tomato plants

[cjhartwick]

when I tied my tomato plant up I broke off a vine that had some tomato's on it they are green, I was wonding what I can do with this vine or are the tomatos lost.

[molly]

Leave the tomatoes on the broken stem and put them on a shelf in the greenhouse or bring them indoors. They should eventually ripen. (try puting them next to bananas as they help to ripen friut faster by giving off ethylene gas which helps the process)

[cheyenne]

stick the vine near your window,the sun should help rippen them.if not make some chutney.

[Newt]

Hi CJ, Do not put them in the sun. You can hasten ripening by putting them in a brown paper bag or keep them in a shady spot indoors. You should find this helpful. There are recipies for green toms at the bottom of the page as well. http://www.backwoodshome.com/articles/burris41.html "The green ones Now, about those other green tomatoes we picked before wrapping the vines. Once again, we sort the tomatoes, and we select the nicest large, full-grown ones to store. We make sure the tomatoes are dry, then wrap them individually in newspaper. Some people don�t like to use newsprint on food, even though most newspaper ink is now made from soy bean oil. If you don�t like to use newsprint, inexpensive white paper napkins work just as well. We store the wrapped tomatoes in shallow boxes or trays�no more than two deep�and set the trays in a place that does not freeze or get above about 65� F. Most green tomatoes will ripen in about four to six weeks if held at 55� to 65� with moderate humidity. To hasten ripening, I place a few unwrapped apples here and there among the tomatoes. And I check them periodically, so as to use the ripe tomatoes before they spoil." Newt