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We've processed the green tomatoes! (lemmy.world)
submitted 1 year ago by to c/gardening@lemmy.world
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We made 11 jars of pickled green tomatoes and 21 jars of salsa. Jars are Pint sized (≈.5 L). Unpictured is the 4 gallons (≈16L) of blanched and frozen red tomatoes that we'll eventually turn into sauce.

This took a while. Every window in the house was fogged.

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[–] 4 points 1 year ago (4 children)

Looks great! How many pounds of fresh tomatoes was it to start? How many sq ft of land did that require?

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  • [–] [S] 1 point 1 year ago (3 children)

    It was close to 30 pounds, took up ≈75 square feet. Only planted 4 tomato plants

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  • [–] 1 point 1 year ago* (2 children)

    Wow that's impressive.

    edit: I thought it was 15 lbs per plant, but it's really 7.5, which is still really good!

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  • [–] 1 point 11 months ago

    These are the end of year tomatoes that didn't have a chance to ripen on plant. If OP has a decently long growing season, they probably harvested a few multiples or that. For example, bandywine tomatoes weigh in at 1-2 pounds each and one plant will produce.. quite a few tomatoes.

    Sauce: I grow tomatos in my garden too

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    • [–] 1 point 1 year ago* (1 child)

    Great haul there. Any big challenges this season?

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  • [–] [S] 3 points 1 year ago

    Not really, it was the first year. Only 4 plants.

    Where I planted them gets 12hrs of sun during the summer. I only had to water 3 times, we got 2+ inches of rain like every 7 days most of summer.

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