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🍿If you think that picking tomatoes ONLY happens w 🍿If you think that picking tomatoes ONLY happens when they are fully ripe, you would be wrong. 😳 “Only pick the fully red ones, any other color means it’s not ready.” This is FALSE! And sad that this person thinks red tomatoes are the only color of tomato that exists. 😱 Tomatoes come in a variety of colors & shapes/sizes. If you are only eating red tomatoes, you are truly missing out!! ⁠But let’s get to the actual answer you are here for… The best time to harvest a tomato is when it first starts to blush. ⁠ It’s called the breaker stage, and it’s a game-changer. ⁠ ✔️ The fruit is physiologically mature ✔️ It won’t take more nutrients from the plant ✔️ It’ll ripen perfectly off the vine ⁠ And the bonus? ✓ Fewer pests ✓ Less cracking ✓ Less chance of splitting or sunscald ⁠ So next time you see that blush—don’t wait. Pick it and let it ripen inside. Your garden (and your tomatoes) will thank you. 🍅✨ (but if you can’t catch them all at first blush, just do your best…especially when you grow 45+ tomato plants like me 😆 You can still harvest them when they are fully ripe.) If you want a garden that protects itself — without chemicals or constant guessing — comment SYSTEM and I’ll DM you the link.💚🌱💚 #gardener #growyourownfood #organicgardener #organicgardening #gardeningforbeginners
👻You keep ghosting your garden… and then panicking 👻You keep ghosting your garden… and then panicking.😫 That habit right there is what makes this feel hard. 🤷🏻‍♀️You skip a few days. 🤷🏻‍♀️Maybe a week. 🤷🏻‍♀️Then something looks off and you try to fix everything at once. Too much water.👀 Too much “help.”👀 Too late.‼️ And now your plants are stressed and you think you’re the problem. You’re not — your rhythm is. ‼️Gardens don’t need you to do a lot. They need you to show up consistently.⬅️ Quick walks. Check the soil before watering. Flip a few leaves. Handle small things early. That’s what keeps everything from spiraling. Stop disappearing on your garden and it’ll stop feeling like a mess you have to fix. If you want to grow more food by letting your garden do the work for you, comment GROW and I’ll send you the link via DM.💚🌱💚 #gardener #growyourownfood #organicgardener #organicgardening #gardeningforbeginners
👀You’re making this way harder than it needs to be 👀You’re making this way harder than it needs to be. If I were starting from scratch, I wouldn’t need more products… I’d set my garden up differently from day one. I’d fix the foundation first. 1. Build my soil with compost so plants aren’t struggling from the start. 2. Space everything wider than I think so airflow actually exists. 3. Mix in herbs and flowers so beneficial insects show up early. 4. Mulch immediately so I’m not chasing water all summer. 5. Set up support at planting — not after things start falling over. 6. Water deeply and consistently instead of randomly. That’s it. No chaos. No constant fixing. No guessing. Most garden problems don’t come from bad luck — they come from how the garden was set up in the beginning. And they come from not putting your hands in the dirt. Change the setup, and everything that happens after gets easier. If you want a garden that protects itself — without chemicals or constant guessing — comment SYSTEM and I’ll DM you the link.💚🌱💚 #gardener #growyourownfood #organicgardener #organicgardening #gardeningforbeginners
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