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Toms not reddening
SWMBO has spent lots of effort in getting a bumper crop of tomatoes (not
sure of the type) and the blighters just won't ripen either on or off the vine. We have a small greenhouse with a few in, no ripening there either, and plenty of watering for the outside plants which has produced good fruit all still green. Anyone any tips? NW Kent. UK |
Toms not reddening
"R" wrote in message ... SWMBO has spent lots of effort in getting a bumper crop of tomatoes (not sure of the type) and the blighters just won't ripen either on or off the vine. We have a small greenhouse with a few in, no ripening there either, and plenty of watering for the outside plants which has produced good fruit all still green. Anyone any tips? NW Kent. UK The acetone given off by ripe bananas will assist picked tommies to redden, so place a banana in a basket (the sort florists use) and place them somewhere cool. they should redden nicely. Geoff |
Toms not reddening
In article , R
writes SWMBO has spent lots of effort in getting a bumper crop of tomatoes (not sure of the type) and the blighters just won't ripen either on or off the vine. We have a small greenhouse with a few in, no ripening there either, and plenty of watering for the outside plants which has produced good fruit all still green. Anyone any tips? Coat them in artificial colour in the form of non toxic paint of the type given to children to eat. Place a large denomination banknote in the collection plate Sunday morning and offer an appeal to the deity of your choice or just be patient and let nature do it's thing in it's own good time, which it will. -- steve auvache A Bloo one with built in safety features |
Toms not reddening
"Geoff" wrote in message ... "R" wrote in message ... SWMBO has spent lots of effort in getting a bumper crop of tomatoes (not sure of the type) and the blighters just won't ripen either on or off the vine. We have a small greenhouse with a few in, no ripening there either, and plenty of watering for the outside plants which has produced good fruit all still green. Anyone any tips? NW Kent. UK The acetone given off by ripe bananas will assist picked tommies to redden, so place a banana in a basket (the sort florists use) and place them somewhere cool. they should redden nicely. Hmm, Didn't know that. I'll pass the info on to SWMBO and await the delivery from Fyffes... |
Toms not reddening
"steve auvache" wrote in message ... In article , R writes SWMBO has spent lots of effort in getting a bumper crop of tomatoes (not sure of the type) and the blighters just won't ripen either on or off the vine. We have a small greenhouse with a few in, no ripening there either, and plenty of watering for the outside plants which has produced good fruit all still green. Anyone any tips? Coat them in artificial colour in the form of non toxic paint of the type given to children to eat. Why non toxic? Given that children will eat anything it would be a good experiment to see what paints are or aren't toxic....especially when ingested in quantity..... I feel an experiment developing Place a large denomination banknote in the collection plate Sunday morning and offer an appeal to the deity of your choice or just be patient and let nature do it's thing in it's own good time, which it will. Damn! If I did place said note into a plate ona Sunday it would only mean that either 1. I have decided to pay myself said sum. or 2 I am paying for my breakfast in a roadside cafe. Both appeal... |
Toms not reddening
"R" wrote in message ... "Geoff" wrote in message ... "R" wrote in message ... SWMBO has spent lots of effort in getting a bumper crop of tomatoes (not sure of the type) and the blighters just won't ripen either on or off the vine. We have a small greenhouse with a few in, no ripening there either, and plenty of watering for the outside plants which has produced good fruit all still green. Anyone any tips? NW Kent. UK The acetone given off by ripe bananas will assist picked tommies to redden, so place a banana in a basket (the sort florists use) and place them somewhere cool. they should redden nicely. Hmm, Didn't know that. That's because bananas don't give off acetone. You'd be in trouble if they did. Ethylene is what they give off. Steve |
Toms not reddening
"steve auvache" wrote in message ... In article , R writes SWMBO has spent lots of effort in getting a bumper crop of tomatoes (not sure of the type) and the blighters just won't ripen either on or off the vine. We have a small greenhouse with a few in, no ripening there either, and plenty of watering for the outside plants which has produced good fruit all still green. Anyone any tips? Coat them in artificial colour in the form of non toxic paint of the type given to children to eat. Place a large denomination banknote in the collection plate Sunday morning and offer an appeal to the deity of your choice or just be patient and let nature do it's thing in it's own good time, which it will. Good ideas, all three. Especially the last one. Mary |
Toms not reddening
In message , Geoff
writes "R" wrote in message ... SWMBO has spent lots of effort in getting a bumper crop of tomatoes (not sure of the type) and the blighters just won't ripen either on or off the vine. We have a small greenhouse with a few in, no ripening there either, and plenty of watering for the outside plants which has produced good fruit all still green. Anyone any tips? NW Kent. UK The acetone given off by ripe bananas will assist picked tommies to redden, so place a banana in a basket (the sort florists use) and place them somewhere cool. they should redden nicely. good advice for later in the season when it is getting too cool to ripen late ones left on the plant. I wouldn't do it now though, just wait, they will ripen when they are ready. We've had a lot of clody rainy weather lately, this will slow ripening. -- Chris French |
Toms not reddening
shazzbat wrote:
That's because bananas don't give off acetone. You'd be in trouble if they did. Ethylene is what they give off. AKA Ethyne and Acetylene, probably the latter is where the confusion got caused. All fruit do it, but bananas are one of the most prolific. I wonder if you had a big enough vat of bananas whether or not you could do some welding. |
Toms not reddening
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Toms not reddening - use a shoe box
"R" wrote in message ... SWMBO has spent lots of effort in getting a bumper crop of tomatoes (not sure of the type) and the blighters just won't ripen either on or off the vine. We have a small greenhouse with a few in, no ripening there either, and plenty of watering for the outside plants which has produced good fruit all still green. Anyone any tips? NW Kent. UK I've grown tomatoes for 5 years now against a north facing wall (no choice really), so ripening has always been an issue. Get a few shallow boxes, we use shoe boxes, line with some kitchen paper and place the tomatoes in, either on the vine or separately. We snip them so the stalk stays attached. Place one fully ripe tomato in the box, put on the lid and leave somewhere warm for 2 weeks. On checking you should find most ripening nicely. Steve |
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