help, advice please on tomatoes!!

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chickchick

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help, advice please on tomatoes!!
« on: September 07, 2008, 21:04 »
i had to pick millions (yes millions, they are as bad as the fliping courgettes!! :lol: ) of green tomatoes as they were all overgrown and on the ground (oopphhs happened whilst we were on hols!!), i have stacks of green toms now everywhere!
whats the best way to ripen them? on windsills? im sure when i was a kid my ma and pa wrapped them up in kitchen roll and put them in drawers!!
def dont want to waste them!
thanks in advance

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help, advice please on tomatoes!!
« Reply #1 on: September 07, 2008, 21:17 »
In a drawer or cupboard with a banana usually works well .(Ripening is controlled/brought on by ethene which they will give off)
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help, advice please on tomatoes!!
« Reply #2 on: September 07, 2008, 21:18 »
Did mine last year on windowsills and trays on the table and they all ripened ok.
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help, advice please on tomatoes!!
« Reply #3 on: September 07, 2008, 21:20 »
This was talked about the other day. Try this link http://www.chat.allotment-garden.org/viewtopic.php?t=23435 to see the advice there. As Pushrod says, it's a chemical reaction thing. I put mine in a paper bag with a ripe tomato and away they go!

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chickchick

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help, advice please on tomatoes!!
« Reply #4 on: September 07, 2008, 21:20 »
brillant thanks you two, ill do both as my window sills are not big enough for this lot!!


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