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Tough tomato skins.WHY??????????
Comments (2)Also, some tomato varieties are bred to have tough skins...less fragile for shipping, used for canned tomato products etc. Picking tomatoes too early and then allowing them to "ripen on the window sill" will often result in tough skins. Skin gets thinner at the end of the ripening (on the vine) process. They also have better/sweeter taste if allowed to fully mature on the plant....See Moretough tomato skin and stink bugs?
Comments (2)Helen, I've never heard of a tomato variety that had tough skins, or thin skins that stinkbugs couldn't penetrate and shoot in that poison that kills the cells under the skin leaving a white area and a yellow area on top of the skin. Momotaro is called Tough Boy in Japan, but that name is after a folk hero in Japan and doesn't refer to tough skins. However I did Google it and quite a few sites say tough skins which makes it more tolerant to cracking. I've grown lots of varieties that had hard skins, the pre-1800 variety Roi Humberti comes to mind, and I have't the faintest idea if it was resistant to stinkbugs b'c having stinkbug problems is not an every year problem for my tomatoes. So why not try it and plant two thin skinned varieties on either side of it and see what you get as to stinkbug problems. Carolyn...See Moretough skinned early girl ?
Comments (13)Susie I would be really curious as to exactly what variety of cherry tomato you had success with in a 5 gallon. It would have to be one of the dwarf or container types I think as most cherry varieties are 8' tall and 5 ' wide at least and are notorious for doing poorly in any container less than 15 -20 gallons. At any rate no regular sized tomato plant is going to do well in 5 gallons much less thrive without meticulous daily care. The root ball of an EG is easily 3' in diameter so it quickly becomes rootbound in such a small container. That means there is minimal soil left in there to retain water and provide consistent soil moisture levels. You don't indicate your zone or location so I have no idea about your weather but even in the northern zones such a plant would likely need watering multiple times a day. Some can make it work by using a drip irrigation system on an auto timer so the plant receives a low, steady dose of water almost constantly That frequency of watering almost guarantees minimal nutrients in the bucket for the plant as they will have washed out daily. Then when one adds to those problems with high dose N fertilizers and high dose P-K supplements the plant becomes root bound even more quickly. Sorry but the growing conditions you provided are the cause of the problems with your plant and would be for most any plant. I strongly encourage you to do some more research on the Container Gardening forum, specifically on sizes of containers needed, for next year. Dave...See MoreTough chewy skins
Comments (2)What variety was it? Some commercial varieties have tough skins, probably to help them ship better, or for that matter to make them less prone to splitting, which soft, thin-skinned tomatoes tend to do after it rains....See Moredevorah
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