FOOD Tomato shortage?
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Well I guess this is getting more attention.
Back in June, my brother got a call from an old friend that is located in Calif Central Valley and works for a Canning firm. He told my brother tomato crop was failing, get what he needed NOW.
I posted this to the appropriate discussion thread in the Bomb Shelter.
Back in June, my brother got a call from an old friend that is located in Calif Central Valley and works for a Canning firm. He told my brother tomato crop was failing, get what he needed NOW.
I posted this to the appropriate discussion thread in the Bomb Shelter.
Was this from a news article? Or just word of mouth from a friend?
If from an article I’d like read it.
annieosage
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I was going to start a thread earlier but since this came up- has anyone ever froze tomatillos?
I am having to order Hatch Chiles online for the first time ever. Literally no one in MA has them. Tomatillos is another necessary ingredient to make Chile Verde, and I found some but not sure how they would do if frozen.
The Hatch Chiles will be roasted and skinned and seeded and cooled then in an air tight freezer bag.
Actually, I wonder if I could just make a bunch of the sauce and freeze it that way. Hmmmm...
I am having to order Hatch Chiles online for the first time ever. Literally no one in MA has them. Tomatillos is another necessary ingredient to make Chile Verde, and I found some but not sure how they would do if frozen.
The Hatch Chiles will be roasted and skinned and seeded and cooled then in an air tight freezer bag.
Actually, I wonder if I could just make a bunch of the sauce and freeze it that way. Hmmmm...
packyderms_wife
Neither here nor there.
Yes you can freeze them. If they require being roasted to make the sauce then you will want to roast, peel, and then freeze them.
Redcat
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My cherry tomatoes are doing great. The current size ones are awesome (spicy tasting). But my 9 other tomato plants are not producing well. I finally picked three last night that need to finish ripening. Compared to last year this is a total bust. I have bees, I water daily, But each plant has a few green tomatoes and nothing is ripening.
My peppers have finally taken hold and are producing well. Peas are done, beans are still flowering and I'm picking and freezing them. If I didn't have the cherry tomatoes I just wouldn't have any.
My peppers have finally taken hold and are producing well. Peas are done, beans are still flowering and I'm picking and freezing them. If I didn't have the cherry tomatoes I just wouldn't have any.
This is a huge part of the problem...
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Summerthyme
Understanding High Temperature Effects on Fruit Set of Tomatoes
Maintaining temperature in the ideal range is very important for tomato fruit set. The optimum temperatures are 60-75°F (night) and 60-90°F (day). Studies showed that exposing plants to 3-h periods of temperatures above 104°F on two successive days may caused fruit set failure. Not only is the maxim
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Samuel Adams
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Now see I take a different approach…..
If my garden shows signs of sloughing off, I threaten to sing to it for an hour or so.
So far haven’t ever had to follow through, but……
SouthernBreeze
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Now see I take a different approach…..
If my garden shows signs of sloughing off, I threaten to sing to it for an hour or so.
So far haven’t ever had to follow through, but……
I've never had to sing to my tomatoes, but I have had to give them a good shaking a time or two to make them set fruit. LOL.
lojoma
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Ive always had huge success with tomatillos and make tons of salsa Verde however this year a tomatillo big similar to colorado potato beetle laid it all to waste. Normally very easy to grow.grow
vessie
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I Will Sing To Them The Song Of My PeopleNow see I take a different approach…..
If my garden shows signs of sloughing off, I threaten to sing to it for an hour or so.
So far haven’t ever had to follow through, but……
Lol! V
TxGal
Day by day
I guess that explains us this year. We never got a tomato from our Cherokee Purple plants, and that's never happened before. We've had many, many days in the 100s this year, and not much rainfall....everything is baking. We did have two Juliet cherry-type tomato plants, and they did well. I gave most to the chickens to help keep them going in the heat.This is a huge part of the problem...
Understanding High Temperature Effects on Fruit Set of Tomatoes
Maintaining temperature in the ideal range is very important for tomato fruit set. The optimum temperatures are 60-75°F (night) and 60-90°F (day). Studies showed that exposing plants to 3-h periods of temperatures above 104°F on two successive days may caused fruit set failure. Not only is the maxim
Summerthyme
Our potatoes, as I mentioned in a different thread, barely gave us back our seed potatoes in lbs., and all are smallish. I should be planting them now, but honestly, in this heat?
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lojoma
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Yes I take off the husks and freeze them. No branching or anything. Then just chuck them into sauce or soups because the skins are negligible.
lojoma
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Blanching that is
SSTemplar
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I haven’t seen that in my neighborhood. Plenty of tomatoes and canned tomatoes. I was surprised that I could buy organic tomatoes for the same price as other tomatoes in the produce section. Although they have risen a little in price even the canned organic tomatoes are still plentiful.
homecanner1
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Yields are down this year. The ones I started from seed did much better than bedding plants bought at garden center.
h_oder
Veteran Member
I only did a tiny garden this year (and I mean one 4x8 raised bed plus some 'taters in grow bags). Nothing produced very well - but 1st year trying in our new home. I'm glad I heeded the urge to go ahead and purchase a bushel for canning. I'll pick those up on Wednesday, along with green beans. I am the only one in my house who likes tomatoes - outside of using them in sauce or diced form, so I'm hoping they will last us for a while this year.
