When to juice tomato's

[chuckinnc]

I have alot of tomato's that I pick at about 1/2-2/3 rip so they don't fall off
or start to split. Normally I bring them inside to fully ripen, I need to juice a
bunch of large cucumbers and need tomato juice to go with it.
Would It be ok to juice them now or should I wait till they are fully ripe? I am new to juicing, just started 2 days ago so I need some advise. How long
will fresh juice last in the frig?

[Revvell]

If they're not ripe enough to eat, imo, they're not ripe enough to juice.

I'm thinking, if refrigerated with as little air as possible, maybe 2-3 days. Could freeze it.

[Mary Kay]

Hmmm, my tomatoes don't fall off, unless they get overripe. IMHO, one of the reasons to grow them yourself is to be able to have them at their best - which is vine ripened!

Well, of course there's lots of other reasons too...LOL

Don't know what to say about juicing unripened ones. I think I'd wait until they ripened.

Mary Kay

[MysticTree]

Hmmm, my tomatoes don't fall off, unless they get overripe. IMHO, one of the reasons to grow them yourself is to be able to have them at their best - which is vine ripened!



I second that although we have grown plum tomatoes this year and the weather/temperature has really not been kind to them. A very poor crop and shop-bought are actually nicer :(

[Aleesha Sattva]

the more ripe the tom, the better the juice. you get very little from barely ripe toms. so let them get a little squishy and then juice them!

[T-Bird]

they should be a little tender to the thumb if applied with gentle pressure - plums are a little firmer.....

storage in the cold degrades the tomato flavor, and slows ripening. Leave them at room temperature. Or put in a bag with a ripe apple to see if that speeds them....