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barkeater · September 23, 2010

Picking a tomato a few days early will not affect the taste whatsoever. From what I see the biggest negative to taste is leaving the tomato on too long. Dead red ripe is overripe and the tomato has already started losing acids and its texture.

September 23, 2010	#3
barkeater Tomatovillian™ Join Date: Jan 2006 Location: NE Kingdom, VT - Zone 3b Posts: 1,439	Picking a tomato a few days early will not affect the taste whatsoever. From what I see the biggest negative to taste is leaving the tomato on too long. Dead red ripe is overripe and the tomato has already started losing acids and its texture.