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To: Diana in Wisconsin

My heirloom tomatoes are doing fantastic. Juicy...but not as sweet as ai expected. Any tips for making them sweeter


25 posted on 09/05/2020 9:39:12 AM PDT by TheErnFormerlyKnownAsBig
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To: TheErnFormerlyKnownAsBig

IIRC, a chef from a ritzy restaurant used to add sugar to the soil when transplanting. I have never tried it. Sometimes I eat tomatoes with salt and sometime I sprinkle sugar on them.

My Granny always sprinkled sugar on tomatoes to eat fresh. Most other people used salt.


83 posted on 09/06/2020 5:37:42 PM PDT by greeneyes ( Moderation In Pursuit of Justice is NO Virtue--LET FREEDOM RING)
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