Tomato question

rms1

My tomato plants have been really successful, we have had plenty of red plump tomatoes since mid august. There are still a lot of fruits on the plants but they are very green and I wondered if there is any point in hanging on to them or is it time to throw them away taking into account the weather forecast for the coming weeks.

Bennifred

Don't throw them away!! They can be ripened indoors, or used to make chutneys etc.

rms1

Bennifred wrote: »

Don't throw them away!! They can be ripened indoors, or used to make chutneys etc.

Do you mean I should pick them and bring them in to ripen and get rid of the plants?

Sorry if this sounds silly, I am new to all this

wellused

I'm assuming that the plants are undercover but even so I doubt that they will last much longer before they get mildew and collapse so yes pick any decent sized green toms and either put them in a draw with a banana to aid ripening or make chutney with them which is very tasty by the way.

McKneff

Green tomato Chutney is lush.


If you have too many, give them away to people

Farway

rms1 wrote: »

Do you mean I should pick them and bring them in to ripen and get rid of the plants?

Sorry if this sounds silly, I am new to all this

Yes

Bring the fruit indoors, either use for chutney or place on window sill to ripen

Really green ones will never ripen, so chutney it is

Those with some colour will ripen, not all will succeed, but could be good for cooking in stews etc

rms1

2 weeks on and I am so glad I asked this question. I picked the remaining tomatoes off the plants probably about 300 or more and some of them were really green. I put them in 2 foil trays on the windowsill and nearly all of them have ripened and they are delicious.

Incidentally, I dried the seeds last year from supermarket bought piccolino tomatoes

Bennifred

That's great!

Towser

Do we bring the plants indoors now for tomatoes through the winter or do they need the sun?

wallbash

Towser wrote: »

Do we bring the plants indoors now for tomatoes through the winter or do they need the sun?

The easiest answer, they now need to go to the compost heap.

Scottish_Mike

Towser wrote: »

Do we bring the plants indoors now for tomatoes through the winter or do they need the sun?

If the leaves on the plants are still semi-alive you could always cut them off, place in a bucket of water and make your own fertiliser. Just cover the bucket and leave it as far away from people as possible, as it absolutely stinks!