On Wed, 30 Apr 2008 21:15:17 +1200, "George.com" <roblyn@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
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wrote:
>At the end of April I still have some late green tomatos out on my vines.
I
>want to ripen them before frosts arrive so I took some in recently that
had
>just started to get some colour and put them in a paper bag with a
ripening
>banana. Within a few days the tomatos had ripened. Bananas emit ethylene
>gas, pears or apples can also be used. I have dark green ones in bags at
the
>moment ripening. Well worth doing for ripening late season tomatos if
your
>autumn sun is rapidly dissappearing but you want to make the most of a
long
>summers crop. I have been enjoying tomatos for 4 months now.
>
>rob
Banana is not needed. I pick the mature tomatoes at the end of the
season, just before the first frost is announced. Toss any with
imperfections. Wrap each in newspaper and store a few layers in a
box. I seem to remember that we put ours in the garage. Frost in
November and we had tomatoes in January. We went through the box at
least once a week and took out the ripe ones and tossed any that were
going bad.
Some people pull the whole plant and hang it upside down in a garage.
--
Susan N.
"Moral indignation is in most cases two percent moral,
48 percent indignation, and 50 percent envy."
Vittorio De Sica, Italian movie director (1901-1974)
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