[willnbirdie]

Hi

Probably a really daft question, but never having grown tomatoes before - how long do they usually take to ripen - we are growing gardeners delight

Thanks

willnbirdie

[Bernard]

I grow GD in a small unheated greenhouse. I start seed early March and pick the first at the end of July.
You should find that GD ripens in succession. I once tried a popular variety, Moneymaker or something similar, and the trusses grew until all the toms were full size than all ripened at once. Useless!

[richyrich7]

You can speed up the ripening process by placing a ripe banana near the plants in the greenhouse  

[mashauk]

A bit of sunshine presumably wouldn't go amiss either

[vineweevil1]

Useful tip on the banana, I have loads of GD that are nice and green and was wondering when I might be able to start eating them.

I also have a moneymaker - so I guess I will have to be prepared to make lots of pasta sauces all of a sudden!

[Big Jen]

My Sungold toms have started to ripen, Had about half a dozen so far this week. Lovely  

[DD.]

You can speed up the ripening process by placing a ripe banana near the plants in the greenhouse  

Or sling some Tesc* vine ripened ones in.

They're pumped full of ethylene gas!