• Captain Aggravated
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        7 months ago

        This is accurate; grocery store tomatoes are bred for durability rather than taste. The canned tomatoes down the soup aisle are honestly better than the fresh ones in the produce section. A large pot in a sunny corner of your back porch can do a lot better than your local supermarket.

        • Swedneck@discuss.tchncs.de
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          7 months ago

          depends on who grows them, we finally started getting domestic tomatoes in stores again here in sweden and they actually smell and taste like tomatoes should.

          They don’t need to use the ones that are bred for durability if the shipping takes like an hour by truck…

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            7 months ago

            Here in America? If you want higher quality farm-grown produce find a farmer’s market, the supermarket is going to make the most spreadsheet friendly decision every single time.

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          7 months ago

          If they are not organic they put fertilizers on them which is basically salt that makes the cells swell with water but not nutrition nor taste.

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          7 months ago

          Supposed to be even more, particularly because you can pick at peak ripeness. Store ones they pick far beyond ripe so they transport and handle better.

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            7 months ago

            yes, and the same goes for pretty much every other vegetable (and fruit, for that matter) out there.

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      7 months ago

      Tomatoes and garlic, what else could you possibly need tbh

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      You can feed your dog tomatoes, and you don’t even have to bother with seeding!

      Or fertilizer!

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      7 months ago

      Cries in having no sunlight in the apartment. Mine didn’t survive the dark apartment life, so can’t confirm.