SO many tomatoes and peppers, but they are still all green!

[Leeds_lad]

getting worried for them, pretty sure they won't all ripen until the season ends. How long do i have?

[taff]

a month or so yet. If they don't ripen by the beginning of october, if they're inside, pull up the whole plant, hang upside down, or pick off individual toms and leave with a banana somehwere. Peppers will ripen in a similar way, but they're ok to use green. Chillies can be picked off and left on a sunny windowsill, they'll ripen too

[Two_Sheds]

they need warmth ~ as Taff says, you can cut some and leave on a sunny windowsill if you can't manage to bring the whole plant inside

[ginger ninger]

I'm having the same problem L.L with some of my tomatoes...I've dug the "Green tomato chutney recipe out...just in-case

[VirginVegGrower]

Sunny windowsill - what's one of those?! Our Summer here has comed off (as my little chap used to say)

[lizzylemon]

Me too. Think it was the cold 6 weeks back June time - set them back a lot. I've got 1 that's almost ripe but the rest are still green as grass. Not sure what to do as I don't like green tomato chutney

[VirginVegGrower]

Have you got them in a sunny (looks at the weather) and sheltered spot? Although mine are greenhouse and those tent things for £7-10. Mine are ripened and ripening. I have been stripping lower leaves off and moving upwards.

[Jelliebabe]

I've stopped mine today so that they put more energy into ripening the fruit that they have! I have been picking some but not as many as I should have been.

[maytreefrannie]

Same here, Leeds Lad - I brought a few tomatoes indoors and they ripened very slowly. The rest are in a polytunnel. Peppers all green - I know they can be used like that, but I really want them to be red.

I agree with Virgin Veg Grower that the early cold and the intermittent cold/rain/sunshine/heat of this summer is likely a big factor.

[Garden_Chris]

I've had two tomato's. That's it. The rest are all green, with shots of yellow. Nothing worth writing home about though.

[zazen999]

Try giving them a good feed for a few days in a row. I had loads that were green and not shifting so I fed them each day for a week, and it certainly kicked them into touch.

[Thelma Sanders]

Because I got some Botrytis in the greenhouse I stripped a lot of leaves off my plants, a lot more than I normally would.
Since then they have ripened pretty quickly

[Potstubsdustbins]

Sorry to put it like this but if your in the Midlands and your toms arn't ripening at this time, in this year your deffo doing something wrong or not doing something you should be doing.

I have been harvesting toms from my GH and outdoor hanging baskets for 2 months so we can discount the weather.

Are you feeding enough? No matter what the weather the fruit will not ripen until it as grown to size.

Colin

[binley100]

He's in Leeds, that's oop norf ........

[Potstubsdustbins]

He's in Leeds, that's oop norf ........

Yes I noticed that but there are also several people from the Midlands who have posted as having problems that is why I was specific about the area.

Colin