On 8/27/2014 1:06 AM, songbird wrote:
> yesterday was another day of harvesting
> tomatoes and putting some of them up.
>
> previously we had some off-brand lids
> which we used last year without any
> problems, but they changed them and so
> we had them popping off. as this is
> the first time this happened in the many
> years here we took them all back and
> bought name-brand lids. all which have
> gone well this past evening.
>
> i'm guessing that the problem was that
> the off-brand lids have a coating/sealer
> that is shiny and does not allow any
> steam to escape while the name-brand lids
> are not shiny and do allow some steam to
> escape.
>
> so with this evenings efforts we have
> another ten quarts of tomato chunks now
> sealed up and ready to go for the next
> year.
>
> i'm looking at another pile of tomatoes
> to process, but these are questionable
> quality and will require more contemplation
> that morning may bring. some strange
> thing has happened to them that we've not
> seen before in many years of gardening.
> so we'll see what is what in the AM...
>
>
> songbird
>
Hard, yellow spots on the tomatoes? If so it's a stink bug infestation,
that's what hit our tomatoes this year. Ended up composting most of them.

George