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"Cheri" > wrote in message
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>> Is anyone else having this problem?
>>
>> I posted a few weeks back about the Kumatos that I bought. They were
>> upside down in a package. The bottoms looked fine but the tops showed
>> them to be rotten. I only bought those because oddly enough they were
>> cheaper than the other tomatoes.
>>
>> Then I bought grape tomatoes at another store. Used half. Next day went
>> to use the other half and they had black mold spots on them.
>>
>> Ordered cherry tomatoes to be delivered from PCC. Got tiny grape ones
>> instead. A substitute I guess. I had gone with the cherry they were
>> cheaper but they did not charge me more for what I got. Did not use them
>> until the next day. One was shriveled. But two days later, the rest are
>> shriveled.
>>
>> Why are the tomatoes rotting so quickly?

>
> I don't know, I don't buy a lot of store tomatoes because they seem
> tasteless, but they should last longer than that.


You would think so. At least mine are not tasteless. I grew three kinds last
year. They tasted no different from what I got from the store. I finally got
some really good carrots though. Really sweet like the ones we got when I
was a kid.