I’ve been sick but finally felt well enough to go grab what was left in my small garden this afternoon in the cold rain. It’s been raining and in the 30s-40s the last few days. How do I store these in hopes they will turn eventually??
by MrsGita
In Tomatoes
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I wrap them in newspaper and put them in a brown bag on the counter. It takes a week or 2 but I usually get about 80% of them to ripen this way.
I put mine in boxes close the top to capture the ethylene that helps ripening. Check every week.
Brown bags
I make green tomato relish with ours…delicious.
Turn all the solid green ones into salsa Verde, green tomato relish, dilled green tomatoes, etc. Leave all those with a “blush” of red out and let them ripen.
We put ours in grocery size brown bags, added an apple, folded the top and clipped in place. The apple should help release even more ethylene to help ripen them.
Just leave them in a single layer like you have them. They will turn on their own. Every few days go through and use the ones that are ready. If any go bad, pitch them so they don’t spoil the rest.
The green Romas are great cut in half and baked with Parmesan… the bigger ones would be great for fried green tomatoes.
Boxes with news paper is where all mine currently reside.
Brown paper bag. My tomatoes and tomatillos have been ripening, no problem.
I put mine on a table in the basement on plastic they generally ripen over time, last year had tomatoes almost until Xmas
Id batter and fry all of those round ones…
Please update us. Most of mine just rot. 😕