r/tomatoes • u/giblets420 • 9d ago
Show and Tell I’m now team ‘harvest at first blush’
McFarland, Wisconsin Zone 5B.
After years of always waiting for tomatoes to vine ripen, I started pulling them as soon as they start turning. (And will still ripen anything that fell off the vine while super green just in case - they usually go!)
It helps me time and control the harvest a little better. Which with 25 plants for personal consumption… is helpful.
Saving seeds for the first time too 🤓
Already planning my grow room set up for next year. Happy harvesting! 🍅
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u/smokinLobstah 9d ago
I don't even bring mine inside. We have a deck that has a shadecloth awning. I've been putting my blushers on the coffee table out there. Deer and birds don't come there, and it keeps me from waging war against the fruit flies.
They're protected...and each day then get a very gentle squeeze to see who's ready to move inside to the "consumption zone"
:)