1st timer with a problem

arivaraci · July 9, 2011

Help! I keep eating the tomatoes before they are ripe. Is there some kind of therapy for impatient gardeners? An anti-impatient pill I can take? Seriously, I have eaten 3 tomatoes different days this week, because I am sure that they are almost ripe.

I don't know if I am cut out for this. But my plants sure are pretty. Lots and lots of tomatoes. I partially blame the ready to harvest/photo posts. DTM also stands for definite-torture-method for 1st time gardeners.

**nctomatoman** · July 9, 2011

Don't worry - you will, at some point, have a shelf full of nearly overripe tomatoes wondering what to do with them (if all goes well!). I have about 60 right now that are edible ripe that need seed saving, photographing, taste testing - they will all end up in a roasted tomato sauce later today that will top our already overwhelming eggplant crop!

HollerinRat · July 9, 2011

I'm with ya! lol I finally had three ripe sun sugars yesterday. Ate them all. I'm afraid none of mine will ever make it to the house.

feldon30 · July 11, 2011

Close your eyes and feel the bottom and middle of the tomato with your thumb. If it yields to gentle pressure, it's ripe. A blind man can pick a ripe tomato.

July 9, 2011	#1
arivaraci Tomatovillian™ Join Date: Jun 2011 Location: Raleigh, NC Posts: 199	1st timer with a problem Help! I keep eating the tomatoes before they are ripe. Is there some kind of therapy for impatient gardeners? An anti-impatient pill I can take? Seriously, I have eaten 3 tomatoes different days this week, because I am sure that they are almost ripe. I don't know if I am cut out for this. But my plants sure are pretty. Lots and lots of tomatoes. I partially blame the ready to harvest/photo posts. DTM also stands for definite-torture-method for 1st time gardeners.

July 9, 2011	#2
nctomatoman Tomatoville® Moderator Join Date: Jan 2006 Location: Hendersonville, NC zone 7 Posts: 10,385	Don't worry - you will, at some point, have a shelf full of nearly overripe tomatoes wondering what to do with them (if all goes well!). I have about 60 right now that are edible ripe that need seed saving, photographing, taste testing - they will all end up in a roasted tomato sauce later today that will top our already overwhelming eggplant crop! __________________ Craig

July 11, 2011	#4
feldon30 Tomatovillian™ Join Date: May 2006 Location: Rock Hill, SC Posts: 5,346	Close your eyes and feel the bottom and middle of the tomato with your thumb. If it yields to gentle pressure, it's ripe. A blind man can pick a ripe tomato. __________________ [SIZE="3"]I've relaunched my gardening website -- [B]TheUnconventionalTomato.com[/B][/SIZE] * [I][SIZE="1"]*I'm not allowed to post weblinks so you'll have to copy-paste it manually.[/SIZE][/I]

July 9, 2011	#3
HollerinRat Tomatovillian™ Join Date: Jul 2011 Location: Utah Posts: 12	I'm with ya! lol I finally had three ripe sun sugars yesterday. Ate them all. I'm afraid none of mine will ever make it to the house.