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  • From: <clearviewfarm AT bluefrog.com>
  • To: "Market Farming" <market-farming AT lists.ibiblio.org>
  • Subject: Re: [Market-farming] Getting tomatoes to ripen in October
  • Date: Tue, 13 Oct 2009 06:47:52 -0700

Jay,

Got any row cover?  That'll help, if you don't have stakes interfering too much.  You might also be able to lay 1 cover on each side of the plants, if the stakes are in the way.

Kurt Forman
Clearview Farm
Palmyra, NY 14522

--- jaysleichter AT yahoo.com wrote:

From: jay sleichter <jaysleichter AT yahoo.com>
To: Market Farming <market-farming AT lists.ibiblio.org>
Subject: [Market-farming] Getting tomatoes to ripen in October
Date: Mon, 12 Oct 2009 19:41:32 -0700 (PDT)

We have 3 weeks left of our Farmers Market season.  We had a killing freeze last weekend, everything in my high tunnel came through the cold just fine.  I am picking a good quantity of cherry tomatoes.  The problem is my big tomatoes aren't turning.  I have tons of tomatoes that are full sized.  I am afraid that we aren't going to have enough sun to get the needed heat to make them ripen to red.  I have been picking anything that is starting to blush and bring them inside to finish ripening. 

Is there anything I can do to hasten the ripening.  I really don't want to pick them when they are green and see if the will turn.   I think I am just out of luck and I will get what I get.

Jay

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