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Posted at December 27, 2013, 10:39 am:

I just received this from a gardening newsletter:

Harvest Early in the Day

"Harvest fruits and vegetables as early in the day as possible, especially if they are not to be eaten that day or will be refrigerated. Research at the University of California, Davis, has found that the six hours before sunrise is the best time to harvest. As soon as the sun hits the fruits or vegetables, the pulp temperature begins to rise, and even shading them will not delay the temperature rise for long. Each five degrees lower temperature when the fruit is picked will extend shelf-life for another three days. Tomatoes, in particular, develop more chilling injury -- that telltale graininess and mushiness--when they are cooled after being harvested warm."



Makes sense, but I'd be harvesting at midnight or 1 a.m.!
I think I'll stick to 6 a.m. . . . or 7.

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You do hear these things from time to time.

I guess this makes sense.

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