Ripening green tomatoes

[Marge]

Help! I have some green tigerella tomatoes in the garden that are growing well and have produced plenty of fruits ... erm, the thing is how do I know when they are ripe as they do not turn red?

I tried one or two tomatoes that seemed OK but they tasted very bitter. Should I leave the fruits on the plant or pick them and taken them in? Any ideas?

[crazii_c]

are you sure yours are tigerella?

ive grown tigerella this year and mine have been turning red with orange stripes.

[Bramble_killer]

Tigerella definitely turn red. You just need to wait a bit more

[rustylady]

Or you can pick them and bring them indoors - they should ripen on the windowsill.

[womble]

I've found because of the stripes, you need to pick them when they look less ripe than normal red toms. If you wait until they are red enough to your normal view, they have gone over a bit.
I would say the right colour is like the under ripe ones you can buy in supermarkets, an overall very pale red colour.

[Marge]

Thanks everyone - I knew there must be a simple answer

[rogesse]

Sorry to be awkward but there is a green Tigrella - it goes a light yellowish colour with green stripes.....OK, I'll get my coat!