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Alee
True Blue Farmgirl
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Alee
Worland
Wy
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 Posted - Aug 07 2007 : 12:30:59 PM
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Does one ripening tomato help the others around it ripen? I have only one that is barely starting to turn a suggestion of pink so I am wondering if once it really starts to ripen if the others will ripen because the ripe one? Don't they emmit some sort of gas as they ripen?
Alee
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KYgurlsrbest
True Blue Farmgirl
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Jonni
Elsmere
Kentucky
USA
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Posted - Aug 07 2007 : 1:04:49 PM
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My tomatoes omit a specific "don't ever change, stay the way you are" gas. They really prefer being green. Kermit the frog was wrong--it is EASY being green!
Sorry for the smart alec answer. I'm a little slap happy and I'm mad at my tomatoes :)
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DaisyFarm
True Blue Farmgirl
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Diane
Victoria
BC
Canada
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Posted - Aug 07 2007 : 1:22:12 PM
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I think we need to declare this the "Year of the Green Tomato"!! I have customers hounding me like crazy for ripe tomatoes and they just don't seem to want to turn red.
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EmmJay
True Blue Farmgirl
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Mary Jane
Amherst
Nova Scotia
Canada
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Posted - Aug 07 2007 : 2:37:30 PM
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I had a few green tomatoes last year, and with a last ditch effort was told to put them in a cardboard box. I wrapped them in a plastic bag, then put them in a box for a few days, and VOILA! I had beautiful RED, ripe tomatoes.....I must have smiled for a week.....even after they had been eaten.
MJ
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Alee
True Blue Farmgirl
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Alee
Worland
Wy
USA
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Posted - Aug 07 2007 : 3:29:22 PM
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ROFL!! I hate to admit it, but misery loves company- and I am so glad that I am not the only one dealing with this! I have started to wonder if I should just make a bunch of green tomato pies, but I have no idea what they taste like so I keep waiting for the red ytomato miracle to happen.
Alee
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Runbikegrrl
True Blue Farmgirl
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MaryAnn
Waterbury Ctr
VT
USA
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Posted - Aug 07 2007 : 4:04:04 PM
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NO way ..I have green tomatoes too! so it seems that from coast to coast and north to south tomatoes are not turning...i check in the morning I check in the evening and damn things are still green. I am away racing next week so they will probably turn then!!
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ColdAntler
True Blue Farmgirl
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Jenna
Sandgate
VT
USA
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Posted - Aug 07 2007 : 4:11:05 PM
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I'm green too! wow, it's so nice to see i'm not alone in this. I'm trying the box trick tonight.
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ktknits
True Blue Farmgirl
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Kathy
Northwest Indiana
USA
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Posted - Aug 07 2007 : 4:50:31 PM
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me too! I just planted grape tomatoes, and they're all on the plant, but they're all green. I'm hoping for an overnight ripening one of these days!!
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Alee
True Blue Farmgirl
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Alee
Worland
Wy
USA
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Posted - Aug 07 2007 : 6:58:00 PM
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Okay so what is in the atmosphere that is keeping our tomatoes green?
Alee
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brightmeadow
True Blue Farmgirl
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Brenda
Lucas
Ohio
USA
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Posted - Aug 07 2007 : 7:08:17 PM
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Even my early tomatoes that usually ripen by July 15 are just now starting to turn red. I know some varieties take longer than others, but I'm starting to worry that my late ones (last year ripened September 1) won't even be red before frost!
Weird, because a lot of other fruits are early this year.
You shall eat the fruit of the labor of your hands - You shall be happy and it shall be well with you. -Psalm 128.2
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AliShuShu
True Blue Farmgirl
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Alison
Charlotte
NC
USA
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Posted - Aug 07 2007 : 7:30:48 PM
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thank you thank you thank you!!!
our organic farmer friends have had tons of red ripe yummy tomatoes for sale at the farmers market for at least a month, but ours are mostly still green... we've had a handful of tommy-toes and a couple of our purple cherokees have turned as well as a few early girls, but everything else is hanging heavy with green globes...
hey! does anyone here have any experience with white tomatoes? we ahve some, but i can't figure out when to pick them... some of them look white in comparison to the green ones on the same vine, but i can't tell... and what do white ones taste like? same as a red? less acidic? thanks!
Alison
I think that if ever a mortal heard the voice of God it would be in a garden at the cool of the day. ~F. Frankfort Moore, A Garden of Peace
Namaste'
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Carol Sue
True Blue Farmgirl
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Carol Sue
Washingtonian
USA
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Posted - Aug 07 2007 : 9:43:24 PM
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Yep, yep green tomatoes lots of them.
I have had a couple red ones but they are from sweet 100's and have small yellow pears that are getting closer. Weird year.
As we all sit and WAIT.......................
