Harvest time for tomatoes then should ideally occur when..."

[Gardeneer]

Originally Posted by gorbelly

I guess this conversation is another example that confirmation bias is powerful, and people's minds are rarely changed and operate on the level of personal belief, regardless of quality of challenges to their beliefs.

Gardeneer, since you agree with bower, what do you think of the argument presented by bower? Does the fact that there is an observed and measured difference in fruit composition at least make you reconsider that perhaps more might be going on in a ripening tomato than what your fruit-size-based argument will allow? Since you did not care for studies I posted in the past about continued fluid influx into a truss even when fruits have already advanced past color break or by studies showing that people can identify fruits picked early vs. at table ripe (even when the fruits are both ripened in identical conditions), does this present enough of a challenge to make you rethink your certainty that there is no interaction at all between fruit and plant after mature green is reached?

gorbelly,
I agreed with bower , on the post that I just quoted from him not about the technicality of the subject.
And on the subject , I have expressed my opinions and have nothing more to say.