Re:I’ve been reading a whole lot about tomatoes
by grenoire on Tuesday October 26, 2021 @05:54AM
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I think the taste is not necessarily a hydroponics issue, but moreso a market issue. Dutchies choose unblemished pristine tomatoes, these strains are just watery by default. I can't even find heirloom tomatoes around here.
Re:I’ve been reading a whole lot about tomatoes
by RickyMoggels on Tuesday October 26, 2021 @01:43PM
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The taste of vine ripened tomatoes is incomparable to the 'industrial' tomatoes that are picked when they are still green. They are picked green so that they are firmer for transport and they ripe just enough to be red in the store.
Let the same tomatoes ripen on the vine and they are truly amazing.
I've grown my own tomatoes, same F1 Hybrid strains as the commercial growers use. There is a world of difference in taste.
Re:I’ve been reading a whole lot about tomatoes
by noiwillnot on Tuesday October 26, 2021 @05:53AM
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Are there good Dutch tomatoes out there? I associated them with the worst tasting produce and avoid them like the plague.
Re:I’ve been reading a whole lot about tomatoes
by leoedin on Tuesday October 26, 2021 @08:39AM
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Some of them best tomatoes I've ever had came (in winter!) from Thanet Earth, a massive indoor grow op in Kent, England. They grow all year under massive grow lights.
I think a lot of the really good flavours in tomatoes are a function of sunlight exposure.
The seedlings are grown in labs and then sold to the greenhouses. And while it is not really organic food, most greenhouses don't use chemicals to keep pests and diseases out. A lot of times different kind if insects are used for this. So it is as bio as it gets.
But you can argue about the taste. While they are as healthy as soil grown tomatoes I think they taste watery.