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Should I leave my tomatoes outside a while longer to ripen as they have not goone red yet with the lack of sun, or should I pick them and ripen them on the window sill?

rockchic67 Sun 07/09/08 20:26

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rockchic67
Mon 08/09/08
11:36

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Thank You for your reply, Ok I will be patient.... but till when? :o/

mrs_overall
Mon 08/09/08
12:22

It depends where you live & what your weather forecast is. I live in the frozen north and I picked the last of mine this weekend to ripen on a window sill.
If your area has lots of rain forecast I'd take them in as too much water will cause the skins to split.

rockchic67
Mon 08/09/08
12:42

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Thank you,
I live in Yorkshire and we have had constant rain for weeks now, we have had a bit of sun yesterday and today but the grey clouds are over again now.

I think I will bring some in at least.

Thank you again.

Whoever
Mon 08/09/08
21:32

I picked most of mine today, only leaving the small ones outdoors on the plants. The reason for this is that so much wet weather will almost certainly finish off the tomatoes with blight which is already spreading through the country, and then the lot will be lost virtually overnight. I've laid mine on trays lined with newspaper on the window sills and they ripen very quickly. Also, a sudden drop in night time temperature could cause the tomatoes either to split or the skins to become so damaged that they start to rot quickly.

rockchic67
Mon 08/09/08
23:35

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Thank you Shylock, I did not say where I was from initialy. I should have made myself clearer.

Thank you too to everyone who responded here, I am very grateful. :o)

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