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Tomatoes strike me as something that more people should grow at home, where space permits. There seems to be a bigger delta in quality for tomatoes than most ot
by ashtonkem 6y ago
Tomatoes strike me as something that more people should grow at home, where space permits. There seems to be a bigger delta in quality for tomatoes than most other produce when picked fresh, and they’re not the kind of vegetable that most of us go through a huge amount of[0]. Also, they don’t consume a huge amount of space; even a planter on the porch can produce a decent yearly crop.
0: Except for soups, but for that kind of application canned tomatoes are best, since they’re canned when fresh rather than being picked before ripening to survive shipping.
- ecpottinger 6y agoNote: I grow strawberries and my landlord grows tomatoes in the backyard, and we can taste a HUGE difference between what we grow and what is at the supermarket. Just when our crops ripen we get stuff from the supermarket and it is probably half a year out of season for where it comes from and the following week or two we can harvest our own crops, and boy can we taste the difference.
- hervature 6y agoWhat culture are you from that doesn’t use many tomatoes? My girlfriend and I go through 4 tomatoes when we make hogao which is a Colombian staple. That is, we make it every other day.