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Picking tomatoes

(29 Posts)
lixy Sat 06-Aug-22 12:25:40

My outdoor cherry tomatoes just started to ripen properly at the beginning of this week and it has been warm here in Bedfordshire. I gather Scotland hasn't had the same warmth as us, so maybe hang on for a while longer.

Just for fun you could try putting a ripe banana near them - they give off a 'ripening' gas apparently.

merlotgran Sat 06-Aug-22 12:17:37

You’re being impatient! ?

Elegran Sat 06-Aug-22 12:06:33

Give them a bit longer, they may ripen yet. You could pick a few and keep them indoors to ripen for using first?

Grandmabatty Sat 06-Aug-22 11:56:25

None of my tomatoes have turned red yet. I live in central Scotland and the plants by necessity were outside. Can I pick them green and let them turn indoors or am I being impatient?