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["Lynda" <lurine AT com-pair.net>]

NO!  Do NOT leave on the vine.  Remove the tomatoes.  The pH increases 
(acidity decreases) dramatically once the vine of a tomato is killed.  Yes, 
they will ripen nicely or if you have a whole bunch, you can make some yummy 
salsa verde AND can it <g>

Lynda
----- Original Message ----- 
From: "bobf" <bobford79 AT yahoo.com>


> Bev, if you are still online this am (or somewone else that has a minute); 
> a few nights ago. it was cold enough to kill most of one of my two tomato 
> patches.  Most of most of the bushes are dead.  But, they are filled with 
> green tomatoes.  Should I leave them on the dead bushes to ripen as long 
> as possible.  Will they ripen on the windowsill if I pick them green?  I 
> could make fried green tomatoes out of the bigger one , but I have bushes 
> full of green cherry tomatoes, aslo.  I' would prefer for them all to 
> ripen, if there is a way
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