[Homestead] Germination report
Jeanne Driese
jeanne13 at earthlink.net
Wed Mar 11 22:44:03 EDT 2009
very true James, my grandma used to do that and boy were they good!
Jeanne
tnhillwoman
North East TN zone 6
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From: Clansgian at wmconnect.com
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Sent: Wednesday, March 11, 2009 9:44 PM
Subject: Re: [Homestead] Germination report
> >I know the high acid part is what makes a good canner, but DH
> doesn't like them too acid.
>
Rutgers is an important tomato with us too. It is surprising, though, how
closely in acid content the OP tomatoes are (not so with hybrids). Tomato acid
is malic acid and about twice that much citric acid. What makes some OP
tomatoes taste more acidic (sourer) than others has more to do with variations in
sugar than variations in acid.
If you simply put a spoonful or so of sugar in each jar of tomatoes when you
can them, you will accomplish about the same thing as growing a sweeter tomato.
James
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