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windypines
True Blue Farmgirl
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Michele
Bruce
Wisconsin
USA
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Posted - Aug 08 2007 : 05:22:48 AM
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| It is funny, mine are green too. The plants are about 5 feet tall though. I did start pinching off tops, to try to get them to produce and ripen. I have cherry tomaotes that are huge. Michele |
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KYgurlsrbest
True Blue Farmgirl
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Jonni
Elsmere
Kentucky
USA
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Posted - Aug 08 2007 : 08:47:28 AM
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My roma's are really prolific, and the celebrity, too. Laden with fruit--all green. I JUST got a fruit on my Mr. Stripey.
My friend in Washington state told me that if you water too often, it just feeds the energy into the plant, and not the fruit--to cut back on watering a bit. The only problem I have with that is that we are in drought conditions, and every single day when I get home, the plants look more like weeping willows than tomatoes. I don't want to ruin them.
"She was built like a watch, a study in balance ... with a neck and head so refined, like a drawing by DaVinci"...
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Huckelberrywine
True Blue Farmgirl
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Michelle
Rosalia
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Posted - Aug 08 2007 : 09:40:52 AM
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Now how on earth does this make sense? I always grow green, frost bitten tomatoes and this year I have had several red tomatoes, and you all haven't got yours to turn? I bet Jonni is on to something, because this year I've been so bad about watering. That, and I started my tomatoes indoors in Feb. The extras I bought at the store have only just started to put out fruit.
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Beemoosie
True Blue Farmgirl
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Bonnie
New York
USA
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Posted - Aug 08 2007 : 10:06:46 AM
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Boy, I'm glad I read this, my tomatoes are STILL green too, and unfortunately they are falling of the vines....I'm so bummed. I thought it was something I did this year b/c neighbor down the street is selling nice ripe tomatoes in his front yard!
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Alee
True Blue Farmgirl
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Alee
Worland
Wy
USA
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Posted - Aug 08 2007 : 5:18:21 PM
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I am blaming this weird year on some sort of environment thing. Because I haven been bad about watering- great tomato crop but no red ones yet. This is really frustrating! I just want to be able to make spagetti sauce from garden tomatoes and can it! Is that too much to ask? *grumble*  Oh well I guess I can always buy a few bushels from the farmer's market! LOL
Alee
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Edited by - Alee on Aug 08 2007 5:19:02 PM |
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MsCwick
True Blue Farmgirl
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Cristine
Farmville
Virginia
USA
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Posted - Aug 08 2007 : 8:24:22 PM
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I'm pretty sure if you put tomatos in a brown paper bag with some bananas that they will turn a little more.
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Alee
True Blue Farmgirl
22941 Posts
Alee
Worland
Wy
USA
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Posted - Aug 08 2007 : 9:31:31 PM
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Cristine-
Thanks for the advice- I will probably end up doing that- I just so wanted to see red shiny tomatos all over my plants. :( Maybe next year I will have to start them indoors early instead of buying from a green house.
Alee
The amazing one handed typist! One hand for typing, one hand to hold Nora!
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Runbikegrrl
True Blue Farmgirl
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MaryAnn
Waterbury Ctr
VT
USA
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Posted - Aug 09 2007 : 04:35:16 AM
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Ya Hoo!!!! Finally...my first ripe one....of course this would happen two days before I go away for a week 1/2!!!!!
"So many interests so little time!"
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garliclady
True Blue Farmgirl
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Reidsville
NC
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Alee
True Blue Farmgirl
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Alee
Worland
Wy
USA
22941 Posts |
Posted - Aug 09 2007 : 1:48:22 PM
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YAHOO!! I finally was able to pick 3 ripe(ish) tomatos! They look like MaryAnn's half ripe/half not but I just couldn't wait any more! I was so happy to see that some of them are starting to ripen up! They are now sitting on my kitchen ledge to ripen all the way to red.
So now I have a question for you ladies.
Today when I picked my tomatos one of them looked like it had two green slugs coming out the bottom- but it wasn't slugs! It was tomato! For some reason a few of my tomatoes have these weird protuberances on them. Anyone know why?
Alee
The amazing one handed typist! One hand for typing, one hand to hold Nora!
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Alee
True Blue Farmgirl
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Alee
Worland
Wy
USA
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Hideaway Farmgirl
True Blue Farmgirl
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Jo
Virginia
USA
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Posted - Aug 11 2007 : 2:50:01 PM
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Alee,
I don't have an answer for you about the protuberances, but a few years ago I was getting those on my tomatoes...I just joked about them being "boy" tomatoes...
Jo
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Alee
True Blue Farmgirl
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Alee
Worland
Wy
USA
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ktknits
True Blue Farmgirl
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Kathy
Northwest Indiana
USA
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