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Harvesting Your Garden
H
arvest Your Tomatoes
After approximately 10 to 12 weeks, you can begin harvesting
your tomato plants!
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Pick your tomatoes gently with your fingers.
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A ripe tomato feels firm, but has a little bit of “give” when pressed.
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Ripe yellow tomatoes will still be a little green.
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Continue to hand pollinate tomato flowers.
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Harvest tomatoes just before eating for a “sun-ripened” sweet flavor.
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After harvesting your tomatoes, lower your lights, if necessary.
(See ”Raise Lights” on page 11.)
Yellow Cherry
Tomatoes:
Under Ripe
Ripening
Ripe
