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

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

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

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!
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www.barbschaller.com, last update April 2013

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

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

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!

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Barb
www.barbschaller.com, last update April 2013

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