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We've been lucky. We had had plenty of red Tom's. I usually pick 2-3 dozen an evening.
Funny though...several people I know, said they had nice big green Tom's & they haven't rippened, either. Yet ours did. WEIRD...
So allowing the plants to get droopy might speed up ripening? At what point do I water them again?
Tomatoes like a continuous routine of being well watered, like a good drenching once a week, it tells them to sink deep roots, and it tells the larger fruit to ripen. Once a week watering should still grow new tomatoes while ripening the ones that grown larger. Of course the amount of water you give them depends on the soil and the humidity in the air. Just pick a routine and stick with it, and lean towards less not more, at first. <shrug>
Over watering is not good for them, and if you back off on the watering and the fruit starts to grow that thicker skin and ripen, then switch back to watering them too much again, the plant will tell the already ripening fruit to start growing again and you get those splits in your tomatoes.
If it is late in the year, and you know the frost is coming, you can uproot the plant and stick in the garage, where it won't freeze, and the tomatoes already on the vine will ripen over the next few weeks. You may even get tomatoes way into November, like a friend of mine did
We came back from a long weekend and Bam! Late blight hit what was left of our tomato plants. I was hoping to get some of the last ones to ripen over the next 2 weeks. They really went downhill all of a sudden. So we ripped out all of them, even ones that still seemed okay. The neighbors had it earlier and I guess it spread finally. But its been dry the last week and I thought we were safe.
Our plan is to put a good layer of lime on the bed after we get all the plant material out. Will that help kill the blight? I was told that a deep frost will kill it, is that right?
We came back from a long weekend and Bam! Late blight hit what was left of our tomato plants. I was hoping to get some of the last ones to ripen over the next 2 weeks. They really went downhill all of a sudden. So we ripped out all of them, even ones that still seemed okay. The neighbors had it earlier and I guess it spread finally. But its been dry the last week and I thought we were safe.
Our plan is to put a good layer of lime on the bed after we get all the plant material out. Will that help kill the blight? I was told that a deep frost will kill it, is that right?
We came back from a long weekend and Bam! Late blight hit what was left of our tomato plants. I was hoping to get some of the last ones to ripen over the next 2 weeks. They really went downhill all of a sudden. So we ripped out all of them, even ones that still seemed okay. The neighbors had it earlier and I guess it spread finally. But its been dry the last week and I thought we were safe.
Our plan is to put a good layer of lime on the bed after we get all the plant material out. Will that help kill the blight? I was told that a deep frost will kill it, is that right?
Mine as well..was able to get a few tasty ones before the blight set in
The summer stayed cold for a long time, so some things didn't get as far as fast as they should have. I like to plant more than one variety of tomato in case some do better in a given year's weather than others, and at least that way I'll have something to harvest.
Well, I've harvested five, count 'em, five tomatoes off of my plants with a large number still in the process of ripening--so what happens?
It snowed.
Yep, first day of fall and here in Wyoming--land of bizarro weather--it snows...it didn't stick, but it snowed for several hours. I covered them but it hasn't risen above 45 since Sunday.
Well, I've harvested five, count 'em, five tomatoes off of my plants with a large number still in the process of ripening--so what happens?
It snowed.
Yep, first day of fall and here in Wyoming--land of bizarro weather--it snows...it didn't stick, but it snowed for several hours. I covered them but it hasn't risen above 45 since Sunday.
Is this the end of my poor tomatoes?
I think this was mentioned earlier, pick them, put them in paper bags or wrap in newspaper and put them in the house somewhere. We do this every year. It will take a couple of weeks, they will all ripen and you will have enought to last for quite awhile.
NIta
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