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Re: Green Tomato Info

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At 08:44 AM 9/11/99 PDT, you wrote:
>Square Foot Gardening List - http://www.flinet.com/~gallus/sqft.html
>
>Thanx to all for the green T info! Put some sheets &/or plastic on the 
>plants & that indeed warded that 1st frost off.
>
>We tried the batter & bake method with PAM (generic) & they were 
>delicious----450 degrees for 14-15 minutes in foil lined cookie tray. Added 
>parmesan cheese on top. I'm going to try freezing single slices to batter & 
>bake them (frozen) later.
>
>As far as storing goes, I'm going to try the following methods:
>     a) nearly ripe:  kitchen counter or window
>     b) totally dark green:  shallow box on shelf in basement--with no
>        cover on anything & none touching
>     c) yellow/pink:  hang whole plant/s by roots on line in garage &
>        cover a bit with a piece of plastic (to trap some of the
>        ethylene gas they give off & maybe hasten the ripening a bit)
>In a few weeks I'll give you my study results.....
>
>Thanx again for all the info & encouragement.
>
>
>Keep the faith!
>Gay Stoufer
>Michigan's Upper Peninsula, Zone 5
>gswanstoufer@hotmail.com
>
Gay, keep your nearly ripe or ripe tomatoes out of the sun. No kitchen
window sill treatment. Tomatoes don't need sunlight to ripen. Sunlight  and
especially hot sunlight rots them. Margaret L


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