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Originally Posted by NanaNut2
We have a short growing season here as well. When I grew tomatoes, just before the first frost, I would cut the vines, tomatoes and all, and hang them upside down on a line inside to ripen. That doubled my harvest. But still had tons of green tomatoes for green tomatoe relish. Yum.
NanaNut2
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Yes, everyone should take advantage of this approach. I learned it from my aunt.
In my experience, the first fruits on Cherokee Purple are always knarly. It takes 100 or so days to produce fruit, so you need seedlings in the ground the first week of April. The harvest will be poor if the plant is not fed properly. I think most consumer "tomato" food has too much Nitrogen. Use a bloom formula that is something like 3-12-12. Feed it regularly once the plant is established in the ground.
I can tell you that this approach works in Newton, NJ.