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Jay Angler wrote:I've also heard that trimming back the greenery will let the "sun will get to the fruit to ripen it", but I've seem others say that it makes no difference.
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Nicole Alderman wrote:Our tomato plants seem to succumb to blight in September. So, I usually only plant cherry tomatoes that ripen sooner, but even those seem to be late--the little pear tomatoes still haven't ripened, and the sungold and tiny cherry tomatoes are only ripening a 2 a day per plant. I also accidentally planted a huge orange strawberry tomato, which supposedly takes a long time to ripen...and I don't have a long time!
I've heard that cutting the tops of the plants will help them ripen the existing tomatoes faster. Should I do that now? Does anyone have personal reports of this actually helping?
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Jay Angler wrote:
Have you got a place to hang the whole plant upside down for the fruit to ripen? That's worked for me, but I don't currently have a spot to do so. It can be pretty messy, and ideally it should get hung where you will naturally check on it every day or two.
Tomatoes are either determinate (bush) or indeterminate (vine like). The former set fruit and then pretty much all ripen together (more or less), the latter continues to fruit throughout the season. So, it's personal choice on how you prefer to go e.g. all ripe, or some green for other uses like pickles, etc.
Regardless of variety, I always remove the lower leaves to reduce fungal diseases. On indeterminate varieties I choose one or two main leaders and remove all others, and, remove the laterals that systematically grow at the trunk/branch joint.
Nicole Alderman wrote:I don't know if there's much I can do for happy microclimates, as I'm northfacing and sheltered by tress on both the east and west sides, so the decreasing sunlight is happening pretty quickly after the solstice, taking with it the heat. And, we've had a mild summer (thankfully! I don't need any more forest fires)!
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I've been told, that if at least one fruit has ripened on a plant, you can pick all the rest and let them ripen indoors. That said, I have found that if you wait until the plants have gotten too much overnight chill and damp (the end of August in my location) they tend to go rotten instead of ripening.If I pick them while they're green, they will still ripen?
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Nicole Alderman wrote:Our tomato plants seem to succumb to blight in September. So, I usually only plant cherry tomatoes that ripen sooner, but even those seem to be late--the little pear tomatoes still haven't ripened, and the sungold and tiny cherry tomatoes are only ripening a 2 a day per plant. I also accidentally planted a huge orange strawberry tomato, which supposedly takes a long time to ripen...and I don't have a long time!
I've heard that cutting the tops of the plants will help them ripen the existing tomatoes faster. Should I do that now? Does anyone have personal reports of this actually helping?
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Yes - that was basically my motivation - I wouldn't have been able to find the fruit in the jungle.All I know is: I had to top and prune the tomato plants, otherwise the tomato-jungle in the greenhouse would become impenetrable!
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Jay Angler wrote:... Lovely greenhouse Inge!
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Anne Miller wrote:I haven't tried topping tomato plants to help ripen tomatoes.
What I have done is to remove the suckers by pinching them off with your thumb and forefinger to get more fruit.
Climate from the point of view of temperatures, but also length of day. With us about to go over our fall equinox, the days are getting shorter and shorter. A greenhouse can help with the warmth, but my also need extra light morning and afternoon to 'extend' the day.Nancy Reading wrote: It's possible I suppose that whether to stop the tomato might depend on your climate.
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