"compo" wrote in message
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Hi gang,

We have had a dreadful summer in the far north of Scotland, a bad
depression in the Norwegian sea causing cool northerly winds and low
cloud throughout July and some of August. As a result the tomatoes in
my polytunnel are reluctant to ripen.

How can I encourage the hard green fruits to ripen on the vine at this
late stage of summer?

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Cheers,
Compo - Nothing ventured, nothing failed. (Ian Dury)

Ripening bananas (and apples as well I believe, but I've only used bananas)
promote ripening in other nearby fruits. I've hung bananas on my tomato
plants before and it's worked well.

Eleni.