to avoid frost bite when temps. go below freezing.If left on plant and temp. goes below 32 the plants get frost bite and they are no longer anygood.
2006-09-30 13:31:04 · 9 answers · asked by bens escape 1 in Home & Garden ➔ Other - Home & Garden
Put them in a fruit bowl or paper bag. If you put them with ripe tomatoes or bananas and apples it will speed up the process -- the ripe ones emit more ethylene gas --- never refrigerate
2006-09-30 13:47:22 · answer #1 · answered by rjr 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Put them in a brown paper bag with some apples. Plants release a chemical called ethylene, that causes their fruit to ripen. Apples release ethylene, so this will cause the tomatoes to ripen.
2006-10-01 02:09:45 · answer #2 · answered by ES 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
yeah pick em before the first frost.
Make fried green tomatoes or ripen them on the windowsill.
2006-09-30 20:34:10 · answer #3 · answered by kurticus1024 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Tomatoes will ripen over time. Usually a well lit warm place (near sunlight) works best. Check them periodically to see if they have ripened.
2006-09-30 20:58:44 · answer #4 · answered by bolddragon 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
yes picking before first frost very importnat but make sure that you put the up on a window's ledge...the light helps the photo(whatever) to rippen the tomato
2006-09-30 20:36:29 · answer #5 · answered by psucaspurr 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
The idea is to wrap them in newspaper and let them ripen in the dark. I don't know why you can't just put them on the windowsill.
2006-09-30 20:40:05 · answer #6 · answered by krisjb1 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
either put them in a brown papper bag or just sit them on your window sill. I myself like fried green tomatoes.
2006-09-30 20:41:26 · answer #7 · answered by volcano 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Put them in a brown paper grocery bag on your kitchen counter
2006-09-30 20:37:09 · answer #8 · answered by Dot 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
wrap tomatoes in scrap news paper
2006-09-30 20:39:03 · answer #9 · answered by Michael R 1 · 0⤊ 0⤋