Delicious Tomato Rice - South Indian Recipes by Archana's Kitchen

If you’ve got more tomatoes than you know what to do with (or just want to luxuriate in tomato season before it’s gone), I humbly present: Tomato Flavor Bombs. The no-recipe tomato recipe. 🍅 💣 @brad_leone @bonappetitmag #recipes #tomatoes #tomatoseason | Padma Lakshmi

We try to harvest tomatoes as soon as they start to turn color or blush to prevent enticing critters with ripe tomatoes on the vines. I missed this one last weekend. When tomatoes reach their mature size they ripen nicely indoors. If picked at the breaker stage (when it’s half pinkish/red and light green), the stem is enclosed with a layer of cells preventing any movement of nutrients, water, or sugars to the tomato. Thus, if picked at the breaker stage, it will not affect the quality, nutrition

Gardeners should avoid picking tomatoes and cleaning up leaves when tomatoes are wet due to two main reasons: 1. Disease Spread: Moisture on tomato plants, whether from rain or irrigation, creates a favorable environment for the development and spread of various fungal and bacterial diseases. Picking tomatoes or handling wet leaves increases the risk of transferring these pathogens from plant to plant, potentially leading to widespread infections. 2. Fruit Damage: Tomatoes are more susceptible t