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On Sat, 09 Sep 2017 18:07:28 -0400, wrote:

>On Sat, 9 Sep 2017 16:14:19 -0500, Sqwertz >
>wrote:
>
>>On Sat, 09 Sep 2017 15:16:36 -0400,
wrote:
>>
>>> Tomatoes are finally ripening:
>>>
https://postimg.org/image/ulz2m4e3p/
>>> https://postimg.org/image/h8vxji99h/
>>> Hundreds more to ripen. . .

>>
>>Picked too early.
>>
>>There's nothing like a warm, vine-ripened tomato fresh out of the
>>garden sprinkled with garlic salt and eaten like a very wet apple.
>>
>>I wouldn't eat any of those tomatoes right now (maybe those three in
>>back right). Even Booger King wouldn't use those tomatoes until they
>>were artificially ripened. What a waste.
>>
>>I congratulate you on growing your own. But harvesting them early
>>defeats the whole purpose of doing so.
>>
>>-sw

>
>Weather dictates... some years here its either harvest early or lose
>everything to frost... obviously you don't do any gardening. Texass
>farmers I'm sure are hustling to save what they can from Harvey... I
>doubt Florida will save much if anything from Irma. I suspect a lot
>of produce will be in short supply this winter, and prices will be
>high.


Let's look at your weather forecast to see if you're getting any
frost.