Member discussion regarding the methods, varieties and merits of growing tomatoes.
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May 13, 2007 | #1 |
Tomatovillian™
Join Date: Feb 2007
Location: Pflugerville, TX
Posts: 79
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Best way to ripen immature tomato?
I was cutting leaves off and accidentally cut off 2 premature Cherokee purples. What is the best way to allow these to ripen? Should I take them off the limb?
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May 14, 2007 | #2 |
Tomatovillian™
Join Date: Feb 2006
Location: Pasadena, Texas
Posts: 199
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Rzr,
Put them in a brown paper bag or set them next to bananas. Michael |
May 14, 2007 | #3 |
Tomatovillian™ Honoree
Join Date: Mar 2007
Posts: 507
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My grandfather always went out just before the last frost warning and picked every tomato on the vines, green or not. The ones that were not yet ripe or very close to, he and grandma carefully wrapped in white tissue and put into a bushel basket - maybe 3 or 4 layers deep tops. Every few days he would get another tomato or two out of the basket and take them up to ripen on the window sill. We had "fresh" tomatoes almost until Christmas, practically a miracle in New England in the days before long distance shipping of "fresh" produce from California.
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May 15, 2007 | #4 |
Tomatovillian™
Join Date: Feb 2006
Location: MS
Posts: 1,521
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This is totally off topic...but is your town where the reel got it's name? I've never heard of Pflugerville before.
Don
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May 15, 2007 | #5 |
Tomatovillian™
Join Date: Feb 2007
Location: Pflugerville, TX
Posts: 79
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Pflugerville received its name from the Henry Pfluger Sr. family. He and his family immigrated from Germany to America in 1849, since they had received encouraging letters from relatives that had come to America for social and economic reasons, so they also came and colonized this area of Texas.
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