Cherry tomatoes just aren't ripening

[Rookiegardener]

Anyone else struggling with this? They tomatoes grew ages ago but have been stuck at the perfect size and totally green.. seems like they're never ripening

I've had perhaps a half dozen main crop tomatoes from the greenhouse - outside mostly green still

They are getting redder! Good luck everyone!

I still only have flowers. No sign of tomatoes at all 😩

This is why, although I love the early stages of growing tomato plants, I have chosen to limit myself to one plant a year. This year's has just ripened her first fruit, in the front room close to a west-facing window, but it stayed green for a very long time.

We are finally getting there, it has seemed like a really long wait though. This is our first year of growing anything. I said at the beginning that if DS gets to pick and eat one tomato, it'll be a success and we are looking good for that at least.

Anyone got the recipe for fried green tomatoes?

South Coast here and first year of growing so complete novice but I'm hooked! No idea what variety I have as random selection came from next door. One plant starting to redden up here and I picked my first 2 yesterday. Others still green. Going to trim off leaves later so more exposed to the sun, thanks for the tip.

Flowers - make sure you give the plants a shake or pollinate the flowers with a soft brush to improve setting

ripening : banana skins and windfall apples on the soil near the stem - to produce ethylene and induce ripening

PS
leave at least one to ripen FULLY on each plant at any time
to set the others going

Very pleased for you @DisaronnoConnoisseur ! You're tomatoes look great. Thanks for the tips everyone. Mine are still as green as ever and won't stop producing flowers even though I've cut off the main stem and others. Some of my extremely green tomatoes have been on there for months. Not much sun here (minus the last two days). I don't think I'm holding out hope for any ripe tomatoes this year. They're struggling to even become yellow 😯.

What a waste of 4 months

tie it back up.
Wrap damp kitchen towelling around the wound and then wrap a plastic bag around that.
LOTS of support so it does not wobble for the week or two it needs to heal

I'm not joking

@ListeningQuietly nooooo I picked it up and took it off earlier. I wish I posted before I did anything. Now I know for next time

Pick the green ones and ripen indoors on the window sill.
I was still eating home grown tomatoes in November that had ripened this way.

Rookie
where is the stem .... can you put it into water ?
agree with strawberry about ripening up any fruit

I may have thrown it away listening . Thank you strawberry I've done that. A lot of them were tiny little buds.. is there any point putting them on the sill too?

I've pruned my remaining plants massively. I hope it helps but I wanted to ask whether I should also remove the new flowers? My plants are still flowering like crazy no matter how many times I cut off new trusses. I don't want to go to wild but I can't see these new buds giving any fruit by the end of the summer. Advice anyone?

I dont have advice about pruning but we have grown tomatoes for 4 years now. Last year we were still picking right up to october 1st (warm bit if the south east)

Rookie
They will keep fruiting until there is a Frost.
My polytunnel ones do not get pulled out till December

Thank you for your responses. I'll leave them be then. I'm reading conflicting advice about too many flowers resulting in non-ripe tomatoes.

What do you think? Too many leaves gone? Please don't judge my dodgy bamboo supports

I think a good dose of benign neglect is in order
leave it all alone to do its own thing for a few weeks
and pop any spare banana peels by the stem

I agree. No more touching them

Today's pickings from the garden, as first time growers I am more than happy with that. DS10 was so excited to actually pick and eat something which is what the aim was.

I’ve just put mine in one of those portable greenhouses, hoping that’ll rev them up a bit.