I have about 10 or more tomatoes on my plant. My question is when are they suppose to turn red? I hae had about 4 or 5 of them for about a month and they are still green. They are the early bird/ girl I can't remember right now. Sorry. Can some help me in this the plant keeps flowering. The only reason I ask this question is because on of my friends mother is also growing tomoatoes and her's are already red she planted after me. Thank you,
Nicky

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I sit in my vegetable garden so that I can see them grow.

Another thing about getting tomatos to ripen I learned last year. just before frost hit I had over 40 Lbs of tomatos and thought What am I going to do with them?? I had them all together in a basket and found out that they ripen faster when together. There is also a plastic container that is made for just that purpose. To ripen fruit\veggies.

your supposed to leave them on the vine till they are red right?

Alot of fruit and veggies release ethaline gases as they ripe. The gases cause ripeing of other nearby fruits/vegatbles. That is why you often hear to keep fruit in a paper bag (usally next to apple or banana) to speed up ripining.

Very cryptic answer, John!
Not all tomatoes are red at maturity, but red varieties are always best when allowed to ripen on the vine, as are yellows and others, as far as I know. Tomatoes can be picked green and can ripen indoors or be forced to ripen, as in when frost threatens, or some other circumstance requires early picking, or they need to be stored or shipped over a long period. Oh, and don't forget fried green tomatoes!

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Dave
Even my growlights are getting restless!

How do you get them to grow bigger? Without using miracle gro?
I notice that mind are kinda small.
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Hey Nicky, remember when you prepared your garden soil, the answer to most problems comes from that time, apart from watering and mulching etc. What goes in, comes out. It's your first garden and you have a crop of tomatoes so you're doin great. Gees you're impatient though.....

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The secret is the soil.