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8/05: White or Pink Tomatoes


I posted a couple of days ago about our quandry: we have these "white" tomatoes hadn't changed colors, and were too big to be "Italian Ice" cherry tomatoes, which is what we thought.

The above is a picture we took today. A couple have started to turn pink! So I looked through our packets of tomatoes we planted this year, and found two. (1) Thai Pink Egg Tomato and (2) Pearly Pink Cherry Tomato. I researched online and found pictures that show the pearly pink are green that turn pink and are small cherry size. The thai seem to be closer to what we have: the shape is right, and the pictures show white to pink, not green to pink. Waiting for them to further ripen. Saw a lot of postings about how the thai pink tomato isn't worth the soil it's grown in. Will make that determination ourselves. If they are sour, then I'll dehydrate to use in soups and stews this winter.

Made it to 92 degrees temperature today (24th day in the over-90-degree streak), but the promised thunderstorms didn't happen, at least over our home. Bummer. Vikki
at 8/05/2008 06:45:00 PM
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