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Author Garden: What to do with green tomatoes? Marina Dream Gardener Member # 8836 posted                       Hi all Well its getting chilly hear and we're about to have some over-night weather in the 40s-30s here My question is about my tomatoe plants (sweet 100s). They are stuffed full of green tomatoes. Is there anything I can do to ripen them inside? Do I rip the whole branch off? Do I just leave them? I have started to realize its time to get the plants out of the ground Plants: 189 | From: Alexandria, VA | Registered: Apr 2006  |  Seeded: 69.143.51.117 badplanter Garden Pro! Member # 10062 posted                       I picked maybe 100+ green tomatoes of all varieties the other day(just pick 'em like you'd pick ripe tomatoes). I put them into a paper bag with a ripe apple, or another ripe fruit. You can also use already-ripened tomatoes as well. The ripe fruit in there speeds up the ripening of the other tomatoes. Close the paper bag up tight and just leave them around room temperature. Check on them every once in a while to see how they are doing. That should be all you need to do. ( I actually learned this from the Forum a while back.. ) Good luck to you! * * * * "I don't want no more of army life, gee mom, I wanna go, but they won't let me go, gee mom, I wanna go home!" My PB! Plants: 6469 | From: Staten Island, NYC | Registered: Jul 2006  |  Seeded: 205.188.116.9 chenno Garden Pro! Member # 9258 posted                       I just wrap in newspaper in put in the basement,also fry them dipped in breadcrumbs and cheese..yummy! * * * * Painting is silent poetry, and poetry is painting that speaks. Plutarch Plants: 11590 | From: WI | Registered: May 2006  |  Seeded: 64.12.117.7 Triss Garden Pro! Member # 3367 posted                    I have had good luck with mine in a shallow box on the counter with other ripe tomatoes. Mine were shaded with a bit of pink on them though. * * * * We are all under the same stars... therefore we are never far apart. Plants: 30076 | From: Washington, the state that is... | Registered: Aug 2004  |  Seeded: 66.235.45.83 Deborah L. Garden Pro! Member # 8075 posted                       Does anyone grow those winter-keeper tomatoes that are ripe when green and store for 3 months? The ones in the Burpee catalogs. * * * * Plants: 1772 | From: Southern California, USA | Registered: Feb 2006  |  Seeded: 207.200.116.7 julie10008 Great Gardener Member # 4326 posted                       I too have a bunch of green tomatoes this year. (I don't know why... it was such a warm summer! ) It's good to know they can be ripened! * * * * **** Plants: 48 | From: Seattle | Registered: Dec 2004  |  Seeded: 24.18.227.184

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