[JayG]

Used to go out with a lass called Ethylene (old-fashioned, skinny lass if I remember correctly!) 

It wasn't Poly Ethylene was it?  Drainpipe jeans? 

Sorry, different bird altogether! 

[shokkyy]

Actually, I was cursing the kids next door when they kicked a football over the fence, squashed a row of my carrots and snapped a branch full of fruit off one of my bush tomatoes. The tomatoes were very green, not even thinking about changing colour, but I picked them up and put them on my kitchen windowsill. In less than a week, they've all turned red. If they'd been left on the bush, they'd still be sulking and bright green.

[Bev]

One red tomato! Guard it with your life! I grew one last year and on the day I was going to eat it my chicken walked past  and gobbled it up!

I managed three this year so far.

I am going to try the banana skin trick - sounds good!

Bev