As the name suggests, Amish Paste tomatoes do in fact have ties to the Amish community. They were first commercialized in 1990 by Tom Hauch of Heirloom Seeds, who acquired them from an Amish ...

About a quarter of her seed offerings derive from Amish, Mennonite and other Pennsylvania German settlers, and virtually all the strains are heirloom varieties that have been around for at least ...

Paste or Canning Tomatoes. 1. ‘Roma’ 2. ‘Amish Paste ... Saving heirloom tomato seeds ensures that the precious, delicious tomatoes from yesteryears find themselves growing again in the ...

Starting seeds indoors is optional with many vegetables, but tomato seeds need a constant soil temperature of at least 60 degrees, and preferably 80 degrees, to germinate. In temperate climates, it ...

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