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I have too many tomatoes

(EDIT:) It appears I do have a large pot to do one of those submergible water bath canning methods! Thanks everyone for your tips and ideas :D

I didn't know 5 tomato plants would produce this much tomatoes. They're the only thing in my garden eager to grow and produce.

SEND HELP WHAT DO I DO?!

MAKE KETCHUP? I don't have anything to can tomatoes!

(EDIT:) It appears I do have a large pot to do one of those submergible water bath canning methods! Thanks everyone for your tips and ideas :D ---------------------------- I didn't know 5 tomato plants would produce this much tomatoes. They're the only thing in my garden eager to grow and produce. SEND HELP WHAT DO I DO?! MAKE KETCHUP? I don't have anything to can tomatoes!

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[–] • 2 pts

Water bath canning. I do blanched, peeled and crushed tomatoes. This way I can use them in multiple recipes.

https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=I4O436xbmZg

In this video she made salsa.

You don't need ice water bath. You don't need the canning basket, get one if you start canning a lot. I just use tongs and careful movements.

You can either use bottled lemon juice or citric acid. I use citric acid powder as it does not add flavor to the tomatoes. These are necessary to raise the acidity needed for preservation.

You can get started canning super cheap.

[–] [deleted] • 0 pt

thanks for the tip! Can I extract the juices from the keylimes on our keylime tree? they're pretty juicy

[–] • 1 pt

The short answer is no. The reason is the lemon juice is to add acid. Bottled juice has a consistent level of acid. Fresh squeezed is too variable to be safe.