- Heirloom
- Paste
- 78 days to maturity (from transplant)
- Indeterminate
- Pink
Pink Fang
Heirloom paste from Unknown. Six-inch tapering pink paste tomato: thick flesh, few seeds, unusually sweet. Ready in about 78 days from transplant.
Single source · Updated Aug 30, 2026 · Values marked like this (estimated) are estimates.
At a glance
- Fruit type
- Paste 5–7 oz (140–200 g) · Elongated
Very long and tapering, roughly 15 cm, narrowing to a point.
- Leaf type
- Regular leaf
- Days to harvest
- 78 days from transplant · Mid-late
- Plant height
- 6–8 ft (180–240 cm) Tall
- Spacing
- 24 × 35 in (60 × 90 cm)
- 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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- Pink
- Interior
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- Pink
Plant size and habit
Tall · Indeterminate
6–8 ft (180–240 cm) · Regular leaf
Pink Fang 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 6–8 ft (180–240 cm).
Flavor
“Six-inch tapering pink paste tomato: thick flesh, few seeds, unusually sweet.”
Growing calendar
78 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
- Drying
- Snacking
- Roasting
- Sauce workhorse
- High flavor
- Rare collector
- Novelty color
Origin
Pink Fang produces unusually long fruit, around six inches, tapering to a point that gives the variety its name. The flesh is thick and the seed cavity minimal, which puts it in the paste category, though Baker Creek sells it as sweet enough for fresh eating too. It is a recent catalogue introduction rather than a long-circulating heirloom.
Sources
Where to buy seeds
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Questions
How do you grow a Pink Fang plant?
A Pink Fang plant grows 6–8 ft (180–240 cm) tall. Space plants 24 in (60 cm) apart in rows 35 in (90 cm) apart. Start seed indoors 6–8 weeks before your last frost (estimated); it germinates in 7–14 days. It needs full sun.
How long does Pink Fang take to mature?
Pink Fang is ready in about 78 days from transplant.
Does Pink Fang need staking?
Pink Fang 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 6–8 ft (180–240 cm).
Can Pink Fang be grown in a container?
Pink Fang is better suited to open ground or a greenhouse bed than a container.
Is Pink Fang resistant to disease?
No disease resistance is documented for Pink Fang.
