Topic: Harvesting tomatoes

[Annadl]

Hello everyone

Some of the ripe tomatoes I have been harvesting have been difficult to pull off the plant.  I end up leaving the 'end bit' on the plant and having a hole in my tomato.  Shouldn't they be easy to come off when they are ready?  They're still fine to eat though.

Thanks for any replies.

Anna

[djbrenton]

Some varieties aren't weak at the calyx and can be hard to remove. If they're red they're ready so use secateurs if you want to avoid the problem.

[Derekthefox]

I have often found rotating them weakens the stem/calyx and makes then easier to remove. Secateurs, scissors or a knife don't seem a problem though for domestic quantities ...

Derekthefox

[Svea]

yes i kind of twist them off the stem, too

[tim]

Agree with dj.

[jennym]

Yes I agree with dj too, some varieties are easy, some are hard, snip off the hard ones.

[Mrs Ava]

I find the cherries the easiest to fall from the stem and the beefsteaks almost impossible to shift!

[cleo]

Yep-snip them. Stephan wanders off thinking of the possums that eat the last lot of plants someone grew from the seeds he sent >:(