How can you go wrong with a tomato called Grandma Mary?
Paste tomatoes are a great addition to the farm. I purposely buy early, medium, and late season tomatoes so that I can spread the “wealth” around. Paste tomatoes are a great addition because you don’t necessarily slice and eat them. I grow paste tomatoes to make pasta sauce to freeze. I generally finish the tomato season with about 12 to 20 cups of tomato sauce in the freezer.
Last year I had blossom-end rot problems with the paste tomatoes. Blossom-end rot generally occurs when there is not enough calcium in the soil or the tomatoes grow to fast. I have Stop Rot (a calcium soil supplement) in case that happens again this year.
Grandma Mary’s Paste
This familiar heirloom variety has large, pointed red paste tomatoes that are meaty and flavorful, just right for cooking into sauce or chopping up for fresh use. Expect abundant harvests, as these plants are prolific. Indeterminate. 70 days.
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