[Market-farming] cherry tomatoes

sunnfarm at netscape.net sunnfarm at netscape.net
Fri Dec 13 18:14:03 EST 2002


Never put tomatoes or peppers in water that is cooler than the fruit, fruit will absorb cool water but will not absorb water at or above fruit temp. This is important when washing fruit because any bacterial pathogen like soft rot would be asorbed by the fruit and rot in shipment...Bob.
Sunny Meadow Farm
Bridgeton, NJ


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>Thanks for the quick reply.  Sounds like a good method but I am amazed that 
>you don't experience more splitting than you do.  I'll have to try the 
>tepid water.Do you pick them slightly under-ripe?  

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