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Old 29-10-2015, 07:43 AM posted to uk.rec.gardening
Peter James[_4_] Peter James[_4_] is offline
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Default Green tomatoes?

Bob Hobden wrote:

"Alan Holmes" wrote


just cleared the greenhouse and have been left with a number of green
tomatoes how can I get them to ripen?

or what else can I do with them?


What we used to do was make green tomato chutney, then about two years later
we would get it out of the cupboard scrape it into the bin, now we short
circuit that process and put them straight into the compost.
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That's a terrible waste. They make good green chutney, and with the
addition of a jalapeno chilli to the mix, unbeatable by any shop bought
product.

Peter


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