The end of summer and the fall in temperatures have left many UK gardeners wondering whether their tomatoes will ripen in time. Tomatoes are usually ready from early summer, and the ones ripened on ...
Fall is a time of tricky weather, when one day it's warm and sunny and the next, they’re issuing frost warnings. If you're growing tomatoes in your garden, you're used to seeing ripe red ones on the ...
At first glance, green tomatoes can be a bit confusing -- aren't they just red tomatoes that haven't yet ripened? Sometimes, but there are actually two distinct categories in which you can place green ...
It’s been a good tomato season this year, and reports are that tomatoes are replacing the venerable zucchini overload when it comes to giving produce away. But as we get into the end of September, and ...
Question: I have a lot of green tomatoes still on my vines. Is there a special way to save and ripen those inside before frost ruins them? Answer: There are 3 main methods for saving green tomatoes ...
One co-worker gloated about his ripe tomato crop — seems he placed his plants near a wall that reflected back whatever heat we had this summer. The rest of the room groused about unripened crops: What ...
Q: I live near the lake and have not had a frost yet. There are still green tomatoes in my garden. How can I get them to ripen? A: As fall temperatures finally arrive, sometimes we look out in our ...
Do you have lots of green tomatoes on your vines? Are you afraid you won’t get to see them ripen or get to use them before it turns cold? It is likely that we will soon have a killing freeze in our ...