I do, however, have the seeds to grow a much more substantial garden, and will be stocking up over the winter on soil amendments, etc.
I do, however, have the seeds to grow a much more substantial garden, and will be stocking up over the winter on soil amendments, etc.
John Deere Girl
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I planted 10 San Marzano tomato plants, and I wish I'd planted 30. They have not produced well at all. First year this has happened to those, so I will just buy spaghetti sauce this year.
I planted 20 beefsteak, Cherokee purple, and early girl. I've gotten a decent amount, but 10 of my plants are almost dead now. However, I have had enough for fresh eating and canning, and I'm very thankful for that!
Our potatoes should be ready to dig in the next week or so, but I'll be surprised if they haven't done well.
I planted 20 beefsteak, Cherokee purple, and early girl. I've gotten a decent amount, but 10 of my plants are almost dead now. However, I have had enough for fresh eating and canning, and I'm very thankful for that!
Our potatoes should be ready to dig in the next week or so, but I'll be surprised if they haven't done well.
CapeCMom
Veteran Member
I had a bumper crop of tomatoes coming but the moment they start to blush the birds come in and eat them. We are in a drought and even though we have water sources for them it is not enough. I go out once a day to grab the few that they miss and let them ripen on the counter. Very disappointed
ainitfunny
Saved, to glorify God.
it has been a dollar an ear earlier o
in the summer, here in WA.
ainitfunny
Saved, to glorify God.
i havent been to Fred Meyers in a month. They sent me my gas discount coupon, $11, the day before it expired!
school marm
Senior Member
Same here. Mine are at least 7-8 feet tall. I have found maybe five 1-inch beans so far, and that's it.
L.A.B.
Goodness before greatness.
Yep! Tomatillo’s. I have one plant a successful L.A.B. experiment going in from seed a couple months ago.
Squash, the dark green variety, one plant, but seems too hot here in So-Cal.
Basil doing well, but still young, and more tough than store bought, but still in taste spec.
vessie
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L.A.B., with your abilities, learning Reiki would absolutely make your plants grow insanely!
You might want to look into Reiki, you are a perfect candidate for being a Reiki Master, and you'll never regret learning.
It will be such a natural for you! V
Bud in Fla
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West central FL - Potatoes did OK, but not great. Tomatoes did good - we had "Sweet 100' tomatoes by the bucketful from 3 plants. All my tomatoes would have been 8 ft tall if I'd had trellis instead of cages. Squash & cukes did pretty good until the squash beetles found them. Watermelons were a bust. Had a dozen or so that looked OK but never ripened, then split.
That garden was mowed/tilled a month ago. Already started tilling the area and have seeds started for the Fall garden. I got the sweet potatoes started a couple of months ago.
That garden was mowed/tilled a month ago. Already started tilling the area and have seeds started for the Fall garden. I got the sweet potatoes started a couple of months ago.
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annieosage
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Ok just ordered my hatch chiles!! I had to order minimum 5# so will break it up and see if anyone on base wants some to recoup some of the cost. If not well, we have enough for a year or more LOL. With shipping it was $53!!
We went to Stop N Shop and they had tomatillos so got 2.5#'s of those and will freeze them as well.
Love me some chile verde. This was last time I made it:
We went to Stop N Shop and they had tomatillos so got 2.5#'s of those and will freeze them as well.
Love me some chile verde. This was last time I made it:
Barry Natchitoches
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Last year, my purple string beans were so prolific that they actually produced a full second crop for me - all volunteers - with no intervention on my part. I bragged about it in the gardening (or was it the Preps) section of this website.
That was then.
This year, the same purple string bean variety has been a flop. Not a single bean pod, to date.
My tomatoes, bell peppers, squash and zucchini crops were great this year.
But the beans were a major disappointment.
Barry Natchitoches
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what is Reiki?
packyderms_wife
Neither here nor there.
recipe for the chile verde?
We’ve been blessed with a good tomato crop this year. We have about a dozen plants or so and we’re eating tomatos every day in salads. LOL! Peppers also have been good. Our area has had a lot of rain and hasn’t been too awfully hot, so that helps.
However, we have had NO cucumbers this year out of 5 hills planted. The plants grew and ran but didn’t produce any fruit. Maybe they need certain pollinators that aren’t around this year? Really weird and frustrating, as we’ve had to buy cukes to go with our tomatos. Squash (yellow and zucchini) has produced just fine; they’re done now. Cukes are in the same family as squash, so I don’t get why they didn’t produce.
However, we have had NO cucumbers this year out of 5 hills planted. The plants grew and ran but didn’t produce any fruit. Maybe they need certain pollinators that aren’t around this year? Really weird and frustrating, as we’ve had to buy cukes to go with our tomatos. Squash (yellow and zucchini) has produced just fine; they’re done now. Cukes are in the same family as squash, so I don’t get why they didn’t produce.
