shelf life of black tomatoes

habitat_gardener · January 3, 2015

I was thinking about how many black tomatoes to grow this year. Some of the best ones I've grown have short shelf life. For instance:
--Black Krim lasts a day if you wait until it's dark, but a couple years ago I found it also tastes great eaten as a green-when-ripe and keeps a few days if picked as soon as it blushes.
-- Ananas Noire produced a whole bunch of large tomatoes (10 from one plant) at once a couple years ago. They tasted great, but I ended up giving them all away because even I couldn't eat them fast enough.
-- This year, Carbon was wonderful, but iirc it also had a shorter shelf life than other tomatoes of the same size.

fwiw, I pick mine at first blush because my gardens are in scattered locations (mostly community gardens) where human predation is a factor.

So I was wondering if other great-tasting large black tomatoes have a short shelf life compared to other large tomatoes. Is it the size? Is it something about black tomatoes? Or is it my imagination?

January 3, 2015	#1
habitat_gardener Tomatovillian™ Join Date: Apr 2008 Location: California Central Valley Posts: 2,543	shelf life of black tomatoes I was thinking about how many black tomatoes to grow this year. Some of the best ones I've grown have short shelf life. For instance: --Black Krim lasts a day if you wait until it's dark, but a couple years ago I found it also tastes great eaten as a green-when-ripe and keeps a few days if picked as soon as it blushes. -- Ananas Noire produced a whole bunch of large tomatoes (10 from one plant) at once a couple years ago. They tasted great, but I ended up giving them all away because even I couldn't eat them fast enough. -- This year, Carbon was wonderful, but iirc it also had a shorter shelf life than other tomatoes of the same size. fwiw, I pick mine at first blush because my gardens are in scattered locations (mostly community gardens) where human predation is a factor. So I was wondering if other great-tasting large black tomatoes have a short shelf life compared to other large tomatoes. Is it the size? Is it something about black tomatoes? Or is it my imagination?