Best Way To Ripen Green Tomatos

[jonp]

Our plants are loaded with them but this late in the year they are not ripening. What's the best way to turn them red other than the windowsill or is that the best way?

[Pinger87]

Why ripen em? Slice em thick, pat em dry, get a good cornmeal/batter coating and fry until crispy. That's good eats.

[FarNorth45]

Up here in Alaska ours never vine ripen, we just bring them inside . Place them on a towel on the counter top and cover with another towel . Works great , we do tons of tomatoes that way .

[FarNorth45]

I have also been told you can throw a banana in with them and it speeds up the process...... not sure on that , never tried it because the above method works fine for us . You can also use paper sacks , but for some reason the towels work faster for us , maybe better air flow? Not sure why

[NC_JEFF]

Set them out in the sun, window sill is good if don't have a place outside.

[gbrown]

Set them out in the sun, window sill is good if don't have a place outside.
I've been told the same all my life. Also, was told to turn them stem side down on the window sill, as well. Seems to work. Just have to try it and see. If I get a lot of green tomatoes, I pickle them with a little dill. I think they go well with fried fish or served as an antipasto.

[Shawlerbrook]

Wrap them in newspaper and put them in a paper bag or box with an apple. The Apple gives off some gas that speeds ripening.

[JonB_in_Glencoe]

Wrap them in newspaper and put them in a paper bag...is all I do.

[Froogal]

Set them on the kitchen table or counter top, or just leave them in the bucket. They will ripen just fine.

[Misery-Whip]

Dont harvest but up root the plants and hang them upside down in a basement, or garage. They will ripen.

Edit: my grandmother did it for decades...

[waksupi]

For a few years, I would transplant several plants each into buckets, and brought them inside. Took up a lot of room, but I like plants. I had ripe tomatoes up to Christmas, and the plants were still putting on blossoms until I decided I wanted my space back.
I over-wintered peppers quite often, as they will bear through the winter, although not as fast as outside. A pepper plant will live 5-6 years doing this.

[hc18flyer]

Ethylene gas is the ripening agent. I will try some of the fried green tomatoes tonite with my burgers. hc18flyer

[jonp]

Ethylene gas is the ripening agent. I will try some of the fried green tomatoes tonite with my burgers. hc18flyer

I think we will also. Is cornmeal the best? We have other breading mix, too