Re(2): Ripe Tomatoes Was: Ripe oranges
- To: medit-plants@ucdavis.edu
- Subject: Re(2): Ripe Tomatoes Was: Ripe oranges
- From: B*@monterey.edu (Barry Garcia)
- Date: Wed, 15 Sep 1999 19:08:50 -0700
K1MIZE@aol.com writes:
>I know it's not by color, because oranges grown in the tropics don't
>always
>turn orange. A perfectly ripe orange might be green, for example. I
>favor
>the "destructive sampling" technique, although this is not always
>foolproof.
>All the fruits on a tree don't ripen at the same time. This is
>particularly
>true of those fruits that require long periods of time or hot weather to
>sweeten up: valencia oranges, grapefruits, tangelos, etc.
I have even had some oranges that were orange, yet were sooo insipid and
dry. Ugh!
Anyway, sorry to go off on another tangent, but when do tomatoes become
fully ripe? When they're red? (you can tell i have never grown these
before :))
Which reminds me, the first tomato that looked ripened, though it was
quite small, was bright red. I cut it and there was not a lot of juice.
The flesh was fairly firm but it did have a wonderful taste. It even had
more taste than store bought tomatoes. I have been growing them in sand,
and that tomato still had flavor :).
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