GREEN TOMATOES EASY WAY TO RIPEN - TIP IN DESCRIPTION BOX (OAG) 

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Hi Lisa, now you know. Just be sure to bring them in the house, do not leave them outside in the sun, the sun will burn them and then they will rot. Here it is the end of Jan and I still have ripe tomatoes from last years crop. If you haven't already, I invite you to subscribe and watch as the 2017 growing season comes on. Thanks for stopping by. OAG

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Jeff, I watch your channel also. And *_you often show some different aspect of gardening that others will be interested in_*, so, there is always room for another video on how to do something! I look forward to watching your approach to storing green tomatoes. Thanks for commenting on this video. OAG

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And it was tasty. Very well worth doing in the fall if you still have green tomatoes on the vines when a frost is forecast. Thanks for watching this video. OAG

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Hello Jay and welcome to my videos. Green tomatoes will ripen in the house and taste almost as good as vine ripened. OAG

Are you in north Alabama? If yes, then it probably will frost tonight, if not tonight, then for sure tomorrow night. OAG

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I am keeping my tomatoes in a fairly warm location. It is in my kitchen. Although, a cooler place would slow down the ripening process and extend the length of time you could have tomatoes. Thanks for stopping by. OAG

Hi Cheryl, yep, I still have tomatoes from last year's crop. I think this coming season I will plant a late crop of tomatoes specifically for harvesting green ones for storage. About where in TN are you located? OAG

Knoxville. I am going to work on beans this year. Watched your video this morning on beans.

Knoxville. Area. Going to work on beans this year. Pretty much a failure last year. Growing in a small. 12x6 raised bed. But I will get it Thanks. Cheryl

Cheryl, are you going to attend the Appalachia Homesteading Conference at Crossville, TN, on 6 May? It is not to far from you. I am planning on being there and would love to meet you. I think Patara (she is organizing it) expects 3 to 4 hundred visitors. And have you had time to watch my latest video on growing green beans? See it at: ru-vid.com/video/%D0%B2%D0%B8%D0%B4%D0%B5%D0%BE-2V-h3i-vFEQ.html OAG

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Hello DirtRooster, yep, it was good, especially this late in the season. Thanks for stopping by. OAG

Hi Ed, that is a good way to save your late fall tomatoes. The banana gives of a gas that makes other vegetables ripen fasted, that is why you never want to store bananas and other vegetables together. Where are you located? OAG

As you are seeing, tomatoes can be ripened off the vine. OAG

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Hello Sue and welcome to my channel. I appreciate you for watching my videos. And, yes, I don't like annoying music either, I think it detracts from my message to you, so I don't use it. On tomatoes, I have always heard that when the temperatures get above 95 degrees, tomato blossoms don't set or stay on the vine (But I don't have any experiments to prove or disprove that). There is a product called: Blossom Set, which supposedly makes the blooms stay on the plant, but I have not tried it. Again, thank you for your encouraging words. I like to know where my RU-vid friends are located, so where do you live? Thanks for commenting. OAG

OldAlabamaGardener Blossom Set...huh? Ok thank you, I will try to find it. I live in the Dallas/Ft Worth Area....and IT IS HOT here! I think we will get to 100 degrees this week. 😩

Hi William, yes, the way your dad did it is really the correct way to store green tomatoes, I just didn't get it done. I used to live south of South Bend, near a town called Peru. I remember the winters and the snow that area gets. Thanks for stopping by. OAG

Robert, I always grow Better Boy (that is the one I can tomatoes and tomato juice); and I always grow Sweet Million for salads and snacking. Thanks for asking that question. OAG

Hello and welcome to my videos. My tip about ripening faster is in the description box below the video. Thank you for watching my videos. If you haven't yet, please subscribe. OAG

Sophie: First welcome to my videos. As for taste of tomatoes ripened off the vine, here is what I have found to be the case. If the tomato is not matured to the stage where the blossom end is turning white, the taste may be affected. So, what this means is: The larger and more mature (beginning to turn white or showing a star shape on the bottom blossom end) the green tomato is, the better the taste will be when it ripens. I hope this helps, if I did not answer your question sufficiently, please ask me again. I would wait until I knew for sure a frost was coming before I picked all the green tomatoes. OAG

