How to keep fresh tomatoes until spring without canning

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If you think that it will not be possible to preserve fresh tomatoes at home for a long time, you are mistaken. You can store tomatoes in your apartment without canning.

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The best choice for this is still green fruits, which will ripen as they are stored.

To do this, first of all, you need to choose the right tomatoes:

• vegetables should be sorted by size, because large tomatoes ripen faster than small ones;
• all tomatoes should be healthy – even the slightest traces of late blight will negate your efforts;
• do not remove the stalk so that the fruits are stored longer;
• immediately before storing, the tomatoes should be washed and allowed to dry on a towel without sunlight.

Before sending the tomatoes to a box for long-term storage, dip a cotton swab in alcohol and wipe the fruits well.

Then wrap each tomato separately in thin paper. To prevent them from touching each other, you can sprinkle the tomatoes with sawdust.

The vegetables should be placed in 10 kg boxes in rows – with the stalks up. Do not pack tightly, leave a little free space.

The boxes should be stored at a temperature of no more than +10. The room should be well ventilated and the tomatoes will last until the New Year, and specimens from “strong” varieties until spring.

Remember: once a week you should sort through the tomatoes and remove those that are ripe or have signs of disease.