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Tomatoes still not ripening


I picked them when it got down close to freezing a week or so ago. I put half in the windowsill and half in with a banana to test that theory. They’re all still rock hard and green! Anyone else having trouble with fall tomatoes?

by alegria122

8 Comments

  1. GeeHaitch

    Tomatoes need to be starting to change color a little to ripen. If they’re totally green, my understanding is that they won’t.

  2. pedernalesblue

    Fried green tomatoes are excellent.

  3. Wheedoo

    No, it’s just gonna take a little bit longer. I used to put them in a paper bag on their stem end in a cool spot, it’ll be a few weeks. There was an old wives tale that you could put them atop red construction paper, but I was unconvinced it worked any better/faster than the paper bags.

  4. Professional_Food383

    I was told by my elderly neighbor to put them in a towel, and under a large bowl in total darkness to ripen and this worked!

  5. isurus79

    Just wait longer. None of the tricks to make them ripen actually work. They’ll do it on their own time.

  6. Adora_Mae

    I put mine in single layer in a bunch of brown paper bags. I had a ton. Half turned red in the bag. Half didn’t. Made soup with the red ones and we shall see for the rest…

  7. Ser_Blue_for_reall

    Put them in a brown paper bag and close the bag.

  8. alegria122

    Thanks everyone, sounds like time and a paper bag are the keys.

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