Tomatoes won't ripen

[CityGrl]

Bring em in and sit em in your window.

 

[Speedy70]

My grandma always sat them on the kitchen window ledge to ripen. :shrug:

 

[greyhound]

My grandma always sat them on the kitchen window ledge to ripen. :shrug:

Yeah...My Nanny did that too.

 

[Gemmi]

My grandma always sat them on the kitchen window ledge to ripen. :shrug:

My mom used to do that also.

 

[Speedy70]

Yeah...My Nanny did that too.

I didn't know that Nanny did that too. I was referring to my other grandmother.

 

[Gemmi]

Fried green tomatoes.

What do you dip em in, flour or something else?

 

[greyhound]

What do you dip em in, flour or something else?

Coat them with flour that has been salted and fry in oil. The old way is to fry them in bacon grease. They are so sweet.

 

[greyhound]

I didn't know that Nanny did that too. I was referring to my other grandmother.

Yep, they were lined up on the window sill behind the sink. She had so many plants up there you might not have seen them.

 

[Gemmi]

Coat them with flour that has been salted and fry in oil. The old way is to fry them in bacon grease. They are so sweet.

TY!

 

[Ponytail]

Or put them in a brown paper bag, the speeds up the ripening as well.

That's what I've always done, especially at the end of the season, before the plant dies.

 

[SamSpade]

Well, did the brown paper sack thing, with some green tomatoes. It's been almost two weeks - not even orange.

I give up. I can't figure out why they won't ripen, but I must be the only guy in the world who can't grow tomatoes, at least, not in this part of the yard.

 

[kwillia]

My tomatoes are ripening just fine....:shrug: And I have cucumbers out the waazoo...

 

[Dutch6]

Well, did the brown paper sack thing, with some green tomatoes. It's been almost two weeks - not even orange.

I give up. I can't figure out why they won't ripen, but I must be the only guy in the world who can't grow tomatoes, at least, not in this part of the yard.

I have the same problem. Really big tomatoes but just as green as can be. Did we buy our plants in the same place? But in the end I will finally get my fried green tomatoes!

 

[SamSpade]

My tomatoes are ripening just fine....:shrug: And I have cucumbers out the waazoo...

Ahhh - TMI!!
Actually, so do I. Eggplant, cukes,jalapenos. peppers, zucchini, onions, garlic, carrots. Little weak on the squash so far.

Actually, I have TOMATOES out the wazoo - just, no red ones. I cannot figure this one out. I read this one forum a few weeks back, and the stock answer was oh be patient, it takes a while, people complain about this right about this time. Well the same damned tomatoes are on the vine, and they are falling off, still green. And they're not ripening OFF the vine either.

Everyone I know is getting red tomatoes, including a buddy who has ONE tomato plant in a planter. So I just don't get it.

 

[SamSpade]

I have the same problem. Really big tomatoes but just as green as can be. Did we buy our plants in the same place? But in the end I will finally get my fried green tomatoes!

I didn't get them all in the same place - but most of them were from Buckler's, including my other plants, which have grown just fine. I didn't get any red tomatoes LAST year, either, despite having about forty plants, of several different varieties.