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Re: Tomato Harvest

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At 01:22 PM 9/7/99 PDT, you wrote:
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>Had wonderful tomatoes this year & luckily no bugs for once. But the U.P. is 
>about to have it's 1st frost in a day or 2 says the Newberry weatherman. 
>I'll pull the remaining green tomatoes & bring them inside to ripen (not 
>unusual for us Michiganders!). I've read about wrapping each in newspaper, 
>putting in a box with a lid, & placing in a cool dry place (basement or 
>closet). Also have read to place them in a plastic bag with another fruit 
>that is ripening (ex:banana) & sealing it. Anybody know of another idea? 
>TIA.
>
>Keep the faith!
>Gay Stoufer
>Michigan's Upper Peninsula, Zone 5
>gswanstoufer@hotmail.com
>
Pick green tomatoes into 2 inch deep beverage boxes, the kind they use to
keep 4 6-packs together. Using that kind of box lets you see at a glance
which tomatoes are ripening. Don't wrap them in newspaper; it's a lot of
work, and wrapped tomatoes can ripen and rot, unseen by your eyes. Store
the boxes on shelves in your basement. Home Despot sells plastic shelving
stands that will hold 12 of those boxes, sells the stands for about $35. 

Sorry if you've received a bunch of other responses. My ISP was down all
day yesterday, and this morning I had 407 letters.  Hey, you're in the UP?
I'd bet you could make pasties and freeze them for lunchboxes. Margaret L


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