Dis32@lemmy.world to Gardening@lemmy.worldEnglish · 3 days agoApologies in advance if I'm spamming too much. Do cherry tomatoes (or tomatoes in general) not ripen together all at once? Do some ripen faster than others?message-squaremessage-square6fedilinkarrow-up143arrow-down11file-text
arrow-up142arrow-down1message-squareApologies in advance if I'm spamming too much. Do cherry tomatoes (or tomatoes in general) not ripen together all at once? Do some ripen faster than others?Dis32@lemmy.world to Gardening@lemmy.worldEnglish · 3 days agomessage-square6fedilinkfile-text
And how do I keep my ripe tomatoes fresh so as to not use them and wait for the others to ripen for a bigger harvest?
minus-squareℕ𝕖𝕞𝕠@slrpnk.netlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up18·3 days agosome ripen faster than others, you know they’re ripe when a gentle touch can pull them off the stem nothing wrong with harvesting a few, eating them, and then harvesting more the next day, IMO
minus-squareDis32@lemmy.worldOPlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up9·3 days agoYeah I harvested 3 cherry toms earlier, these are the orange variety of cherry tomatoes. You’re not wrong there with the eating them part, it tastes so fresh every time, making the wait so worth it!
some ripen faster than others, you know they’re ripe when a gentle touch can pull them off the stem
nothing wrong with harvesting a few, eating them, and then harvesting more the next day, IMO
Yeah I harvested 3 cherry toms earlier, these are the orange variety of cherry tomatoes.
You’re not wrong there with the eating them part, it tastes so fresh every time, making the wait so worth it!