Harvesting

The Harvesting category offers tips and techniques for picking tomatoes at peak ripeness for maximum flavor and productivity from your plants. Learn to identify ripe tomatoes by sight and touch – judge size, watch for color changes from green to red or yellow, feel for firmness. Know optimal timing for harvesting different tomato types from diminutive cherries to huge beefsteak varieties. Discover the best methods for gentle picking and handling without bruises or splits – from snipping stems to twisting vines. Get recommendations for storage conditions to preserve freshness after harvest. Peruse troubleshooting guides for odd shapen tomatoes and what to do when frost threatens immature fruit still on vines.

10 Surprising Ways to Use Tomato Leaves From Your Garden Harvesting

10 Surprising Ways to Use Tomato Leaves From Your Garden

Another season of tomato harvesting is upon us, gifting passionate home gardeners like us...

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15 Juicy Tomato Recipes to Use Up a Garden Glut Harvesting

15 Juicy Tomato Recipes to Use Up a Garden Glut

The summer sun is shining, and your tomato plants are bursting with juicy, ripe...

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8 Easy Green Tomato Recipes To Use Your Unripe Tomatoes Harvesting

8 Easy Green Tomato Recipes To Use Your Unripe Tomatoes

Key Takeaways Unripe green tomatoes have a tart, grassy flavor different than ripe red...

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Can You Freeze Grape Tomatoes? Harvesting

Can You Freeze Grape Tomatoes?

It's tomato season again! Your grape tomato plants are bursting with vibrant little red...

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The Complete Guide to Composting Tomato Plants Harvesting

The Complete Guide to Composting Tomato Plants

The juicy red tomatoes weighing down the vines in your vegetable garden symbolize the...

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When’s the Best Time to Pick Tomatoes? Harvesting

When’s the Best Time to Pick Tomatoes?

Summer is in full swing and backyard veggie patches are bursting with ripe, red...

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