[Sue33]

my tomatoes are doing rubbish, both in the greenhouse and at the allotment, greenhouse ones have a few tomatoes on but are taking ages to go red, the ones at the lottie i'm still waiting to get fruit, lots of flowers though so guess it'll be a late crop, or i;ll be making lots of green tomato chutney 

[Paul Plots]

my tomatoes are doing rubbish, both in the greenhouse and at the allotment, greenhouse ones have a few tomatoes on but are taking ages to go red, the ones at the lottie i'm still waiting to get fruit, lots of flowers though so guess it'll be a late crop, or i;ll be making lots of green tomato chutney 

Always look on the bright side - green tomato chutney can be lovely but I bet you end up eating red toms when everyone elses have given up the ghost. 

[mumofstig]

Went out this morning to find the toms in one greenhouse really yucky with Botrytis
despite trimming and leaving the doors ajar. It's just been so wet and humid lately.

Cut off all the unnecessary leaves, and anything that looked yucky..including 2 whole plants where the stem had gone soggy 

I now have quite a few green toms, so I think a shopping trip for vinegar, sugar and spices is called for, don't you? 

[JayG]

Sorry to hear that Mum    (can't you ripen some, if not all, of the toms?) 

[mumofstig]

I now have 3 piles (of toms )  ripe enough, changing colour and outright green.
Today I've been making pasta sauce with the ripe ones and some courgettes,and the inbetweenies will be left to ripen...........
but I think the green ones are just toooooooo green to change, so chutney it is, for them!

I just hope that the plants that I've left in there can carry on for a bit longer, cos there are still loads out there

[Lardman]

Went out this morning to find the toms in one greenhouse really yucky with Botrytis

I've been wrestling with it for weeks, don't go down without a fight MOS.  Off with anything green and leafy  and keep an eye on the truss stems.

[Growster...]

Surely you can put any green ones in a dark box or empty drawer?

We always ripen the last few pounds that way, and apart from the blight year, they've  always ripened.

It doesn't matter if they really are a dark green, they'll still go red - and delicious too somehow - perhaps it's the idea of getting a few more than you thought...;0)

[Headgardener22]

I gave up trying outdoor tomatoes after we had blight 3years in succession. I've even had to grow blight resistant main crop potatoes which don't taste as good.

[DD.]

My outdoor tomatoes are higher than the greenhouse and are absolutely laden. They're much better than the ones inside.

[sunshineband]

Likewise -- outdoors are great, whilst those in the minipolytunnel were cleared away this morning to make space for winter salads etc.

The plants in the greenhouse at home are better, but not that good really

[ourdai]

try putting green tomatoes in a drawer with a ripe banana, the ethanol produced by the banana should ripen the toms. It does work.

[johnfh]

This is true and will work even better if you leave them with the stalks attatched (on the vine" as te supermarkets call them now).

[Paul Plots]

try putting green tomatoes in a drawer with a ripe banana, the ethanol produced by the banana should ripen the toms. It does work.

Personally I'd sooner eat them red when they are fresh. I still have a few sat sitting in the greenhouse on the plants but the flavour is "old" . The green ones usually end up in pickle.

(Note to me: Make time to clear the greenhouse - should have been done weeks ago!!!)

[DD.]

try putting green tomatoes in a drawer with a ripe banana, the ethanol produced by the banana should ripen the toms. It does work.

Ethylene actually, ethanol is pure alcohol!

[mumofstig]

yes please if you're offering?