"Dave" wrote:

I'm not sure what variety I have but dang the picking is difficult this
year. I've started using wire clippers to free the tomatoes from the
vine.

That's odd usally it is just a twist and they come right off. Are they
fully ripe? Maybe the plant knows they aren't quite ripe yet so it
hasn't loosened the grip on them.

DiGiTAL ViNYL (no email)
Zone 6b/7, Westchester Co, NY, 1 mile off L.I.Sound
3rd year gardener
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