Who saves cracked tomatoes?

Puregoodtomatoes · August 8, 2007

I just had a heavy rain and now I'm left with many cracked tomatoes. Some are ripe and others are close, I went ahead and picked them. They are in my garage. My plan is to ripen them and make sauce or something (acourse I'll cut around the cracks.) I don't know if this is good or bad, gnats were present even before these tomatoes came in.
Who saves cracked tomatoes?

korney19 · August 8, 2007

I usually relegate them to saving seeds. If they aren't developing any molds in the cracks, and if gotten to soon enough before gnats/fruitflies, I freeze what's left after seedsaving and then make sauce in the fall or winter by running them thru a Spremy (electric strainer that separates any skin & missed seeds from the pulp & juice.)

If they aren't badly cracked, you can always cut off the worst parts and use them immediately, but don't keep them long--gnats/fruitflies will find them & have their own feast. (Flies & yellow jackets too if kept outdoors.)

If rain is forecast, try to pick anything ripe or near ripe before the rain arrives...

gdionelli · August 8, 2007

I do, I do. If I have a lot, it's a great excuse to make salsa.

feldon30 · August 9, 2007

The only time you see ripe fruits on my plants is if A) I have the flu, B) I am out of town, C) I missed one.

Tomstrees · August 9, 2007

I've saved seed from them - cut out the scar or crack and
eat em - don't matter ...

~ Tom

Little_Rhody · August 9, 2007

I feed them to my peacocks. Tomatoes make their tails very colorful!

August 8, 2007	#1
Puregoodtomatoes Tomatovillian™ Join Date: Jul 2006 Location: Midwest Posts: 38	Who saves cracked tomatoes? I just had a heavy rain and now I'm left with many cracked tomatoes. Some are ripe and others are close, I went ahead and picked them. They are in my garage. My plan is to ripen them and make sauce or something (acourse I'll cut around the cracks.) I don't know if this is good or bad, gnats were present even before these tomatoes came in. Who saves cracked tomatoes? __________________ Puregood Tomatoes

August 9, 2007	#4
feldon30 Tomatovillian™ Join Date: May 2006 Location: Rock Hill, SC Posts: 5,346	The only time you see ripe fruits on my plants is if A) I have the flu, B) I am out of town, C) I missed one. __________________ [SIZE="3"]I've relaunched my gardening website -- [B]TheUnconventionalTomato.com[/B][/SIZE] * [I][SIZE="1"]*I'm not allowed to post weblinks so you'll have to copy-paste it manually.[/SIZE][/I]

August 9, 2007	#5
Tomstrees Tomatovillian™ Join Date: Jan 2006 Location: NJ Bayshore Posts: 3,848	I've saved seed from them - cut out the scar or crack and eat em - don't matter ... ~ Tom __________________ My green thumb came only as a result of the mistakes I made while learning to see things from the plant's point of view. ~ H. Fred Ale

August 9, 2007	#6
Little_Rhody Tomatovillian™ Join Date: Feb 2006 Location: RI Posts: 106	I feed them to my peacocks. Tomatoes make their tails very colorful! __________________ carolyn

August 8, 2007	#2
korney19 Buffalo-Niagara Tomato TasteFest™ Co-Founder Join Date: Aug 2006 Location: The Niagara Frontier Posts: 942	I usually relegate them to saving seeds. If they aren't developing any molds in the cracks, and if gotten to soon enough before gnats/fruitflies, I freeze what's left after seedsaving and then make sauce in the fall or winter by running them thru a Spremy (electric strainer that separates any skin & missed seeds from the pulp & juice.) If they aren't badly cracked, you can always cut off the worst parts and use them immediately, but don't keep them long--gnats/fruitflies will find them & have their own feast. (Flies & yellow jackets too if kept outdoors.) If rain is forecast, try to pick anything ripe or near ripe before the rain arrives...

August 8, 2007	#3
gdionelli Tomatovillian™ Join Date: Aug 2007 Location: WV Posts: 38	I do, I do. If I have a lot, it's a great excuse to make salsa.