Re: Now that overnight lows are 39-40 safe to assume no ripened tomatoes

Oct 03, 2003 2 Replies

The end of your tomato growing season for this year has come to be.



Looking forward to having "fried green tomatoes" for dinner today?


Last night it hit 39 degrees and today will be a high of 59. Is it
> safe to assume that the dozens of gren tomatoes are not going to
> ripen. After all, 39 degrees is the temperature in parts of my fridge
> and they say a tomato will never ripen once refridgerated.
>
> I'm thinking I should pull down the tomato plants this morning.
> DiGiTAL ViNYL (no email)
> Zone 6b/7, Westchester Co, NY, 1 mile off L.I.Sound
> 1st Year Gardener

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