Hey folks! So I picked my first red tomato off the vine the other day:
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[url=https://www.flickr.com/photos/75814345@N05/7529542630/]First of many [/url] by [url=https://www.flickr.com/people/75814345@N05/]ScottMBolt[/url], on Flickr
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... funny thing is, I have dozens of tomatoes all over my plants, but none are red? This was the only red one.
My question is, should I pick a few of my bigger tomatoes off and let them ripen in the kitchen, or should I let them sit on the vine? Some are monstrous! But I also want the plants to keep producing - will picking them cause the plant put production into new fruits?
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Once they start to blush, they can be picked and ripened inside. The one you picked, I think, could probably use a few more days to really ripen. I think the skin gets a satiny sheen and the surface gives a little when truly ripe.
Don't worry -- the green ones will change color in their own time. Enjoy this one when you are ready to eat it!
Don't worry -- the green ones will change color in their own time. Enjoy this one when you are ready to eat it!
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