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  • turning green toms red?!

    i have finally managed to get an Amish Paste tom to fruit and it has 4 lovely big fruits on it, but they are still green.....i cant see any signs of redness on any yet. i'm getting concerned they wont turn naturally now as the evenings are getting really cool here....the plants are out on the allotment.
    am i panicking to early? or should i resort to cutting the truss off and bringing them into snuggle with bananas?.
    i want to be able to harvest useable seed from them for next year, as theres only 4 of them.
    a couple of the other plants have 1 or 2 fruits as well, but none this large, so i dont think a soup or sauce is in the offing....so its harvested seed i want!!
    please help me get some useable seed......thank you!
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    Even my few tomatoes left in the greenhouse have really slowed down on the ripening now. I think I would cut the whole truss and bring it home.

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      Hang banana skins on them, there's something in the banana skin that ripens other fruit & veg quickly, or put the cut off tomatoes in a bowl with the bananas, might not look as silly as hanging the skins in the allotment, even though you might set of a new craze .

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      • #4
        I certainly wouldn't cut the truss off the main stem. Give them as long as possible to ripen as they are. When the plant has finished growing and starts to wilt, cut through the base of the main stem and bring the whole lot into the warmth to ripen. I've tried ripening them with banana skins and as far as I can see it makes no difference to the ripening time.
        I you'st to have a handle on the world .. but it BROKE!!

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        • #5
          thanks for your replies everyone.

          if i dont manage to get them red and ripe....will the seeds be any good for next year, if they're out of an unripe tom?
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