• Pyr_Pressure@lemmy.ca
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    1 year ago

    Also you can leave them on the plant a lot longer than they last in the fridge.

    So you save a lot more, since you aren’t buying tomatoes every week. You just pick them as you need them.

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      Don’t put tomatoes in the fridge, if possible. Put them in the sun, if they need to ripen more, otherwise put them somewhere dark and cool, but not cold.

      Basically, store them like potatoes. 50-55F is ideal. They can stay for weeks like that.

      (This is all said with the understanding that the tomatoes are whole/uncut. Once they’re chopped up, the fridge is the best option, but they’re only good for a few days)

      sauce: me, veg farmer

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        1 year ago

        As a vegetable farmer I disagree. Tomatoes do not store well like potatoes, please throw them in your fridge.

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        1 year ago

        Or in other words in the fridge if you live in a “modern” house because there won’t be any better place?

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          What do you mean? Normal fridge temps are too cold for things like tomatoes, potatoes, eggplant, basil, etc.

          I’m talking about a cool garage, basement, a root cellar. Somewhere cooler, so that the ripening process is slowed down to increase shelf life, but not so cold that they get shitty and mushy and gross.

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            1 year ago

            The coldest part of my house right now is +22C. I’ll stick to the fridge.

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            1 year ago

            I know but about half of the many houses I lived in didn’t have anything like that, I just want a old earth cellar to store stuff but that’s luxery by now.

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        1 year ago

        Mine are on the balkony because I don’t have a garden this year, shitty but at least there is less competition if I leave them, well if you would leave any of them even long enough to ripe properly that is!