"Craig Watts" wrote in message
...

Out here in the wilds of Washington State in zone 6, I have tons of
tomatoes. About 98% of them are as green as an Irish Shamrock. Last
year I
had lots of ripe tomatoes by mid - July. Course, it has been ungodly
hot out
here this Summer. Currently at 100 degrees right now. Does that
affect the
ripening process? Is anyone else experiencing the same problem?

Thanks,
Bill

I heard a folklore story years ago about a gardener putting a shovel
into one side of the roots of half his plants to get them rippened.
Does that apply here? I don't know.

Good luck.

If you have a bunch of plants, you can always do two or three of them as
a controlled experiment.


Ray