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zxcvbob wrote:
I should probably plant "Black Krim" or "Green Moldovan" next year. 
...But I almost never buy "fresh" tomatoes from the grocery
anymore. We eat our fill in the summer and fall from the
garden.
What do you do in the winter?
Last winter I bought "fresh" tomatoes exactly once. For cooked cuisine
requiring tomatoes, I use canned (home or store). For salads--- oh my
gosh--- I use a wide variety of fruits and veggies for salads in the
winter but no "fresh" tomatoes usually. Last winter, I think we had a
different salad everyday. I throw together what looks good. How about
you? What do you do in the winter?
We are close to Mexico and our local store sells some tomatoes that are
"on the vine" (and they really are!) Tomatoes still attached to the vine.
Our groceries have those too. They look like Jet Stars but our regular
grocery has a very bad habit of chilling the tomatoes and ruining the
taste of even the decent tomatoes. When you cut them open, you can see
that line around the circumference that indicates they've been held at
too low a temperature. There are other problems too. They order far
too much produce and it often sits until its rotten on the inside. Ugh!
I have to be very careful. A somewhat close Whole Foods opened recently
so I might be able to get better ones there.
Must be chemistry as those are actually decent. If the price gets too
high, I, too, will use canned, even on tacos!
I sometimes used canned diced tomatoes in salsa. Brands vary a lot.
I did grow a pair to tomatoes last winter in my greenhouse and it sorta
worked. I had a few ripe tomatoes in early March, but I had to make
sure I paid attention to the plants and hand-pollinated the flowers.
I was doing that with cucumbers before we uncovered them. The zucchini
were far easier...lol.
My mom taught me to do that. She used to joke about "having sex with her
tomato vines". lol
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