tress the roots of tomatoe plant

[united4ever]

End of the season and a lot of green or slowly ripening tomatoes on the plant. I heard sticking a pitch fork in the soil to stress the roots can force the plant to put energy into ripening the tomatoes....is this true? if so any advice on technique - think it's probably only a week or so left before I will be picking off any remaining tomatoes and putting the plant in the bin (no compost here).

Thanks

[shovetheholly]

This site suggests just gently tugging at the base of the plant to get the roots to shift! I imagine it requires care. Lots of other ripening tips in the article too!

www.tomatodirt.com/ripening-tomatoes.html

You can bring tomatoes in and they will ripen indoors, especially if you put them with one that is already ripe.

If that fails, there's always green tomato chutney!