US EditionHow to tell when your garden veggies are ripe for harvesting
- Vegetables should be harvested when they reach optimal sizes, such as fruits being 6-8 inches long for tenderness and green beans being as thick as a pencil.
- Green peppers are fully mature when they turn red, becoming sweeter and nutrient-rich during this stage.
- Sweet corn is ready when the silk turns brown, or when the kernels release a milky fluid upon pressing.
- Garlic bulbs are ready when most leaves turn yellow or brown, while onions are mature when their tops flop over and become brown.
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How to tell when your garden veggies are ripe for harvesting
By JESSICA DAMIANO It’s time — or getting to be time — for us gardeners to reap what we’ve sown. Although it’s fairly evident when some edibles, like tomatoes, are ripe for the picking (uniform red, yellow or orange color), that isn’t the case with every crop. Popular crops’ telltale signs of deliciousness Zucchini, for instance, doesn’t change color. Although it might be tempting to grow a 15-inch-long squash, it will likely be tough. For optim…
·Hartford, United States
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