I was really sad that I wasn't going to get to enjoy the rest of them, and then someone mentioned that you can ripen them off the vine.
To do so - they need to be fully grown.
You will need a box and a banana (one that has started to get spots on it)
Place the tomatoes in the cardboard box in a single layer, add the banana and close the box. As the banana ripens, it lets off gas which helps to ripen the green tomatoes.
I wasn't sure if it was going to work, but figured it was worth a try. I added my tomatoes and banana to the box and closed it (it had a small slit open where the flaps came together on top) and waited a few days.
I opened the box and found that the tomatoes were starting to ripen. I closed it and checked the next day and 1 was ready. A few days later I had 2 more ready and now I am waiting on 4, which I think should be ready around Monday or Tuesday.
I have no problem with tomatoes ripening, I need to know how to stop the ripening lol, we waste a lot of tomatoes
ReplyDeleteI like the idea of adding a banana, my mum used to put them in a brown paper bag that worked pretty well too. I think the banana would speed it up, great idea.
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