Tomatoes as good ripened off the vine as on?
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Comments (14)1 pea blossom so far. I don't know if pole beans will survive, the kids picked some while I picked peppers, and DD trampled the bush beans (I did tell her to pick those first so that she didn't have to worry about stepping on them when she stood on top of the bed to pick the pole beans behind them). Covered the serranos and some of the exotic peppers, I didn't have that many bell plants, and it wasn't worth covering 5 hot cherry plants. I still have to pick the hybrid tomatoes since the Reemay wasn't long enough to cover the row or wide enough to get a double layer front and back. Plus the old fence used as a trellis was just going to rip it where we tried to fold it over the top. So I'll pick after dropping DS off at XC practice, and DH will help me lower all plants to the ground and cover them with Reemay. The few heirlooms (BW and CP) I put in late at the end of the bean row and forgot about were very lush with foliage, we picked the biggest & most exposed fruit but then just tried to cover the rest with the foliage and a partial bale of hay. The hybrids near the house and all of the heirlooms I put in last week of June are the healthiest plants with the biggest fruit. Too bad they ddin't have time to ripen - but hopefully we can get some ripening in the basement - now I just need shallow boxes and newspaper (DH took out the recyclables last night)!...See Moremy first vine-ripened tomato...
Comments (5)thanks! Actually, the bamboo border I bought at Target in the garden section! They are on wire, so you can bend them to "meander" around your garden. I did make those trellises, though (which are not being used this year). The bottles have worked great for me so far. We actually had a drip line installed about a month ago, so I don't use the bottles much anymore. If it's really hot I'll fill them up, but before the drip was installed, I'd fill them up twice a day when it was really hot here. I didn't mulch very well (just some newspaper and pruned tomato branches) but if you mulch better, it should be even better. I bottle-watered last year, too, and will probably always put them in even though we have the drip now. I like to think it encourages deeper roots. lol...See MoreQuestion about picking tomatoes early
Comments (5)catherinet - I've heard some people say there's no difference in flavor, since the plant doesn't do anything for them once they start turning color. And other people say it makes a difference. And they all sound like they know what they're talking about. It makes me think there's no definitive answer, like so many other things with gardening....See Morehow to ripen tomatoes on vine
Comments (5)There's a similar thread on that "other" tomato forum, to which I just contributed the following: One year I had pretty good luck pulling up several whole plants, pruning them a little and hanging them upside down from the (high) ceiling of my garage. I don't think the really hard green ones ripened, but many of the others did, and beautifully (perhaps only the ones showing some blush of color, I don't remember). Since we've moved prematurely into fall -- one weather guy referred to this month as Septober here in Minnesota--and I have a ton of tomatoes on my plants, I'm certainly going to try this method again and hope for the best. *******BTW, the idea that one is not supposed to mention other, non-GW forums here strikes me as rather silly. if there's a good reason for it, perhaps someone could enlighten me. Thanks. ***************...See MoreRelated Professionals
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