Should I bring them in ?
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Watch your weather reports and if it forcast frost bring them in and put them in a box with paper they will ripen nicely in the house. or you could constantly cover and uncover the plants at night when they forcast frost..
if you have alot of them i would sujest covering them for a while. and letting the ripen on vine as long as you can if you have just a few bring them in don't stack them or they will rot before you know it and you will lose all that are touching them.
I used to put in the basement on a big screen door so that they got plenty of air and none of them touched each other. I have alot out there ripe that i can't use you want some of mine. i am in Irwin IA..
I have canned so many this year think i am going to take some to town and see if i can get rid of some of them.. sell them cheap. good luck in what ever you decide to do..
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as long as it is sunny outside,leave them out.They will be ok til it gets below 55f at night
as long as it is sunny outside,leave them out.They will be ok til it gets below 55f at night
Not until first frost. I think we have about another month to six weeks in Michigan
Define colder....
They should be fine as long as they continue to get sun and the temps do not get below 50 F
cover the plants or bring the tomatoes in and put them in a paper bag on your frig for a couple days
Pick them and wrap them in newspaper and store them in a cool spot in your house, a back room or utility, where it doesn't freeze. Unwrap them at Thanksgiving time and you will have wonderful tasting, fresh tomatoes for your table. This Works!
What you do is take the tomatoes in, and wrap them individually and keep them in a box under the bed.
Each day, you unwrap all the tomatoes and see which one has ripened, and then wrap up the rest to ripen and put them back under the bed.
(My wife did this as a kid, when they grew tomatos and they had more than thier share of them not ripening, and those that they didnt use for Relish, they ripened in this way).
I wish you well..
Jesse
I searched high and low and this is what I came up with:
I would leave them outside until your first frost, but I would invest in a water wall (I don't know what they are called) to protect the plant because when the temps are high during the day the water will heat up and it will help your plant stay warm during the night.
7C is about 45 F, so that is getting too cold at night....