US (FL): Tomatoes tight into November
Heavy rains early in the Florida growing season were delaying production, Chuck Weisinger, president and CEO of Fort Myers, Fla.-based Weis-Buy Farms Inc., said Oct. 13.
“It’s a very irregular crop. You see a handful of pinks and greens on the same vine. Growers are having to pick the pinks and leave the greens behind.”