Tomatoes

Tomatoes need sunshine to ripen. Our son has just arrived from Yorkshire and is complaining that because of the wet weather his tomatoes are still all green.
He is very jealous that up here in sunny Scotland we have had good, sunny weather (honest) ours are ripening up nicely and we have one or two red ones.

they are only just turning red in yorkshire now, so dont worry they will ripen up soon.

Thank your for your answers and kind words of encouragement. It is sunny today in Derbyshire too !
I guess patience is the answer !!

isnt it always :o)

Yep, my toms our just turning red,down here in London. The weather has been so inconsistent

Can't wait, a tiny one turned red last week and it was gooorrrrrgeooous !

Hi sugarbevs it depends when you planted them as well. At the moment mine are green yellow and red , so you can't tell. It's been a lovely warm day in derby's today so they should be turning.

I just got my first red tomato a few days ago. i agree with the others, they just need time and sunshine.

Even here I'm only getting my fisrt couple of red ones.

Where are you Lovegreen ? Two of my bitesize have turned red but none of the others or the larger ones have yet.

I am really enjoying reading the responses to this question! For once, just once, we are having earlier success than most of you with a veggie crop. Sorry for crowing, but it really doesn't happen very often :-)
We are currently feeding tomatoes to a family of five including our son and two teenage grandsons - not many at a sitting but they are doing very nicely, thank you.

Ahh that's great bulbaholic, really pleased for you. You crow ! LOL.

i am in the United States and a bunch of green ones are popping out all over especially since I picked a few red ones.Good luck.

Hey Lovegreen got loadsa green ones just no red !! smile x

AWESOME, HAVE YOU EVER TRIED SAUTEYING THEM with a little salt and black pepper...yum
cherries you would just cut in half but it goes good as a side dish to any meaty meal

Lovegreen..do you mean the green ones ?

if you wait until the toms are almost ripe but still green, you can pick them, wash them(if you care to), then put some butter or a little oil,about half a teaspoon,in a frying pan preferably non-stick and then if you have big toms then you can slice them , if they are cherry then cut them in half, and fry or sautee them for a couple of minutes turning them brown a tad then lay them on paper towel to suck up the grease and enjoy. I like using butter better, it may be more fattening but it tastes better. let me know what you think. Enjoy.

Thanks Lovegreen, will try them x