Winter tomatoes are ripe - pic

[steve in so la]

Picked some tomatoes yesterday - US half dollar for size comp.
Actually, they were grown in a greenhouse -'hydroponic' style. The taste like cardboard if we eat them now but were told to keep them in a closed paper bag to ripen. Any tips on this ? steve in so az
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[Digdoug]

Sorry, can't help you there but they sure look good!! Good tasting tomatoes are scarce now days!!

 

[Jamie(MI)]

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[Mike from MI "Iron Brigade"]

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[steve in so la]

they are grown in water & additives only. They are huge plants with a tremendous number of tomatoes on them -steve

 

[MI$$OURI BETTY]

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[Jamie(MI)]

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[steve in so la]

big 3 - nitrogen , phosphorus & potassium, plus all the minor nutrients & minerals. steve

 

[Mike Chgo area]

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[Jamie(MI)]

tendency to misread and jump to conclusions. I had thought you were asking how to get them redder on the vine. The paper bag thing will work. It's good to put an apple in with them. I have also used newspaper to wrap them up in. It makes them last longer.

 

[steve in so la]

I was told about the apple also. Steve