Green Sausage Tomatoes - how you you know if they're ripe?

[chris]

Couple have gone much darker green, with some light green stripes on them (almost like tiger stripes). There's some slight give when squeezed (or squoze as I like to say) -photo attached taken a couple of days ago.

[Two_Sheds]

Tomato : Green Sausage (Heritage) (Seeds) says yellow stripes, so I'd wait for your light green stripes to lighten a bit more. Then have a taste: if it's nice, it's ready

[chris]

Ahha. I remember posting about them ages ago, but couldn't find that post (typo galore in suasags ). http://www.growfruitandveg.co.uk/gra...tml#post604472 - couldn't remember what they looked like, and didn't think to have a look where I got them from

cheers!

[Lavenderblue]

I am glad you posted this as I have the same query but with green zebras. I am going to go on squishiness rather than colour i think

[Flummery]

Green Zebs go from dark green and light green to light green and yellow (and they're squishy!)

[chris]

The one pictured above is starting to go yellow now, yay! Can't wait to try it, wonder what it tastes like

[Flummery]

Bet it doesn't taste of sausage!

[chris]

This is bonkers... a week in the GH and fruit is setting like mad?! I've about 20 green sausage fruit at the mo, on the largest plant, about 5 forming on another and a couple more on another. I'd all but given up on them (and the rest of the toms) - which are also setting. Maybe they weren't happy where they were before ? (outside, garden - bit windy)

[bobleponge]

Mine have been grown outdoors, and I've got loads and loads of green sausages from just one plant.
Just starting to go yellow, so will have a squidge test and then a taster, to see what sort of sausage it tastes like.