a new tomato record? - Page 2

 


... which reminds us you can make chili spray to keep pests off!
(apparently).

yesterday i picked some orange tomatoes, which i know will ripen, but it's a
bit silly.
(out of the record running now,)
kylie

 

On Mon, 01 Mar 2010 22:25:09 GMT, "0tterbot" wrote:


Perhaps, but capsaicin is active in mammals only, AFAIK. It's an
evolutionary thing developed to keep mammals from eating chilis because
our digestive tracts destroy the seeds, whereas birds pass them through
intact (and fertilised!)

However, there's the remnants of two lovely red cayenne chilis hanging
off their stems next to a trellis now, demonstrating that something with
teeth is quite happy to nom them! :/
--
Ross McKay, Toronto, NSW Australia
"The man wi the ladder is as bad as the thief"
- The Wee Book of Calvin

 


It is indeed.  Our tomatoes were fairly late coming on too this year.  They
also aren't a brilliant crop either.  I've managed to make one lot of Rich
Tomato Pickle but nothing beyond that other than salads and grilled toms and
done with basil, garlic and olive oil on a certain baker's crusty bread - no
usual glut and there is something boring into the Black Rusian stems.  The
apples will be brilliant though.