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Old 23-10-2012, 06:07 PM posted to uk.rec.gardening
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On 23/10/2012 17:53, Baz wrote:
Roger Tonkin wrote in
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Hi,
A couple of questions.

1) I've noticed that a fair few of my tomatoes are falling from
the plants before they are ripe, rotting at the stalk end (not the
blossom end). Any idea of the cause(s)?


I think it's frost damage. A light frost gets mine every year in the same
way.

2) We hear about ripening tomatoes with a banana, but is it a
whole banana, the fruit or the skin? Is it just near by, wrapped
up or even in the fridge?


I find that green tomatoes ripen in the dark without anything. I have done
both at the same time, banana and no banana. Both the same.

Many Thanks



Baz


Interesting! Mine are in a drawer with a ripe tomato but I'll try some
without