forever green tomatoes?

Question

this year we decided to start a little garden and planted some tomatoes, we picked them off the vine when they were in a green state expecting they would turn red (usualy in the supermarkets you buy them green and you leave them for a while and they turn red." we have left them out for 2-3 weeks already but no sign of red. did we do something wrong??

Answer 1

You must picked them in mature green. If you pick mature green tomatoes (when white star appears in the bottom or if you scratch them lightly and you don´t peel off the skin) with you should put them in a ethylene source, perhaps put tomatoes with a ripe banana inside a paper bag and then put the bag inside the kitchen´s oven and check them daily, to trig color change. You can pick them low color and you don´t have to induce color change, just pick the tomatoes at least when you see pink color in the bottom of the fruit.

Answer 2

I haven't had a chance to try this yet myself, but I heard that at the end of the season, you pull up the whole vine by the root and hang it upside down in the kitchen, and the tomatoes will continue to ripen.
I've never picked a green tomato. I always wait until they are red. They are delicious fresh out of the garden.

Answer 3

You can either put them in the window or wrap them in newspaper or place them in a paper bag. Newspaper and paper bags always worked when we had a garden. If tomatoes are picked too early they won't ripen the way the almost red ones do from the supermarket.

Answer 4

You picked them too early. You might try putting them in brown paper bags forawhile to see if it triggers the ripening process. If not make fried green tomatos and/or pickle the green tomatos.

Answer 5

You picked them too early. Next time wait until they are red, you won't believe the difference in the taste! Wonderful! Fry the green tomatoes, they're great! I hope this helps.

Answer 6

You should let them ripen on the vine. Since they are still green, you can make fried green tomatoes. Delicious.

Answer 7

yes you picked them too early, but you can try to put them in a brown paper bag that sometimes helps to speed up the ripening process

Answer 8

picked them to soon. if you must pick early pick when they start to turn reddish(pink) or if earlier then that is needed pick when the bottoms are somewhat white and they will have a better chance to turn red.