Member discussion regarding the methods, varieties and merits of growing tomatoes.
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April 6, 2016 | #1 |
Tomatovillian™
Join Date: Apr 2014
Location: Birmingham, ALABAMA
Posts: 68
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$6.38/lb for heirlooms
Local grocery store chain in Birmingham has heirlooms for $6.38 per pound. What struck me is the individual stamps on each tomato indicated Canada or Mexico as country of origin.
For what it's worth, the produce was attractive to the eye, but weak/mushy to the touch. |
April 6, 2016 | #2 |
Tomatovillian™
Join Date: Jun 2012
Location: Illinois, zone 6
Posts: 8,407
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wow...
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April 6, 2016 | #3 |
Tomatovillian™
Join Date: Feb 2015
Location: Central Illinois
Posts: 1,836
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I'll take 2 truckloads, in assorted colors... Where do I sign up?
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April 6, 2016 | #4 |
Tomatovillian™
Join Date: Mar 2014
Location: Greenville, South Carolina
Posts: 3,099
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Come by my house in mid June, bring the trucks and plenty of cash.
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April 7, 2016 | #5 |
Tomatovillian™
Join Date: Feb 2015
Location: NC - zone 8a - heat zone 7
Posts: 4,915
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Over here, Trader Joe's sells them a lot cheaper ; A 2lb package is sold under $5. It has a lot of GWR that I don't like.
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April 7, 2016 | #6 |
Tomatovillian™
Join Date: Oct 2014
Location: connecticut,usa
Posts: 1,150
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some food stores have a reduced price section for veggies on their way out.I look there for cheap heirloom tomatoes to use for seed.
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April 7, 2016 | #7 |
Tomatovillian™
Join Date: Jun 2015
Location: Pulaski County, Arkansas
Posts: 1,239
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what is GWR?
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April 7, 2016 | #8 |
Tomatovillian™
Join Date: Jul 2013
Location: MA
Posts: 903
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GWR = green when ripe
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April 7, 2016 | #9 |
Tomatovillian™
Join Date: Oct 2015
Location: OH 6a
Posts: 592
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I would charge my tomatoes based on brix rating.
8.0+ = $8/lb 10.0+ = $20/lb 12.0+ = $40/lb deal with it... (however, I haven't managed one with 12.0 brix yet.) Last edited by maxjohnson; April 7, 2016 at 12:53 PM. |
April 7, 2016 | #10 |
Tomatovillian™
Join Date: Apr 2009
Location: Wichita Falls, Texas
Posts: 4,832
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One of our sort of local better stores, where I often pick up produce, had several types of "heirloom tomatoes", all loose, so one could pick what they wanted. Several black shouldered beefsteak types, some btight red pretty pleated ones, otheres.
I picked up a black one and it was just nasty squishy. Like a 3/4's filled saggy water balloon, ick! So I put that down, picked up a pleated one- no smell at all. So, did not buy any of those, but did check the romas from Mexico, and though did not buy them, they smelled a bit like a tomato! I *think* the price was a bit over 5 dollars a pound for the heirlooms. So sad- what if some one eats that garbage and thinks that is how they are supposed to taste?? |
April 7, 2016 | #11 |
Tomatovillian™
Join Date: Jul 2013
Location: MA
Posts: 903
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I've seen some "heirloom" tomatoes for sale at my local store that weren't much better than the usual "red golf ball-disguised-as-a-tomato". They just cost more.
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April 7, 2016 | #12 | |
Tomatovillian™
Join Date: Oct 2013
Location: Chicago IL
Posts: 857
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Carrots were uber sweet compare to store ones. I spend late summer on canning- we just do not buy tomatoes till new season is in. Guess it is habit I grew up with. |
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April 7, 2016 | #13 |
Tomatovillian™
Join Date: Oct 2015
Location: Ohio
Posts: 156
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The green ones I see at the store are green, but not ripe. Not sure if they are trying to sell them as fake GWR, or for fried green tomatoes....
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April 7, 2016 | #14 |
Tomatovillian™
Join Date: Mar 2016
Location: NC
Posts: 511
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Just today I had to break down and buy one of those crappy red baseballs from the store for Bacon Tomato Sammich's for dinner.
I thought I was going to have to get out the reciprocating saw to slice that sucker. Honestly, I would have paid that $6.38lb. if it was an option. |
April 7, 2016 | #15 |
Tomatovillian™
Join Date: Jun 2012
Location: Illinois, zone 6
Posts: 8,407
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