"Dave Hill" wrote in message
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On 17 Oct, 08:42, "R" wrote:
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I still have 2 greenhouses full of ripening tomatoes, but the
plants all seem to be busy flowering again. Not just one or
two varieties, but all 10 or so varieties are at it!
Is it just the odd late summer we've been having confusing the
poor things? And is it worth letting them flower, or should I
be snipping them back to encourage the green fruit to ripen on
the vine?
I don't remember having such vigorous growth at this time of
year before!

A couple of *very* wayward plants that sprouted alongside our dustbin have
produced great looking toms that have 12-16 fruits on the vine with the
largest being at the end closest to the plant, tapering to smaller ones at
the tips of the "arms".

They look perfect and deep green. Just hoping they will ripen properly

Tomatoes are perenials, commercialy they are often croped for 11
months.
The old advice foe the home gardener is to cut off the stems above the
top truss of green tomatoes i Sept. to direct the energy to the last
fruit , but if you make green tomato chutney the why bother.

indeed. I have an unheated polytunnel and got ripe tomatos until late
autumn. I just let them keep on going about their business as late as
possible. The ones that were green I gave to a workmate who made green
tomato chutney and passed some back my way. A win all round.

Why not try forcing a few to fruit and the rest to continue flowering and
observe the differences.

rob