I have a real variety of tomato plants currently growing and hoping for the best after a really tough season last year due to blight but what i would like to know is how can you tell when tomatoes that are green or different colours are ripe ? ;D
probably a very stupid question ???
i've asked myself the same question
im sure jeannine will know
They drop on the ground and start to rot.
Why grow tomatoes that do not turn red anyway?
Apparently, red tomatoes are bad for arthritis, whereas the other colours arent.
Also, they look really pretty in a mixed tomato salad ;D
cj :)
you'll know they are ripe by the full colour of whatever they are meant to be and also by touch, if they are rock hard leave them awhile :)
Tomatoes come in many colours. I'm growing two varieties of yellow.
"Pick ripe, nearly ripe and mature green fruits before the possibility of frost. Remove long stems to prevent them from piercing each other. Store tomatoes in cardboard or wooden boxes, 1 to 2 layers deep, in a cool moderately humid room. Cover the boxes with newspaper as tomatoes need darkness to ripen.. Check the toms every day and remove the ripe ones.
As tomatoes ripen, they naturally release ethylene gas, which stimulates ripening. To speed up the ripening process put a ripening tomato, apple or banana in the box with green tomatoes. To slow the ripening process and give yourself an extended harvest store some tomatoes, covered in cardboard boxes, in a cooler location".
Lauren
P.S...Link to a whole bunch of Green Tomato Recipies ;D
http://southernfood.about.com/od/tomatoes/a/green_tomatoes.htm