I canna lot of tomatoes and tomato juice because I don't have much room in the freezer. Thanks for watching. OAG

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No, I don't wash them, moisture could cause rot to develop. OAG

It wasn't for eating. OAG

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Hello Lawrence, actually, they keep better if you wrap them in newspaper or brown paper bag paper and store them in a dark place. I just never got around to doing that. Thanks for asking that question. OAG

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Hi JM, good for you, that you are holding some tomatoes over. I also found the texture and taste to be very good. I don't save seeds because these tomatoes were hybrids (Better Boy). Thanks for stopping by. OAG

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Thanks Carmen, everything takes time, you will get it done when its time. OAG

Hi Brenda, that is a great idea. I have heard that you can speed up the ripening by placing an apple in the bag with the tomatoes. Are you getting a lot of snow? Thanks for watching my videos. OAG

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wow, cool..thanks for this video again..really helped me out

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Hello Dwayne and welcome to my channel. Yes, I do pick tomatoes and let them ripen in the house. Thank you for subscribing to my channel. About where are you located? Thanks for stopping by. OAG

Thanks, i live in a town called Clayton. It just west of Plainfield on US40. Sorta out by the Indiana prison.

Hi Melody, *The people who say "they have no flavor because they are picked green" don't know what they are talking about*. The reason the tomatoes in the store don't have a good taste or flavor is because the store tomatoes are a hybrid breed tomato, specifically to hold up in shipping and long life on the store shelves. But not bred for flavor. The breeder's goal was to produce a tomato that ripened all at the same time, didn't get mushy in transit and would sit on the shelve for a long time with out getting rotten. And they achieved that with the tomatoes most people buy at the stores. Thanks for bringing that thought up. OAG

Well now that makes sense because I grow Heirloom's and mine are always really good. But I do love green fried tomatoes LOL I saw all your tomatoes and wanted to heat up the cast iron LOL I have the guys coming to see about hooking up my wood cook stove and I can't wait. Winter would not be right without it.

Good for you Melody, you have a wood cook stove. There is nothing like a wood cook stove for creating a warm atmosphere in the house. When I was young boy we would sit by the cook stove, in the dark (we didn't have electricity), it kept us warm and with all the family close by it felt secure. That was in many ways, the good ole days. I hope you and family are well, take care!. Charles

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I place them on the kitchen counter.

Carlota ,I agree. I have at times wrapped them in newspaper and placed them in a cardboard box. Thanks for stopping by. OAG

OldAlabamaGardener i'm sorry, that was a question. I wonder where I should keep the tray of tomatoes. Do you have a preference?

Carlota, sorry, I didn't understand that you were asking me. I usually leave them on the counter in the kitchen. I probably would not put them in a sunny window, but it may not make any difference. I have ripened even small green tomatoes, it takes a few weeks but eventually they will ripen. This is something I do when we are going to have a frost in the fall and I am sure it will kill my tomato plants, so, I pick all the green ones and bring them in the house. OAG

OldAlabamaGardener thank you, I had the notion that they needed to be near a bright window.

39 degrees shouldn't freeze or even frost. After this cool snap it will warm back up. OAG

@@OldAlabamaGardener Yeah, I made a mistake. I thought freezing was 35. Thank you!

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WOW! You have quite a lot of tomatoes. It just takes a little patience, they will ripen. Thanks for stopping by, OAG

Hi Paula and welcome to my videos. The tomatoes you see in this video are a variety called: Better Boy. It is the only variety of large tomatoes I grow. I do grow some cherry tomatoes and you can watch one of my videos on those at: ru-vid.com/video/%D0%B2%D0%B8%D0%B4%D0%B5%D0%BE-Z4nzfATC-oM.html OAG

All those look like early girls

@@lynnentler5725 Nope! A variety called: Better Boy OAG

It depends on how green the tomatoes are as to how long it will take to ripen. OAG

Put them on a sunny window sill, that usually takes 2+ weeks. Or, place them in a box with other ripening fruit (apples, bananas, avocados, even other tomatoes), cover it, and they will ripen FAST.

