When tomatoes turn red????????????

[jo21cu]

Hello everyone, my name is george and I came to london last december, I always wanted to have my own vegetables garden and I did it, the garden is really beautiful but tomatoes still are growing and dont turn red, I don't know if this is normal or not, but i would love to eat my own tomatoes. Someone told me in october tomatoes plant died so I have only 6 weeks for eat tomatoes and they dont turn red.........


If someone can tell me whats going on, It would be great.

thanks a lot, And it's a pleasure to join this forum to share experience. Also I want to plant in winter......

see you soon!!!!!!!!

[SMS6]

Just have a little patience. The weather hasn't been brilliant for outdoor tomatoes. I had my first red one this weekend. Once they start to turn you'll find they go at a rate.

A bit of nice warm sunshine is what's needed

[jo21cu]

more picture of my happy garden.

very happy with my garden............

[rustylady]

Don't worry George - your tomatoes are looking good and should start to ripen soon.

[zazen999]

Mine are the same George, try putting some banana skins in amongst the tomatoes - it can help to ripen them.

[annacruachan]

Mine are the same George, try putting some banana skins in amongst the tomatoes - it can help to ripen them.

Do you just strew them around on the compost, Zazen, or actually hang them up amongst the tomatoes? Mine are in the GH but still far from ripening. We have nearly finished those in the conservatory and it will really go against the grain if I have to buy some.

[Flummery]

Even many of my greenhouse ones are still green. Believe it or not, it's still quite early in the season. And you'll get a glut before October - honestly!

[zazen999]

Do you just strew them around on the compost, Zazen, or actually hang them up amongst the tomatoes? Mine are in the GH but still far from ripening. We have nearly finished those in the conservatory and it will really go against the grain if I have to buy some.

I hang em near the toms themselves.

I cannot buy tomatoes from a shop unless I absolutely have to; I bought some the other week because we had family round but I probably only bought about 3 packets all last winter....I'm trying to eat seasonally. I pickled beetroot last year for adding to salads in place of toms so that the salad had some colour to it.

As Flum says; it really is early in the season; I've been taking some off once they go a lighter green and bringing them indoors to ripen.