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Unripe tomatoes

B3B3 Posts: 27,505
in Fruit & veg
When do you give up and bring them into the house? Mine are still ripening at the moment.
In London. Keen but lazy.
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  • CeresCeres Posts: 2,698
    They should be fine outside for a while. I bring in the unripe fruits once I don't want to be outside without a coat. I figure the tomatoes probably feel the same.
  • edhelkaedhelka Posts: 2,351
    When the night temperature consistently drop under 10°C and the day temperature under 14 or 15. The best temperature for tomatoes ripening is 20-25 (we rarely get this here) but they still ripen quite well when it is between 15 and 20. Under 15, it slows quite a lot and under 10 it stops completely.
  • B3B3 Posts: 27,505
    edited September 2019
    Thanks @edhelka and @Ceres 😊. I'll keep an eye on the weather app.
    In London. Keen but lazy.
  • TenNTenN Posts: 184
    I've got a lot of mine nestling between bananas on the window sill. Just goes to show how hot last year was.
  • BenCottoBenCotto Posts: 4,718
    Aren’t you supposed to make green tomato chutney out of them? Usually jars and jars of the stuff even though your consumption is about half a jar a year. The rest are given away with the custom being to feign gratitude on their receipt.
    Rutland, England
  • LynLyn Posts: 23,190
    I don’t like green tomatoes can’t be bothered with chutney, I sow early and rarely get any green ones. 
    Gardening on the wild, windy west side of Dartmoor. 

  • ObelixxObelixx Posts: 30,090
    One of my favourite films is Fried Green Tomatoes at the Whistle Stop Café but I have yet to find a good recipe for Fried Green Tomatoes despite much searching.
    Vendée - 20kms from Atlantic coast.
    "The price good men (and women) pay for indifference to public affairs is to be ruled by evil men (and women)."
    Plato
  • FairygirlFairygirl Posts: 55,117
    I'll have to bring some inside too I think. Mine are in a greenhouse, but it's not going to be warm enough. We've already had about ten nights in single figs, which is less than usual, but they didn't get going as early anyway this year, so they're a wee bit slower. They've been nice though, especially Sungold.  :)
    It's a place where beautiful isn't enough of a word....



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  • purplerallimpurplerallim Posts: 5,287
    The Roma if they are just turning will ripen nicely on the window ledge, but not if they are green. The black cherry come in on the truss and ripen from green ( had to take down a couple of plants last week) Not sure how many more good days we will get after nearly a week of rain.
  • JennyJJennyJ Posts: 10,576
    I'm going to bring some in later today.  Cool nights are forecast for later this week.
    Doncaster, South Yorkshire. Soil type: sandy, well-drained
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