the birds are eating my ripening tomatoes -vent

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:My hardware cloth tomato cage looks similar to this:

Same look for ours. My boyfriend built two of these and bolted them on to the tomato planter boxes.

[Anonymous]

I can't find it now but last year I found an article that said: The moment a tomato starts to blush, there is a sealing-off process within it and it will then ripen the same whether you leave it on the plant or remove it.

So I have just been taking them off and leaving them on the countertop at the first sign of blush.

[Anonymous]

Oh, found it!
http://www.ksre.ksu.edu/news/sty/2005/harvest_tomatoes071805.htm

[Anonymous]

I got one ripe tomato, but all the rest have so far gone to critters. They eat them green! A-holes!

My container has chicken wire on 4 sides, but I'm betting it's still rats.

[Anonymous]

Circle of Life

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Oh, found it!
http://www.ksre.ksu.edu/news/sty/2005/harvest_tomatoes071805.htm

Thanks for posting this!