Storing tomatoes in wood ash

I plan on trying this old Amish method of storing ripe tomatoes. Don't know if I will do any canning of sauce this year so this could be a great way to stretch them out for fresh eating. The main concern I have is that my Greeks are very thin skinned and from what I've researched it works best on thicker skinned varieties. So I'm just wondering if anyone here has any experience trying this out and…