How to Grow Tomatoes : How to Ripen Green Tomatoes

Ripen green tomatoes by picking the tomatoes and placing them on a shelf to ripen naturally, wrapping the tomato in paper to trap ethylene gas, or by placing a piece of apple near the tomato plant. Speed up the ripening process of tomatoes with tips from a horticulturist in this free video on growing tomatoes.

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[bigboomg]

Love your vids!! Very helpful...THANKS!!

[xanderortiz]

Would've been cool if he pulled a red tomato out of the newspaper at the end, like a magic trick. Haha

[Claretcross]

I had green tomatoes I ripened by placing in plastic bags with green bananas. They turned red in a week . I canned them.

[yesmagic]

Is ethylene gas lighter than air?

[challa27]

thank you

[online4videos]

Thanks, this was helpful.

With our nighttime temperatures sometimes in the low 30's now, I think I will pick my last 15-20 tomatoes while green and see if I can get them to ripen wrapped in newspaper (instead of getting frost burn on the vine).

Thanks!

[Teflonmonkeyjumps]

I just threw some bananas i dont want to eat a (little to ripe) in with all my green tomatoes from my garden. season over, into a big cereal box. ill see how that works.

[MrRofeliak]

Good comment Cindy.

Unripe end-of-season garden tomatoes can ripen indoors "artificially" =better than going to waste.

Alt Ethylene sources: Apples, apricots, avocados, ripening bananas, blueberries, cantaloupe, citrus fruit (not grapefruit), cranberries, figs, guavas, grapes, green onions, honeydew, ripe kiwi fruit, mangoes, melons, mushrooms, nectarines, okra, papayas, passion fruit, peaches, pears, peppers, persimmons, pineapple, plantains, plums, prunes, quinces, tomatoes and watermelon.

[CindyPDX]

His suggestion works well. I have several green tomatoes and only a few days/or weeks till first fall frost. I have a single layer green tomatoes on a layer of news paper in a card board box. I then put in a few semi ripe bananas then put another sheet of news paper on top and close the box. Ea day I check I have a few red toms. I also gently turn over the green toms so the other side ripens. This trick is really working for me.

[HoboCabbage]

that's what i say! if you want a prematurely picked force ripened tomato, just go to the supermarket.

But i suppose if your garden got infested or diseased, and you wanted to get something out of it... this would be the way to go... or if you just cant wait to sample some of the fruit of your labor... literally