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Re: Last Tomatoes

>The key to figuring out whether a late-ripening tomato will ever 
>turn red consists in turning the fruit upside down and checking the 
>end opposite the stem.  If you see a whitish five-pointed star 
>radiating out from the center, that individual fruit has passed the 
>point of no return.  It WILL ripen indoors off the vine.
>
>No whitish star shape?  That fruit will NOT ripen later.
>
>Depending on your first-frost timing, now might be a good time to 
>harvest all remaining greenies.  Set the ones with stars aside 
>indoors out of direct sunlight and not touching one another and 
>wait.  Fry up the all-greenies in a pan for a side dish with supper.
>
>--Janet
>


Well my average first frost is 11/8 to 11/28, but we had a couple of 
light frosts in September this year!
-- 
Katherine Wendt
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