By Jools

Re: ripening tomatoes
15 Sep 2008 12:12

I have got loads of tomatoes on my plants which are still green due to the weather not being hot enough to ripen them. Can I ripen them indoors? Don't want them to go to waste
Jools

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By Sam, worthing west sussex, uk

Re: ripening tomatoes
15 Sep 2008 14:35

how funny you should write this question.

Only this morning, I have cleaned up my onions, and laid them in trays in the shed for drying out....can't wait to start using them, normally 5-10 after storing is ample time for us, otherwise they are a tad "strong".

Have completely de-weeded the onion bed, and composted it over, ready for another dig over in a couple of weeks then it shall be put to bed till spring.

At the same time (well obviously not at THE same time) I pulled up my 3 outdoor tom plants, and snipped off the tom's on their vines, I currently have 3 trays worth sitting on my side cupboard in the kltchen just below a window to ripen them off.

Still have hundreds in the green house, but my green bin which was emptied this morning is now completely full again, so going to leave that to reduce then tackle a couple of plants in the greenhouse.

So in a round the houses reply as typical from me...yes you can, ripen indoors.

Sammy

By nanny ogg

Re: ripening tomatoes
16 Sep 2008 17:41

If they do not ripen, make green tomato chutney.
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By Honey

Re: ripening tomatoes
20 Sep 2008 03:11

I was always told that the best way to ripen green tomatoes is to keep them in the dark. I was told to put them in a brown paper bag and put them in a drawer in the dark. You could try a few Sammy and see if it works. I don't seem to have this problem this year.... surprisingly they are ripening quite well. But my peppers are a different story... they seem to be taking ages... they are still green.