@@OldAlabamaGardener You are not answering the question sir. What are you supposed to do with the green ones? Put them in a drawer? A plastic or paper bag? In the sun, out of the sun? Just out on a table?

@@jtjjbannie When I am asked to give an answer, and I am not given much information (as in this original question: "I brought couple inside and they still green. It is almost 2 weeks now. What I'm missing?", it leaves much unknown for me to guess at. As I said, it depends on how green or how small the tomato they are trying to ripen. If it is a small tomato and I tell them to put it in a paper bag, it will probably rot before it turns color. The same if it is put in a drawer. Without me seeing the tomato I can't give specific instruction on exactly what to do. So, I feel I did answer the question, as best I could with so much unknown about their tomatoes. However, it will take a good candidate tomato about two months, not two weeks, to ripen enough to eat. OAG

OldAlabamaGardener Ok. Enjoy your evening sir. 👍

I don't know anything about that.

Thank you. I did not answer that question did I. When I have green tomatoes this year I will make a better video on how I do it. Thank you for watching my videos. If you haven't yet, please subscribe. OAG

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Carolyn, are you a member of the clergy?

Yep, we do get some winter weather, I live at the northern end within one mile of the TN line. Thank you for watching my videos. I am trying to reach a major goal of subscribers, you can help me by asking all your friends and family to subscribe to my RU-vid channel. Thank you. OAG

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Could be.

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They are a pest.

This was an experiment to see had many days it took to ripen the tomato and writing the date on the tomato was the easiest way to keep track of when I started it. OAG

Did you read the Description Box? The answer is listed there. OAG

Hello Mr. Rain, so nice of you to stop by. I see you often at the "Live Chats". It is real common that I do drop juice on my Tee shirt, but today I managed to not do that. I appreciate you watching my videos. So, thanks for stopping by this evening! I just did a little editing on the video and put in it three cards which will take you to other tomato videos I have uploaded. OAG

Ha Ha, I noticed you were very C-a-r-f-u-l with that 'mater :)

Hello L. B.! Those are Better Boy, a hybrid tomato. Even though they were picked green they still have a good taste. How have you been doing lately? OAG

Ah, ok. I've heard good things about that variety, but I tend to avoid hybrids, because I like to collect and save my own seed. Not doing too bad here yet, getting cold but so far no snow. Picking the last of my indoor peppers this week.

@@OldAlabamaGardener My Better Boys came in looking kind of like pumpkins, with ribs. Not smooth and round. I think I bought the plants at Home Depot. Have you ever seen that? Do you know what would cause it?

@@watermelonlalala Differences in heat stress or watering either too much or not enough might cause such. It doesn't hurt the tomato taste or nutrition. OAG

@@OldAlabamaGardener It happened all year, from the first tomatoes that came in to the ones out there now. I don't mind them looking like little pumpkins, they are good to eat. Thanks.

That is what the video showed. Thank you for watching my videos. If you haven't yet, please subscribe. OAG

I am sorry, I don't know how to do CC. I am not very computer literate. I am 82 years old.

Hello and welcome to my videos. Tomatoes will ripen just lying on the counter of the kitchen. Thanks for watching. OAG

Look in the description box OAG

Ripening green tomatoes is a slow process. OAG

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I don't have a hot house. but thanks. OAG

Thank you

These were in the late fall, so my crop was done any way. OAG

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Raven, sorry I missed your comment earlier, I still have a few left, but YT just don't have any way for me to give you a slice.Lol, Thanks for stopping by. OAG

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Sometimes pictures are better than words. And that is what I gave you, how to ripen tomatoes by being patient and letting the green ones ripen, over time, in the house, because it winter outside. OAG

Sunny window sill works great....usually a couple of weeks. If you want them to ripen faster, a box with other ripening fruit (bananas, apples, avocados, or even other tomatoes) and then over. They will ripen FAST.

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Hi Tim, how you been doing? After all that dry weather, then some heavy rains and tornados, now really cold! Makes me wonder what's next! Hope you are doing well! Thanks for stopping in. OAG

OldAlabamaGardener been good yes had a few tornadoes touch down not far from me but thankfully no damage here