harvesting

Harvest Sweetcorn at the Right Time for Best Flavour

Garden sweetcorn tastes best when it’s picked at the milky stage. Use a simple thumbnail test to hit the perfect harvest day, then handle and freeze it properly to keep it sweet and tender.

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Green tomatoes will turn red in a few days with a simple trick

Cool nights slow tomato ripening just when late-season blight risk rises. A controlled root cut, paired with a few smart pruning steps, can push mature green fruit to colour up faster.

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The More Often You Harvest, the Longer Plants Keep Cropping

With fruiting vegetables, frequent picking keeps plants flowering and producing for longer. A few crops, such as aubergines, are tastiest when harvested slightly earlier rather than fully mature.

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