Posted by Stephen Younge on September 21, 2003, 11:48 pm
Hello:
I've been pulling a few pounds per week of tomatoes off of my plants. This
is my second year growing. Last year, I didn't make any preparations for the
first frost, and I ended up yanking green tomatoes off the vine in the
middle of a snowstorm. They were frozen, and ruined, by the time I got them
inside.
What should I do this year to ensure that I get the most out of my tomatoes
as we lead up to the first frost? I feel like it could come at any time...
is there any kind of hotline? :)
Cheers,
Stephen
Posted by jammer on September 22, 2003, 12:11 am
On Mon, 22 Sep 2003 03:48:57 GMT, "Stephen Younge"
>Hello:
>I've been pulling a few pounds per week of tomatoes off of my plants. This
>is my second year growing. Last year, I didn't make any preparations for the
>first frost, and I ended up yanking green tomatoes off the vine in the
>middle of a snowstorm. They were frozen, and ruined, by the time I got them
>inside.
>What should I do this year to ensure that I get the most out of my tomatoes
>as we lead up to the first frost? I feel like it could come at any time...
>is there any kind of hotline? :)
>Cheers,
>Stephen
http://www.ext.colostate.edu/pubs/columncc/cc960926.html
Posted by Sed5555 on September 22, 2003, 12:43 am
>I've been pulling a few pounds per week of tomatoes off of my plants. This
>is my second year growing. Last year, I didn't make any preparations for the
>first frost, and I ended up yanking green tomatoes off the vine in the
>middle of a snowstorm. They were frozen, and ruined, by the time I got them
>inside.
>What should I do this year to ensure that I get the most out of my tomatoes
>as we lead up to the first frost? I feel like it could come at any time...
>is there any kind of hotline? :)
You may want to visit this site. It has some helpful information on green
tomatoes:
http://www.colostate.edu/Depts/CoopExt/4DMG/VegFruit/ripening.htm
sed5555
Posted by Pat Kiewicz on September 22, 2003, 5:56 am
Stephen Younge said:
>Hello:
>I've been pulling a few pounds per week of tomatoes off of my plants. This
>is my second year growing. Last year, I didn't make any preparations for the
>first frost, and I ended up yanking green tomatoes off the vine in the
>middle of a snowstorm. They were frozen, and ruined, by the time I got them
>inside.
There was probably not much you could have done (by covering your tomatoes)
in the face of a snowstorm, except to have started picking the potentially
ripenable
sooner.
>What should I do this year to ensure that I get the most out of my tomatoes
>as we lead up to the first frost? I feel like it could come at any time...
>is there any kind of hotline? :)
When the predicted lows get below 40 degrees, I start to check for frost and
freeze advisories. On clear, still nights I can get frost at the bottom of the
yard even when the actual low is 37 degrees F.
I usually check theWeather Channel online for frost and freeze advisories. (Mind
the line wrap.)
<http://www.weather.com/maps/activity/homeandgarden/usfrostandfreezeadvisories_
large.html>
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Posted by simy1 on September 22, 2003, 3:59 pm
kiewicz@someplace.net.net (Pat Kiewicz) wrote in message
>
> When the predicted lows get below 40 degrees, I start to check for frost and
> freeze advisories. On clear, still nights I can get frost at the bottom of the
> yard even when the actual low is 37 degrees F.
>
> I usually check theWeather Channel online for frost and freeze advisories.
(Mind
> the line wrap.)
>
> <http://www.weather.com/maps/activity/homeandgarden/usfrostandfreezeadvisories_
> large.html>
I do the same, but one other thing I do is try to squeeze in seed
broadcasting or transplanting ahead of a rainstorm. Yesterday I seeded
the last arugula, spinach and tatsoi, and today we must have gotten
well over an inch (I am guessing 1.5). No reason going by a set date
if then you have to water every night - seeding ahead of a good soak
makes all the difference.
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>I've been pulling a few pounds per week of tomatoes off of my plants. This
>is my second year growing. Last year, I didn't make any preparations for the
>first frost, and I ended up yanking green tomatoes off the vine in the
>middle of a snowstorm. They were frozen, and ruined, by the time I got them
>inside.
>What should I do this year to ensure that I get the most out of my tomatoes
>as we lead up to the first frost? I feel like it could come at any time...
>is there any kind of hotline? :)
>Cheers,
>Stephen