"jakell" wrote in message
.uk...
hi,
can anyone help. I grew tomatoes this year for the first time and have got
some nice sized fruit, but they are not going red. Took one off the plant as
it's stem was broken and within a week it was red. Do they all need to be
picked before they will turn red????

Not if they fruit early enough but tomatoes on the plant now will probably
be in with better chance if you pick them and put them in a single layer in
a nice light airy place with a ripe banana or similar ethylene producer. I
am surprised that given the hot weather we had earlier in the season that
you did not get ant naturally ripened fruit.Where in the country are you?

Gill M