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dice · August 10, 2008

Some research in the UK with greenhouse tomatoes and fruit
picked at "mature green" stage indicated that high temperature
pulses of a few days are implicated as one cause of uneven
ripening and fruit softening:

http://cat.inist.fr/?aModele=afficheN&cpsidt=14756929

Their baseline control temperature of 20.4C (68.72F) was quite
low compared to daytime summer averages in much of the US
and other inland continental areas, so one might want to repeat
those tests with higher control temperatures and a wider
selection of cultivars to see if higher average temperatures
over the ripening season affects the results.

August 10, 2008	#13
dice Tomatovillian™ Join Date: Jan 2007 Location: PNW Posts: 4,743	Some research in the UK with greenhouse tomatoes and fruit picked at "mature green" stage indicated that high temperature pulses of a few days are implicated as one cause of uneven ripening and fruit softening: http://cat.inist.fr/?aModele=afficheN&cpsidt=14756929 Their baseline control temperature of 20.4C (68.72F) was quite low compared to daytime summer averages in much of the US and other inland continental areas, so one might want to repeat those tests with higher control temperatures and a wider selection of cultivars to see if higher average temperatures over the ripening season affects the results. __________________ -- alias