tomatoes wont ripen

[adoremyfamily]

Any tips how to get my greenhouse toms to ripen. Have grown italian baby plum (my favourite) for the first time and I am desperate to try them but they wont go red.

Hang bananas with them!

Pick them and put them in a paper bag with a bananna inside - banannas give out ethylene which acts as a signal for fruits to ripen.

Or make green tomato chutney!

I second green tomato chutney. Brilliant stuff. A great way to use end of partly ripe season tomatoes.

Old banana underneath the plant works every time x

I keep a few old buckets full of rusty nut, bolts and nails lying outside and allow them to fill with rainwater, I use the water for the toms which gives them a full flavour and ripens them quicker. My grandfather used to feed his toms with Guinness once a week, best toms I ever tasted

I just pick stems and hang them up, either in garage or indoors, as I believe they need warmth to ripen.

I've picked all mine and packed them in a box on a sunny window sill with an apple. They are just starting to blush

Patience. If you don't have blight then just leave them be, it will happen.