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EarthBox Chat => Questions and Answers => Topic started by: Charli on August 09, 2021, 11:33:05 pm
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Hello....
This is my first time growing an urban garden in my backyard in the city of San Francisco and using an earth box to grow tomatoes in.
Obviously not even a semi green thumb since the very start of my tomatoes ripening, I have come to find they are mealy inside. If anyone has any advice, I would greatly appreciate it as well as my husband who is tolerating eating them in salads anyway but not really enjoying it.
Thanks!
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Charli, environment can cause this, leaving on the plants can cause this, variety coupled with other factors can cause this. What variety are you growing?
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I am growing Early Girl tomatoes on one side of the Earthbox and Big Beef tomatoes on the opposite side. I do leave them on the vines until they are red in color but when I do pick them, they are still very firm. The weather here in San Francisco has not been very warm, 68 has been the highest and I am right on the bay. I do keep my Earthbox tube full of water everyday as well.
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I would try picking a couple when they just start showing color. At this point they have all the sugars they're going to have. Place these on a warm windowsill or next to your coffee maker on the counter. Once starting to color tomatoes ripen in response to temperature, not sunlight. Try it an see what happens.