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Is it all over (for tomatoes?)

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BlooberryBiskits · 24/09/2022 20:13

Hi All - this is my first year with tomatoes, & have had a great but late crop … still picking & lots of green tomatoes on the plants

When would you suggest giving up pj the plants /picking all the green ones? I am removing any new flowers/leaf growth but is there anything else I need to do?

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Dodie66 · 24/09/2022 20:31

We picked ours and brought them indoors to ripen. We put them in the windowsill in a dish and most of them went ripe.

Maxifly · 24/09/2022 20:44

Could still ripen if we get sunny days up to mid October. But I always thin out the leaves to maximise the chance. I also bring a few each week indoors and put on a sunny windowsill, they ripen just fine. Any green ones 'leftover' get made into chutney or sliced and fried in olive oil. Good luck!

dudsville · 24/09/2022 20:48

Do you have a warm sunny place for them? We're still cropping ours but they're located both in and outside but next to the green house, so lots of warmth.

BlooberryBiskits · 24/09/2022 21:02

Wow, thanks all for the quick answers : I will thin out leaves a bit more tomorrow then & give it another week or 2

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