How to Ripen Green Tomatoes
Use this easy in-house method to ripen green tomatoes.
Ingredients
- green and semi ripe tomatoes from the greenhouse
- flat boxes or trays
Instructions
- Pick all the remaining tomatoes in the greenhouse
- do not wash
- lay your trays, boxes, or planting flats in a warm dry space that gets partial sun
- the more tomatoes you have the more boxes you may need, plan accordingly
- divide up the tomatoes according to ripeness, here's how I usually sort mine
•All green tomatoes
•Starting to turn pink
•Mostly pink/red
•Almost Ripe - Lay them in the boxes, don't stuff them in or crowd them they can rot that way, you may need a few more boxes or less if you have less to sort out
- Now comes the fun every day you're going to check your boxes for progress, you're going to be moving tomatoes in the boxes or trays, rolling them over so they don't rot instead of ripening
- move any tomatoes to different boxes as they ripen
- you should also plan on eating ripe ones almost daily, in the beginning anyway
- be sure remove any rotting tomatoes right away so they don't spoil the whole box
- as supplies dwindle you can start using smaller trays and boxes or put them together
- in the beginning, it helps to have them sorted so you can keep an eye on development when you only have a few left, it's easier to put them all in one and just check them each day or two
- think about putting all your cherry or grape tomatoes in their own box so they don't get overlooked
- ENJOY!