Comments | anneb: "Because."

anneb

"Because."

Aug 11, 2008 11:51

Now that the web's getting better at searching- rhetorical questions fired to the universe at large get answered. Typing "WHY haven't my tomatoes ripened yet?" returns major echoes of the same answer- basically: "They can't ripen when it's over 85 degrees." Hopefully with this weather cooloff, (not to exceed 85 all week) I'll have several ( Read more... )

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beckmumble August 12 2008, 01:47:24 UTC

What, no fried green tomatoes? Egg, bread crumbs, salt & pepper & large green tomatoes. Oil for the pan.

anneb August 12 2008, 13:47:40 UTC

Hey, I want some RED ones, first, dagnabbit!

Unfortunately, we got them in late, with the wall issues this spring- and it's just been so hot for so long, they've been a bit slow. We've gotten ONE red one. I wonder if the plants saw this coming, though, a bunch of new ones have appeared in the past few days.

At least the grape tomato has been going like gangbusters, though. And we may get ONE bush delicata before the inevitable vine-bore catching up with the stem... (SIGHHHH)