Tomatoes and more tomatoes!

[Dawgluver]

How do you make yours Dawg? Mine is tomatoes (duh!), onions, mushrooms, tabasco sauce and sliced stuffed olives. Mmm, so good!

It's been awhile, CG. As I recall, drizzle with olive oil, S&P, and roast. I think that's it. Your recipe sounds good.

 

[FrankZ]

I had 6 jars at the ready just in case. I would have over done it if I had the 'maters to over do it with.

Oh well, there is still time for those plants to put out more of those sweet 'maters.

 

[CharlieD]

Charlie, I read this trick in The Mother Earth News decades ago: to fool your tomatoes into thinking it's time to ripen, take a garden spade and cut into the soil about a foot (maybe a bit closer) away from the stem. They think it's autumn and start to turn red.

This was written up in an article about a guy getting tired of his neighbor always bragging about the first red tomato - and this guy just HAD to beat out his neighbor! Never tried it - our garden was on the south wall of our house. They ALWAYS ripened early!

I tried that last year, closer to real fall. It did not work. I have plenty of time. It is still early for tomatoes here in MN. They will get red soon. Whatever is not going to get red will be pickled. Thank you.

 

[CharlieD]

We go down to Ogdensburg, NY often, so that would not be a problem. We save the seeds in the fall (dry them, etc.).

Oh, good, so let me know when you are on this side of the boarder, I'll give you my address.

 

[LEFSElover]

I've had no luck with tomato plant growing so the markets are happy to have my business.

 

[Kylie1969]

Sorry to hear you have not had any joy from growing your own...I guess it also depends on the climate