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    When are our tomatoes going to ripen Every single plant has fruit on, some have huge fruits, but they are all still green. Some other people on the allottment have loads of red toms and others still have green like us!
    Should they be ripening soon, esecially with all this sun?

  • #2
    I am in the same boat ,mine are in the greenhouse .

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    • #3
      Im sorry to say this but today i have picked loads of tomatoes, we have had red (orange, green, black, purple, pink, yellow and all the other colours) Ready.
      They will be ready soon just keep waiting

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      • #4
        i was reading that it is the heat that ripens them not the light and that in greenhouses small amounts/moderate watering twice daily. If like me you've been opening all greenhouse windows (and sometimes forgetting at night) and also waiting till they're dry to water this might account for it. i shall water more and keep the heat in
        Digging Doc

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        • #5
          I also have loads of green Toms just looking at the sun....I'm sure they have there factor 65's on!!!!!
          I am very happy with my tomato's each day I get just a little handful of red toms to add to that nights salad. So at the moment I have no waist and no Tomato relish etc on the go in the kitchin.

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          • #6
            ohhhh, silverfox, don't you eat them within minutes Still warm from the morning sun

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            • #7
              Originally posted by Silverfox
              ...So at the moment I have no waist....
              That would make me happy too! It must be all that salad.


              Got some plum toms ripe and some Matina (which are very tomatoey indeed) and a few Gardeners Delight.
              Last edited by smallblueplanet; 09-08-2006, 04:43 PM.
              To see a world in a grain of sand
              And a heaven in a wild flower

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              • #8
                Wow, my toms are really far behind!

                Big plants and lots of toms, but they're no where near even turning yet!

                I'm going green with envy
                Shortie

                "There are only two lasting bequests we can hope to give our children; one of these is roots, the other wings" - Hodding Carter

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                • #9
                  Shortie, I thought you would be red with envy

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                  • #10
                    My little cherry tomatoes are ripening fast - don't know what type they are! The big ones are still very green though I think some of them might be begining to turn! Roll on the day - all sorts of preserves I want to make!

                    Was scratching around the back of the cupboard having a clean out and came across some Plum Gumbo I made two years ago. It has aged beautifully and is very mellow in taste!

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                    • #11
                      ooh squirrel whats plum gumbo sounds interesting - recipe please?
                      To see a world in a grain of sand
                      And a heaven in a wild flower

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                      • #12
                        Will have to scratch around, but basically a plum chutney but I know it had orange in it as well, which is what made it so different!

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                        • #13
                          yuk! would like the recipe without the orange plz.
                          To see a world in a grain of sand
                          And a heaven in a wild flower

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                          • #14
                            I have had a look through all my books, but it is not there. I must have got the recipe out of a library book! Will pay a visit and see if I can find it some time!

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                            • #15
                              no worries squirrel, ain't got no plums this year - tree planted, so maybe next year?!
                              To see a world in a grain of sand
                              And a heaven in a wild flower

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