[mdjlucan]

how can i make my green toms go red

[Pompey Spud]

Hang some bananas/skins round them if still on the vine.

Or,  brown paper bag with banana placed in.

The ethlyne gas produced will ripen them.

[davejg]

If all else fails Green tomato chutney, luvely jubley

[Yorkie]

My plan A: pray.
My plan B: green tomato chutney.

[MoreWhisky]

I do seem to have a very faint patches of orange on mine now, if you really look.

[Yorkie]

Is that part of a cunning plan to look at your toms under a cunningly strong orange-coloured lamp, MW? 

[peterjf]

ive found everything late this year , toms just turning now , cant wait ,

[Mash Mad]

My lot of toms took ages to go ripe, so i put bananas under the plants.
It worked a treat and now i have some lovely tomatoes to go in sandwiches, spagbols, ect.     

[DD.]

I've advocated banana skins on quite a few earlier threads asking the same question. It really does work.

[JaK]

Yorkie, I've already done your plan b, now what??? 

[Yorkie]

Yorkie, I've already done your plan b, now what??? 

More of plan B, to give away as pressies? 

[sachkrimbo]

Mine are still green too.  I've put several banana skins under the plants but no hint of changing colour yet.  How much longer, everyone else in the area has lots of red ones!!

[DD.]

It'll only work on fully grown, but unripe fruit. If they're still growing, it's a waste of time.

[hightide]

Apparently the commercial boys gas them

Assuming you have enough fruit, encourage the green tomatoes on your vines to ripen by removing any remaining flowers. The flowers may now not mature into fruit anyway, so removing them will signal the plant to finish setting seed by ripening the existing tomatoes. Also remove any side shoots and some of the lower leaves especially any discoloured ones, this will also signal the plant that the resources to make more seed are not available. The absence of leaf will hasten ripening as the sun and air have easier access to the green fruit.

[CZ Silhouette]

If all else fails Green tomato chutney, luvely jubley

I had two plants in the garden solely for chutney. Now have about 10lb of the stuff in jars.
Going to be perfect by Christmas.

Very Tasty, Very Sweet!