[Moomin Mama]

My outdoor tomatoes are all still green, but appear healthy enough.  Is it likely they will turn red this late now, or should I admit defeat and pull up the plants.

I have heard you can hang the plants upside down in a draft free shed and they will ripen, or picking them and putting them in a drawer with a banana ?

What does everyone recommend, or do I leave them in the soil in the hope they may turn red ?

Or, do I make shed loads of green tomato chutney  :roll:

Moomin Mama

[muntjac]

leave em be and make some chutney as well . to help them ripen qiucker take the growing tips out ..... :wink:also cut back some of the leaves  

[Ropster]

I have taken some of mine that were just starting to turn and put them in a bowl with a ripe banana and they have ripened a treat, I have also left a load on the plants and stripped away a load of leaves etc which concentrates the plants on the fruit

[Debz]

I have taken some of the green ones off my plants and left them on the kitchen window sill.  They are turning red just fine.  Last year my godmother cut down all her plants really early and gave us all the green tomatoes to make into chutney.  Well it was a couple of days before I got round to it and by that time half the tomatoes had changed colour!  They were sitting in a carrier bag in the kitchen.  Needless to say they never became chutney!

[FCG]

Moomin Mama, hello! I'm not too far from you. I had my first ripe tomato (ok, it was an orange variety not red) last weekend. A few others have gone red, but they all have bottom end root rot (note - should i leave this on or cut them off?) I guess yours will start to go red really soon. Are the tops starting to go yellow yet at all?

[mor]

if it has passed its days depending on what you planted then, l would take it out and ripen them inside.
good luck

[Moomin Mama]

Thanks everyone :-)

Michael - nice to know there is someone nearby !  The tops aren't starting to go yellow just yet.  Will wait another couple of weeks and see.

[Bombers]

Yep wait n see! - Mine will go red before hers! :twisted:

[Moomin Mama]

I'll report back if they do go red :-)

srebmob - I'll beat you to red tomatoes if it kills me  :twisted:

[Sadgit]

I've picked a fair few green toms and stuck them on the kitchen window sill.. turning red rather nicely now.... shame mind you as they defo aren't as nice as vine ripened toms from a nice warm summer... taste a lot like shop bought dodo.. hey ho..

[Bombers]

I'll report back if they do go red :-)

srebmob - I'll beat you to red tomatoes if it kills me  :twisted:

It's sunny here today!  :twisted:  :twisted:  :twisted:  :twisted:  :twisted:  :twisted:  :twisted:  :twisted:

[peapod]

I'll report back if they do go red :-)

srebmob - I'll beat you to red tomatoes if it kills me  :twisted:

It's sunny here today!  :twisted:  :twisted:  :twisted:  :twisted:  :twisted:  :twisted:  :twisted:  :twisted:

you are better asking his OH, shes better at growing em

 :twisted:  :twisted:  

[FCG]

Unfortunately for you srebmob, it was sunny here today as well . All i can say is they better had swell up large with all the extra water they are getting!

[Moomin Mama]

Damn the silly weather.  I went down yesterday to see how they are getting on to find the leaves all brown etc.  and they have been hit by blight I think.  I pulled up one plant and took the green tomatoes off them and that leaves one small plant with a tiny amount of brown leaves and a few tomatoes still on.

I may be in the running still - although we'll have to see !

[Cleo]

My outdoor toma are still green. Thankfully I planted one in a big pot on the deck. Now it is gracing the corner of my lounge and if I'm not deluding myself there is some orange going on.....:-)