My tomatoes are taking 'forever' to ripen.

[lesa]

trunkman, don't forget you can start freezing whole tomatoes right now- for canning later. When you take them out of the freezer, and start thawing them, the skin slips right off.

 

[skeeter9]

Are you getting anything yet, Jaime? Nothin here so far - lots of green though, so hopefully soon!

 

[JaimeB]

Oh yes. I've gotten a couple so far, and there are a few more that are almost there . I'm sorry you don't ance any just yet skeeter. I hope you'll be seeing lots of red soon.

 

[country lady]

Same goes for NW Tennessee. I have loads of green tomatoes but just started to get red tomatoes. I've heard so many people this year say tomatoes aren't ripening . (Please see my post about the black spots) Just a blush and I bring them in on my enclosed porch to ripen. I found a worm in the black spost--crazy thing. I've had a garden for decades and never this problem.

 

[hoodat]

Same goes for NW Tennessee. I have loads of green tomatoes but just started to get red tomatoes. I've heard so many people this year say tomatoes aren't ripening . (Please see my post about the black spots) Just a blush and I bring them in on my enclosed porch to ripen. I found a worm in the black spost--crazy thing. I've had a garden for decades and never this problem.

That was probably a pickleworm. See my reply on the tomato with a blsck hole thread. The one that gets on tomatos looks like it's made of rubber with distinct raised sections.

 

[country lady]

Hoodat, thanks for the info. I pruned and went through my tomato patch this morning. I only found two plants and destroyed the few bad tomatoes that I saw. Hope it works. I stake my tomato plants but a farmer near me said he normally doesn't stake. This year he staked and the tomatoes are slower to ripen, he said. According to him, grass keeps the tomatoes off the ground.