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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 |
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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 |
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George Shirley wrote:
.... > 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. no, looks like buckeye rot, which i've not seen before ever. the information i've read says it happens via contact with the soil but many of the tomatoes are off the ground and still affected... will probably go out and pick any of the rest that seem to be affected and dispose of them. i tried this morning to see if any of them were useable for putting up, but disliked the slightly off smell of them and decided to just dispose of them. so that's 25lbs of tomatoes to bury... songbird |
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On 2014-08-27 17:57:02 +0000, songbird said:
> > i tried this morning to see if any of them > were useable for putting up, but disliked the > slightly off smell of them and decided to just > dispose of them. so that's 25lbs of tomatoes > to bury... > > > songbird Ouch! -- -- Barb www.barbschaller.com, last update April 2013 |
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Melba's Jammin' wrote:
>songbird said: >> >> i tried this morning to see if any of them >> were useable for putting up, but disliked the >> slightly off smell of them and decided to just >> dispose of them. so that's 25lbs of tomatoes >> to bury... > > Ouch! yeah, i dint have the heart to go out today and see how much more damage there might be to pick off, tomorrow will be another day. as it turned out, one of the quarts i did in the first batch on the 16th did not seal as i thought it had, so today when Ma went to move it the seal went and it blew. for some reason that jar decided to ferment, we were making tomato champaign. yuck. luckily the mess was mostly isolated to the front of her shirt and the floor. none of the other five jars of that batch are fermenting. we'll keep an eye on them. oh, yes, the first batch was done with the lids that seemed problematic and were then returned. so i'm hoping what was done on the 26th will hold up better. songbird |
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we managed to put some 9 quarts more of
tomato chunks up last night from tomatoes we rescued from the plants. we still have some green ones ripening on the tables so we'll see what comes of those. songbird |
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On 2014-08-28 03:50:22 +0000, songbird said:
> Melba's Jammin' wrote: >> songbird said: >>> >>> i tried this morning to see if any of them >>> were useable for putting up, but disliked the >>> slightly off smell of them and decided to just >>> dispose of them. so that's 25lbs of tomatoes >>> to bury... >> >> Ouch! > > yeah, i dint have the heart to go out today and > see how much more damage there might be to pick > off, tomorrow will be another day. > > as it turned out, one of the quarts i did in > the first batch on the 16th did not seal as i > thought it had, so today when Ma went to move > it the seal went and it blew. for some reason > that jar decided to ferment, we were making > tomato champaign. yuck. luckily the mess was > mostly isolated to the front of her shirt and > the floor. none of the other five jars of that > batch are fermenting. we'll keep an eye on > them. > > oh, yes, the first batch was done with the > lids that seemed problematic and were then > returned. so i'm hoping what was done on > the 26th will hold up better. > > > songbird My sympathies! -- -- Barb www.barbschaller.com, last update April 2013 |
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Melba's Jammin' wrote:
.... > My sympathies! thanks... i'm sure we'll get on anyways. i think we've gotten about 30 quarts so far. :) currently Ma is saying that we'll have to leave the fenced garden patches unplanted next year. i hope i can convince her that planting onions/garlic won't hurt a thing. the peppers, fennel, beets, beans, etc. all did ok (if you ignore what was eaten by the grounhogs). frost warnings are starting up. i'm not ready to be cold! we may do some PBDCs the next few weeks. i'll be thinking of you. ;) songbird |
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