How to Ripen Green Tomatoes

[@fish1999onBass]

*Best idea on KZbin*

[@StoneyAcresGardening]

I'm going to have to get this done Saturday. We have frost on the way this weekend and I need to save those tomatoes!!

[@nadinehope230]

Great info! Love how you teach not just gardening but, what to do with your fruit & veggies after you harvest it. Very helpful for new gardeners like myself.

[@1966marmar]

Fabulous information!

[@StoneyAcresGardening]

Glad it was helpful!

[@aggiekromah6254]

Good info thanks a lot☺️✌️✌️♥️

[@StoneyAcresGardening]

You're welcome!

[@BEEFTEEF4]

Great video. I live on Catoctin Mountain in Maryland and the tree cover + elevation makes the growing zone closer to Massachusetts. Every Sept/Oct we have tons of green tomatoes left over so I'm going to try this method. Thanks man!

[@StoneyAcresGardening]

You are welcome!

[@timothylongmore7325]

Good video. I've got bushells of not ripe tomato. We had heavy frost warning and I picked till midnight. Most I piled on a tarp in my shed and the rest in three kiddy pools with a tarp on top. I already had about 5 bushells inside. i put them out at a stand for sale a bushel or two at a time. Leave for several days. If they dont sell i bag them and freeze them and replace with a new bushel at the stand. I have these wooden boxes I've started putting greener ones. On newspaper between each layer. Greener on the bottom , riper near the top. Four to five layers. The first was packed a couple weeks ago 9/20 or so. I've been to busy to check as I'm still packing more as the tarp tomatos ripen , but while i inspected closely there will some going bad. I did not remove stems either. I'll try to get back with you'all on what happens. Cheers

[@joeyhardin1288]

Great, thanks. In the south, we will pick all of the tomatoes and make Green Tomato Ketchup (Relish). And of course, we will fry some for supper.

[@StoneyAcresGardening]

Something I've yet to try. I guess I should!! We are going to have plenty this year. I think we will have frost tonight.

[@gratefultammy]

😊 thank you for this great video ..

[@StoneyAcresGardening]

You are so welcome!

[@annabananna44]

Thank you for all the great information. The idea of wrapping them in paper was a thought that I did not like. 3 separate boxes sounds much easier and monitor them weekly. I can do this.

[@StoneyAcresGardening]

Glad it was helpful!

[@pamelaremme38]

Hi, It would be nice if you would say what state or zone you are in. That helps people with their gardening.

[@jhgannon]

Great information.

[@StoneyAcresGardening]

Thanks for watching!

[@deblawson1575]

Thank you.

[@StoneyAcresGardening]

You're welcome!!

[@Masterclassonlife]

Thanks!🍅🍅🍅

[@StoneyAcresGardening]

You are very welcome!!

[@sbhtennis]

Can I do the same thing with cherry tomatoes?

[@StoneyAcresGardening]

Yes, my experience is fewer will ripen. But many still will. They won't taste nearly as good as vine ripen though.

[@margomukomela9301]

I am wondering how cold the garage can get before it's too cold? I live in Zone 4 and my garage can get pretty cold overnight. I'm wondering if my cellar in my basement would work?

[@StoneyAcresGardening]

You don't want them to freeze, so if your garage gets that cold I would opt for the cellar.

[@margomukomela9301]

@@StoneyAcresGardening thanks!

[@pamelaremme38]

What did you end up doing? I am also in zone 4.

[@pattiv-co4ks]

Was going to ask same thing

[@piiiiiiiiiina]

So this wont work with cherry tomatoes?

[@StoneyAcresGardening]

I honestly have never tried it with Cherry tomatoes. Give it a try this year and let me know if it works!!

[@1Way2Save]

It does. I’m doing it right now and they are ripening on my window sill.

[@brandif6242]

Which country are you based out of? I'm in Canada 🇨🇦

[@StoneyAcresGardening]

USA, we live in Utah.

[@pattiv-co4ks]

5:18 can you put them in an egg crate?

[@StoneyAcresGardening]

I guess, but I don't usually keep the smaller ones that would fit in a egg crate. The bigger more developed fruit have the best chance of ripening.

[@pattiv-co4ks]

Thats why my green cherries aren't ripening@@StoneyAcresGardening

[@TheElias99]

But how do keep them from getting soft and mushy from being so for from harvest?

[@dezandloper6838]

whers is the proof?

[@andrewbeckwith4774]

Show the results

[@davidthibodeau5775]

Doesn't matter what you do or don't they will all turn red its not rocket science