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Old June 26, 2012   #8
chiefbeaz
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I have noticed that the bird pecking is worse at the beginning of the season when your first tomatoes begin to ripen. Later in the season when you have plenty of ripe ones ,they don;t seem to bother them as much. I have been picking mine about 3/4th ripe . Some times I think that they taste ok being picked early and then there are times when they don't seem to taste as good. I grow about 30 different types, so that may be the reason some taste better than others picked early. I will let them ripen on the vine as soon as the tomatoes start coming in good. I have 400 plants so it doesn't take long to get more than I can handle in a day.
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