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Re: Ripening late tomatos with bananas

by Billy <wildbilly@[EMAIL PROTECTED] > Apr 30, 2008 at 09:12 AM

In article <fv9dbi$dmo$1@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
>,
 "George.com" <roblyn@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
> 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 

I've tried it, with no apparent difference in ripening from just stored 
tomatoes.
-- 

Billy
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 9 Posts in Topic:
Ripening late tomatos with bananas
"George.com" &l  2008-04-30 21:15:17 
Re: Ripening late tomatos with bananas
The Cook <susan_r23666  2008-04-30 07:23:55 
Re: Ripening late tomatos with bananas
MrMe <MrMe@[EMAIL PROT  2008-05-12 00:01:27 
Re: Ripening late tomatos with bananas
Billy <wildbilly@[EMAI  2008-04-30 09:12:14 
Re: Ripening late tomatos with bananas
Steve <me@[EMAIL PROTE  2008-04-30 16:59:17 
Re: Ripening late tomatos with bananas
Charlie   2008-04-30 12:25:21 
Re: Ripening late tomatos with bananas
Steve <me@[EMAIL PROTE  2008-04-30 22:16:08 
Re: Ripening late tomatos with bananas
"Mary Fisher" &  2008-04-30 23:11:12 
Re: Ripening late tomatos with bananas
Mark A.Meggs <mmeggs@[  2008-04-30 21:50:40 

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