TOMATOES

elle_may

Have 2 tomatoe's plants outside about 50 large and medium,  but they are still green. Now October and it is getting cold over night in NE should i now take them off the vine and bring them in doors. I do cover them overnight. I have taken leaves off, flowers, small tom's to force them into going red.  It is a good crop but they are stubbornly not going red.

bouicca21

As they were on my north facing patio, I gave up on mine two weeks ago and started researching green tomato recipes.  They had mostly gone that lighter green that says ‘we’re thinking about ripening’.   Had one lot of fried green tomatoes (surprisingly nice) and put the rest in paper bags with an apple. They ripened within days.  So no experimental green tomato puttanesca for me.

Alfrescodave

Try putting them on a sunny window ledge inside and look up green tomato chutney recipes as a fall back

elle_may

Yes i think i will throw in the towel and bring them in this week. Shame as i had a nice crop this year.

twopenny

I've got some in a thin plastic bag on a sunny window sill with a couple of ripe ones and they are slowly turning red.

Maybe a bit tougher skinned but can make a good soup or pasta sauce.

I also cut a stem or two and hung them outside a week back and they ripened much more than bringing them in. Saw a friend do it. Maybe if you have a warm brick wall or fence that would work. Worth trying with a small branch and see what happens.