, 2026
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Questions
How do you grow a Amish Paste plant?
A Amish Paste plant grows 6–7 ft (180–210 cm) tall (estimated). Space plants 24 in (60 cm) apart in rows 35 in (90 cm) apart (estimated). Start seed indoors 6–8 weeks before your last frost (estimated); it germinates in 7–14 days (estimated). It needs full sun.
How long does Amish Paste take to mature?
Amish Paste is ready in about 80 days from transplant.
Does Amish Paste need staking?
Amish Paste is an indeterminate plant that keeps growing and setting fruit until frost; it needs a stake, cage, or trellis for the whole season. Expect a plant of 6–7 ft (180–210 cm).
Can Amish Paste be grown in a container?
Amish Paste is better suited to open ground or a greenhouse bed than a container.
Is Amish Paste resistant to disease?
No disease resistance is documented for Amish Paste.
