> Warm weather is important. eg. Hothouse/greenhouse tomatoes or cucumber are never as flavorful as field raised and ripped ones. The more north you go, the bla

> Warm weather is important. eg. Hothouse/greenhouse tomatoes or cucumber are never as flavorful as field raised and ripped ones. The more north you go, the blander/crappier the food gets, mostly due to the weather. It's not quite that clear-cut. For example, strawberries are sweeter and less bland when grown in cooler climates [1]: > Increased in growth temperatures resulted in decreased fruit quality including soluble solids (SSC), titratable acids (TA), SSC/TA ratio, and ascorbic acid (AA) content in the fruit. Swedish tomatoes are, on the other hand, of course crap when compared to southern European tomatoes. But from what I've read that's suspected to have more to do with light than temperature. 1: https://pdfs.semanticscholar.org/5ace/a1295f3898659fb0afdfabac506e4fe907cd.pdf https://pdfs.semanticscholar.org/5ace/a1295f3898659fb0afdfab...