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  • From: <sunnfarm AT netscape.com>
  • To: "Market Farming" <market-farming AT lists.ibiblio.org>
  • Subject: Re: [Market-farming] those pesky tomato stems
  • Date: Fri, 1 Oct 2010 08:58:33 -0700

Some tomato varieties are jointless. That means the stems remain on the
plant. Many cherry tomatoes are jointless. I don't grow any large jointless
types at the moment so can not recommend any variety. I think Mountain Pride
was jointless. But jointless are a pleasure to pick. You save a lot of time
not having to remove stems. After picking a while you get to know by feel
just how to remove the fruit without the stem. You sorta twist the fruit at a
right or left angle to the stem depending on each fruits orientation. This
works 75% of the time on jointed tomatoes... Bob.

--- rrobinson AT nasw.org wrote:

From: Richard Robinson <rrobinson AT nasw.org>
To: Market Farming <market-farming AT lists.ibiblio.org>
Subject: [Market-farming] those pesky tomato stems
Date: Fri, 1 Oct 2010 10:11:25 -0400

When I pick tomatoes, about half retain their stem. They look great, so I've
been leaving them on, but this summer noticed that, as my customers sort
through the pile at the stand, the stems are doing damage, poking the skins
of their neighbors. Is there any harm in removing the stems that don't come
off on their own during harvest?

By the way, I want to recommend Pink Beauty tomatoes. Productive, trouble
free, and a perfect slicing tomato.

Thanks, Richard
where it is October 3, still no frost, and still pushing out tomatoes. "Zone
5" is so last century.

--
Richard Robinson
www.nasw.org/users/rrobinson/
Hopestill Farm
www.hopestill.com


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