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Understand Tomato Ripening for Sauce

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WOW! Tomato harvest 2017! CHALLENGE TO MY VIEWERS STOP WASTING GET CHICKENS!

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The presenter introduces different tomato varieties, including German Johnson, Big Boy, Beef Eater, Better Boy, and Roma tomatoes. He explains that for sauce-making, especially when processing in large batches, it's best to pick tomatoes when they are just beginning to show color rather than waiting until they are fully red ripe. Fully ripe tomatoes left on the vine can quickly rot or spoil, especially in warmer temperatures. Picking them slightly under-ripe allows them to finish ripening indoors in a controlled, cooler environment, which is crucial for successful canning and sauce preparation.

Goal: Learn why picking tomatoes that are not fully red ripe is beneficial for making tomato sauce, particularly for preserving quality and preventing spoilage.

Tools and materials

  • Big Boy Tomato
  • German Johnson Tomato

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hey guys it's Josh Stony Ridge farmer welcome to the farm Vlog today today is tomato picking day this is a German Johnson tomato it's got a little bit of a pink uh skin to it it's a little thinner skined tomato and this is a big boy uh Big Boy tomato it's not very big big boy but whatever so today I'm going to take you through the garden we're going to pick our tomatoes and we're not looking for tomatoes that are absolutely red ripe like this one this guy's ready to eat he's not going to last for about yeah 2 or 3 days in the house and start to rot so what we're doing is we're going to go through and we're going to pick our tomatoes so we can make tomato sauce I'll show you what I do what I pick why I pick them and how I store them until they're all deliciously red ripe and ready to make tomato sauce later on we'll show you the way I make tomato sauce and basically what we do we probably can up enough spaghetti sauce and tomato type sauce for 2 or 3 years probably this year we got about 120 tomato plants back here just going to take my buckets and pick them so come on along with me and we'll show you what we're doing in the Garden today all right

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