Re: [gardeners] green tomatoes
David G. Smith (gardeners@globalgarden.com)
Sun, 12 Nov 2000 21:02:13 -0500
I tried the newspaper method once and got a box of rotten tomatoes wrapped
in newspaper. My FIL has tried all three methods mentioned so far and says
just putting them in a box works as well as any. He had tomatoes almost
until Christmas last year, just storing them in the basement. Not even a
really cool basement.
David
----- Original Message -----
From: W. Arons <warons@nd.edu>
To: <gardeners@globalgarden.com>
Sent: Sunday, November 12, 2000 1:59 PM
Subject: [gardeners] green tomatoes
> Hello folks,
>
> Once again, I seek advice. My gardening books tell me that green tomatoes
> will ripen indoors in 2 or 3 weeks, longer if you wrap them individually
in
> newspaper and store them in a cool dark place. Has anyone tried this, or
> any other method for ripening green tomatoes? I'm not a fan of fried
green
> tomatoes as much as I like the red ones, and unbelievably we were still
> getting ripe ones up until this week (here in zone 5!). But snow is on
the
> way, so I've gone out and harvested and now I have a big bucket of green
> tomatoes I'm not quite sure what to do with...
>
> I'd prefer not to have a box of rotting green tomatoes in my basement (to
> join the racks of what look like rotting--but we hope are merely
> "curing"--gourds!) so if you have any tips for success in ripening them,
> please pass them along.
>
> Thanks,
>
> Wendy
>
> (I thought when I moved here from San Diego that I'd have a SHORT
gardening
> season, but in fact we've had more harvest time here than I ever had in
So.
> Cal. Amazing year...)
>
>
>