Tomato storage advice

I am often asked how to store a certain variety of produce for maximum storage life.  There are a number of great sources for this information scattered around the net.  But, the advice is often incomplete or conflicting.  In many cases the answer is “well, it depends”.  I thought it might be a good idea to make a page for each variety with a distillation of the advice that it out there and our experience.  I would love to include your experience in this compilation, too.  I would like to have your comments on the format and the advice itself.

Because it is my favorite, I started with tomatoes.  I hope to add about a variety a week until there is a page for every commonly available variety of produce.  Click on the link below to open the .pdf file.

tomato storage

To blog or not to blog

Marketing tells me that it would be a good idea to add a web log to our web site. A blog would provide an opportunity to answer common questions from customers and receive feedback from them, they reason. Betsy, my wife, is not so sure.  She claims that I have an innate capacity to make the simplest question complex beyond comprehension. So, we will see how it goes.

The E.G.G. requires an understanding of the ethylene phenomenon to maximize the benefits of its use. The role of ethylene as a plant hormone is fascinating and its impact on how we store produce is critical. The point of this blog is to help you maximize the useful life of your produce.