ripe toms

[woodybrown]

CAN ANYONE TELL ME CAN YOU RIPEN TOMATOES QUICKLY IF PICKED BEFORE GOING RED.....

[woodybrown]

[manicscousers]

we take some off when they have started turning, just not quite ripe, if we leave them on the windowsill, they are ripe after a couple of days  :)

[cornykev]

Put them with a banana.   ;D ;D ;D

[lincsyokel2]

Put them with a banana.   ;D ;D ;D

yes a banana skin gives of enzyme fumes that make tomatoes ripen.

[woodybrown]

thanks  come to think of it im sure my nan used to wrap hers up in newspaper and put them in the airing cupboard, has anyone xheard of that?

[plainleaf]

woodybrown yes

cornykev :ethylene gas to be specific.