[AT] Tomatoes

[Bruce Moden]

I guess the tomato crop is late, blighted, or failing in  many areas.  The organic farmers in WNY seem to have been affected by the blight, most garden types around me had a few early & then none are ripening.  Several years ago I planted 3,500 tomato plants & we had a late, wet season, so days before frost warnings we went out & picked larger green tomatoes, wrapped them in news paper individually, spaced them on shelves in a cool shed.  They did ripen with a minimum of rot (if they are clear when picked).  It was a bit labor intensive, but kept us in the market for weeks after we thought we were done.
Pharmr Bruce