2013 Tomato Growing

Wow FC. That's a very successful yield you have there. I hope someone comes up with a curry based tom sauce. Like the sound of that...
Jenny

 

I just looked for a vid about prepping toms for freezing, but they weren't very good.

What I do is put them in boiling water for 30 secs, then into cold.

That makes the skins easy to remove, then squash them over a sieve above a bowl & hoik out as many of the seeds as possible, you only want to freeze the flesh, seeds can go bitter in the freezer.

Lob or save the seeds, in the bowl you'll have some nice tomato juice to drink

 

Marvelous haul FC......This is what it's all about

 

Hi. Can anyone tell me why some of my tomatos [vandos] are small,not a shiny skin and also a very tough skin

 

Shimsham......I think it's probably down to growing conditions, the weather tends to have a great effect on tomato growing, some years good, others bad.

 

I use this recipe for Indian style Tomato chutney - also makes an excellent curry sauce base once blended.

 

What a great recipe link Nick. I may have to scale down the chilli input but the rest of the ingredients look top notch. I can't wait for Autumn when my big tomtoes from Bulgaria, Fuerteventura and Turkey will be ripe and ready for harvesting. This looks the business.. and it was fun reading the comments from people who have made it too,

Jenny

 

Gosh! What a lot of tomatoes you've got! FC

I don't have a big freezer so I don't freeze tomatoes but bottle them.

Do what Zigs said in post #1263 to take the skin of the tomatoes. Then cut them up in chunks and stuff the pieces in bottles with their juice.


Wipe the lips of the bottles clean with some kitchen towels. Put a couple of inches of water in a big saucepan, place the bottles in together with the lid but DO NOT SCREW THEM ON. Cover saucepan with lid and bring to the boil. Once the water has boiled, reduce to medium heat and carry on for 20-30 minutes.


As soon as you've finished cooking, take the bottles out with the help of a tea towel and screw the lids on tight.


Once the bottles are cooled, date them and store away somewhere dark and cool. They will last till next summer. We've only just finished the final bottle from last year.

 

Wow, what a great post Hsuh. I do love it when someone shows me how to preserve a harvest instead of seeing them rot or go to waste,
Jenny

 

Hello peeps, still waiting for my tomatoes to turn red....but my tomato plants are now being attacked by a grey powdery mould. I don't know why its just started or how to stop it. Any thoughts on what I should do? I've already tried cutting the bits off which are mouldy but it just seems to spread!


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