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Posted: Aug/05/2008 1:42 PM PST
Is anyone getting lots of ripe tomatoes in the North ? we are getting a few but have loads of big green tomatoes. |
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Posted: Aug/05/2008 2:37 PM PST
I'm not in the north, but my tomatoes are just starting to turn red (no other colors planted this year). Tons of green ones growing though. |
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Posted: Aug/05/2008 3:44 PM PST
Aurora has your nights been cool ? Was reading that tomatoes take warm nights to ripen . |
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Posted: Aug/05/2008 4:14 PM PST
Truth in that, wolf. They will ripen eventually even if the temp's are not hot hot hot, but faster if it's sultry. But patience, friend, patience! Summer is only half over! Hard to believe, eh? But 'tis so. We have six weeks to go. Tomatoes will continue to ripen even after the first killing frost knocks down the vegetation. Many a year I can testify, I didn't get my first ripe full-size tomato til mid Aug and I'm in zone 6. |
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Posted: Aug/05/2008 5:05 PM PST
stereoman that may be true but we have had frost the last week of August and frost the second week of September. most years the first frost is toward the end of September. |
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Posted: Aug/05/2008 7:27 PM PST
Oh my. That's early. I hope you are familiar with our HillBilly Bill's Foolproof Method for Preventing Frost Damage. It could really extend your growing season. |
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Posted: Aug/06/2008 6:59 AM PST
I'm getting some ripe ones, however, earlier this summer I had some disease or insect that's leaving small black spots all over my tomoatoes so there went the first batch. Now that it's under control I'm just now getting some decent ones. My husband told me last night that someone told him if you have large green tomatoes that aren't turning red you need to quit watering your tomatoes so they'll ripen ???? Anyone heard of this? I thought tomatoes needed plenty of water 
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Posted: Aug/06/2008 8:08 AM PST
stereoman,, ok i will bite whats ? HillBilly Bill's Foolproof Method for Preventing Frost |
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Posted: Aug/06/2008 10:24 AM PST
Inquiring minds want to know Steve!!
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Posted: Aug/06/2008 10:45 AM PST
Our gardening buddy Bill Mitchell introduced me to it - he's the "hillbilly from Kentucky". Go out early in the morning before the sun comes up and spray your plants down with a water hose. It's just that simple. The tap water will rinse off any frost that may have formed in the chill of the night. Plus it will "warm" the plants so when the sun comes up they won't get a shock. I got through the last two frosts this Spring using Hillbilly Bill's method. The only slight damage I had was here and there where I missed with the hose. |
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