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July 31, 2026

The risks of waiting too long to harvest garden vegetables

By JESSICA DAMIANO
Associated Press

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Harvesting vegetables can be tricky. Pick them too soon and they might not be ripe. But pick too late and you risk losing taste and texture and the fruit itself.

We sowed. We planted. We watered, watched and waited.


 
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