Today’s Gardening Tip-Green Tomatoes
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If the date of first frost in your area is approaching and you still have green tomatoes on the vine, pick them and bring them inside. Place them in well ventilated cardboard boxed and keep at room temperature. In about two weeks they’ll be red. Check every couple of days for any spoilage. This only works with mature, light green tomatoes. Smaller, dark green ones won’t ripen, but you can use them in pickles, relishes, and of course, for fried green tomatoes!

gardening, vegetables, ripening tomatoes, green tomatoes

September 19th, 2007 at 9:30 pm
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