Maters in November

[Digging Fool]

We planted a tomato plant by the water discharge of our AC unit way back in the spring, when we planted the ones in the garden. The garden ones have been long-gone, but this one plant had some roof over-hang protection, pine tags for mulch, and constant water. Wife picked all the remaining maters yesterday and pulled the plant up(freeze last night). The green ones will ripen on the counter eventually. Nice to have fresh garden maters in November.

[Gregory]

Looks good buddy. I was just thinking, Wyatt Earp gave me a big greenhouse frame a while back. Wonder if I could grow them maters in it in winter?

[EBCIII]

Hery DF looks good! On the green ones. Have you ever tried fried green Maters? If not they are delish, Beale.

[bdahunter]

If you wrap some of those green tomatoes in newspaper and then stash them in a cool dark part of the basement, you will have fresh, ripe tomatoes for Christmas.
When I grew my garden back home in Canada I would often get caught by the frost due to the short growing season, this was a handy trick to save a bunch of my unripened tomato crop each fall.

[Buster]

That worked out good DF...They are some nice looking maters..as for the green house, that would be a good idea..We have a frame that I set up for winter and in goes all the plants..saves them for sure...Chuck.......

[Mikey]

Yumm.. i love them Maters!! Mikey

[majakldragon]

Yup, maters from home beat store bought cardboard tasting globules.

[rip]

Cool deal fool.We had a blight this year that wiped out most everyones tomatos and potatos...same blight that was responcible for the irish potato famin back in the 1800's ? My brother was one of the few to be spared so I was lucky to have had a few.BDA's idea work's well for fruit as well....that's how I used to ripen my pears when I lived in VA

[RobsTV]

Yes indeed, when I was in grade school we used to get the Mother Earth magazine, well my mom had about 15 plants that got frosted still with big maters. So she's like whatever go ahead and I got 3-cases. Wrapped each one in newspaper and put them in the house in a dark corner and nobody believed me it could be done as for they wouldn't be right. Well 'Ya couldn't tell the difference from a vine ripened 3 weeks later and they were immediately confiscated from me . Oh well it does work !!! And I love also the fried green ones !

[Digging Fool]

Originally Posted by Gregory

Looks good buddy. I was just thinking, Wyatt Earp gave me a big greenhouse frame a while back. Wonder if I could grow them maters in it in winter?

I think that would be a great idea! Don't let Wyatt come by and shoot any holes through it, though.

Originally Posted by EBCIII

Hery DF looks good! On the green ones. Have you ever tried fried green Maters? If not they are delish, Beale.

I*t's been a long time ago. Not everyone knows how to fry them correctly, but when they do, it's good eatin!

Originally Posted by bdahunter

If you wrap some of those green tomatoes in newspaper and then stash them in a cool dark part of the basement, you will have fresh, ripe tomatoes for Christmas.
When I grew my garden back home in Canada I would often get caught by the frost due to the short growing season, this was a handy trick to save a bunch of my unripened tomato crop each fall.

Thanks, Eric! That is a good idea! Never heard of doing that before.

Originally Posted by Buster

That worked out good DF...They are some nice looking maters..as for the green house, that would be a good idea..We have a frame that I set up for winter and in goes all the plants..saves them for sure...Chuck.......

Thanks, Chuck! I might attempt something like that. We have one of those enclosed screen-houses.

Originally Posted by Mikey

Yumm.. i love them Maters!! Mikey

Me too, but we don't have many left

Originally Posted by majakldragon

Yup, maters from home beat store bought cardboard tasting globules.

You're right. I know someone who grows maters commercially, and they have a tough skin on them to protect in shipping. Yhey don't taste as good.

Originally Posted by rip

Cool deal fool.We had a blight this year that wiped out most everyones tomatos and potatos...same blight that was responcible for the irish potato famin back in the 1800's ? My brother was one of the few to be spared so I was lucky to have had a few.BDA's idea work's well for fruit as well....that's how I used to ripen my pears when I lived in VA

I'm gonna try that. The only blight we had was darned squirrels!

Originally Posted by RobsTV

Yes indeed, when I was in grade school we used to get the Mother Earth magazine, well my mom had about 15 plants that got frosted still with big maters. So she's like whatever go ahead and I got 3-cases. Wrapped each one in newspaper and put them in the house in a dark corner and nobody believed me it could be done as for they wouldn't be right. Well 'Ya couldn't tell the difference from a vine ripened 3 weeks later and they were immediately confiscated from me . Oh well it does work !!! And I love also the fried green ones !

Sounds like a good plan!!