Dominic-Luc Webb wrote:

On Sat, 1 Oct 2005, ~patches~ wrote:


Dominic-Luc Webb wrote:


I bought some of these pricy green tomatoes recently. I was surprised
to see they finally did start to turn orange in my kitchen after some
a couple weeks at room temp. I suspect they were starting to rot. Is
this normal for green tomatoes to turn orange, or did I get stiffed,
or will they do this under specific conditions? If so, how do you know
when they are ripe?

Dominic


The green tomatoes will ripen to their natural ripe colour. For me that
means romas will ripen to a deep orangy red, beefsteaks to a deep red,



Thanks for your thoughts. So any ideas regarding my original questions?


Q1) Do green tomatoes ever turn orange/red as they mature or was I sold
some other type of tomato that was not ripe?

IME yes they turn orange/red or whatever colour they are supposed to
mature to. That is a yellow tomato will turn yellow.

Q2) How does one determine when green tomatos are ripe?

My guideline for those I bring indoors is to let them turn orange/red
then feel. If there is a little give they are ripe, if they are still
very firm they aren't ripe so leave another day. Do not store in the
fridge unless you want mealy tomatoes.


Thanks in advance,

Dominic