I had a go t tmatoes this year...time on hands and at home!!
I have a few that are so large they have broken/bent the plant stem/branches
having cut them off to save the plant and the rest is there any chace the green fruits on the cutoff bits will go red?
if so can I help that in any way??
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Re: green tomatoes
mutantpoodle wrote:I had a go t tmatoes this year...time on hands and at home!!
I have a few that are so large they have broken/bent the plant stem/branches
having cut them off to save the plant and the rest is there any chace the green fruits on the cutoff bits will go red?
if so can I help that in any way??
There are a number of useful videos on YouTube with a range of ways of ripening green tomatoes.
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Re: green tomatoes
You can place them with a ripe banana, which apparently emits gases which encourage ripening. When I tried this many years ago, I got tomatoes which became somewhat red but very hard. Not what I would call ripe.
https://www.growveg.co.uk/guides/the-be ... -tomatoes/
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https://www.growveg.co.uk/guides/the-be ... -tomatoes/
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Re: green tomatoes
I usually make a storing green tomato chutney, here's a random easy looking recipe https://www.bbc.co.uk/food/recipes/gree ... tney_41573
The blight has struck all mine down so I've a couple of kilos or green toms in the fridge. I've seen recipes for Indian fresh green tomato chutney and I've got some chilli peppers ready to crop might give that a whirl.
The blight has struck all mine down so I've a couple of kilos or green toms in the fridge. I've seen recipes for Indian fresh green tomato chutney and I've got some chilli peppers ready to crop might give that a whirl.
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Re: green tomatoes
kempiejon wrote:I usually make a storing green tomato chutney, here's a random easy looking recipe https://www.bbc.co.uk/food/recipes/gree ... tney_41573
The blight has struck all mine down so I've a couple of kilos or green toms in the fridge. I've seen recipes for Indian fresh green tomato chutney and I've got some chilli peppers ready to crop might give that a whirl.
That sounds like quite a lot of chutney! While chutney is indeed the "classic" use of underripe green tomatoes, might it make sense to use some of them in other recipes, such as a stir-fry or curry?
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Re: green tomatoes
many thanks all replies and ideas
I have put 3 in a bag with a banana and they sitting on the terrace in the sun
we shall see..........fingers crossed
I have put 3 in a bag with a banana and they sitting on the terrace in the sun
we shall see..........fingers crossed
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Re: green tomatoes
mutantpoodle wrote:I have put 3 in a bag with a banana...
Just in case you were wondering "why a banana?"
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-39998241"Bananas make other fruit ripen because they release a gas called ethene (formerly ethylene)," ... "This gas causes ripening, or softening of fruit by the breakdown of cell walls, conversion of starches to sugars and the disappearance of acids.
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