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[xatalantax]

I'm wondering if I should still be watering outside ... I think it's gotten cold enough that everything is in the wilting & dying process right now, but there are lots of green tomatoes left. Should I keep watering and hope they get some warm days? Pick them now before they turn black from frost and try making some green-tomato dish?

The moonvines now look extremely unattractive, but I need to leave them up for a while so the seed pods finish developing. Last year it was so wet that everything rotted and molded, but this year I think I'll have quite a seed yield. Unwrapping them from the porch isn't going to be fun ..

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[jola.livejournal.com]

well, i'd say pick any green tomatoes that have even the slightese yellowish or orangish blush on them, those will ripen in time (i'd put them in a cool dark place w/ good ventilation and turn them every other day). Make a nice chuteny or pickle w/ the little hard green ones :) but yes, pick them before frost, that'll ruin them ... even the hardy siberians are hardy only down to 34 degrees and that's pushing it.

-Jola

pick 'em now

[heatray.livejournal.com]

There was ice on my windshield this morning. I don't think it's gonna get much warmer than it is right now.

[zwieblumen.livejournal.com]

Once we cut the base of the vines and waited 2 days or so, the stalks became very brittle and just brushed off. YMMV.