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    i was given some tomato plants when they were dinky and now they are all grown up and have produced fruit, they have been on there for ages and i'm waiting for them to go red but they seem to be staing yellow or orange, is this how they are supposed to be?, as far as i know they are gardener's delight but can't be absolutely sure.

    help please!!!
    Happy Gardening!

  • #2
    Perhaps just try a small one for taste - it's quite possible you were given plants from one of the yellow/orange types.
    Last edited by quark1; 04-10-2008, 12:06 PM.

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    • #3
      tee hee, i'll have to get mum or dad to try one because i don't like tomatoes
      Happy Gardening!

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      • #4
        Originally posted by annetteevans View Post
        tee hee, i'll have to get mum or dad to try one because i don't like tomatoes
        OK that made me LAUGH!

        typical gardener, even grows stuff they don't like, just cos they can
        Vive Le Revolution!!!
        'Lets just stick it in, and see what happens?'
        Cigarette FREE since 07-01-09

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        • #5
          Just bring them inside and set them somewhere on the kitchen counter to ripen (don't put them on the windowsil). That's what I've been doing with my cherry tomatoes, and they've all turned a nice red after a few days in the house near the fruit bowl. They say you can put them in a brown bag with a ripe banana, but you can get the same results just sitting them there where you can see and enjoy the fruits of your labor.

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          • #6
            Originally posted by BrideXIII View Post
            OK that made me LAUGH!

            typical gardener, even grows stuff they don't like, just cos they can
            yeah i grow them because my mum and dad like them, i can make sauces and things with them just don't like them raw
            Happy Gardening!

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            • #7
              are you sure they aren't sungold or a type like that as they will only go to an orange colour.

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              • #8
                i honestly don't know wiccanlou, they were given to me by a friend of my mums. was really just trying to find out if some tomatoes only become yellow or orange even though they are fully grown, or am i gonna poison somone with them?
                Happy Gardening!

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                • #9
                  I don't think you will poison anyone with a slightly under ripe tomato so don't worry. I grew a tomato this year called Orange Pixie - they turned to a bright orange when they were ripe. Not the best for taste though sadly.
                  We plant the seed, nature grows the seed, we eat the seed - Neil, The Young Ones

                  http://countersthorpeallotment.blogspot.com/
                  Updated 21st July - please take a look

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                  • #10
                    Are they firm to the touch or do they 'give' a bit? If they are still hard then perhaps they will change colour again, if not hard then they are probably a yellow or orange variety and are ready to use.

                    (I grow tomatoes too though I can't eat them)
                    Happy Gardening,
                    Shirley

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                    • #11
                      you could try haning banana skin near the toms to ripen them it was on gardener world I think.
                      Some things in their natural state have the most VIVID colors
                      Dobby

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                      • #12
                        I've grown Gardener's Delight this year & mine are orange rather than red but they are ripe & taste perfectly normal.
                        Into every life a little rain must fall.

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                        • #13
                          Mine tasted fine orange, too. I gave up on ripening, what with the nasty weather and all! They were definitely Gardener's Delight. I also had trouble with the Tumbling Tom Thumbs ripening, but these also tasted fine.

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                          • #14
                            thanks eveyone, i've tried the banana thing and they went from green or yellow to orange but no further change. i think i might have two types because some are dinky and go red but some are larger and they are the ones that seem to be staying orange
                            Happy Gardening!

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