Tons of nice toms

[butterfly]

But I wish they would ripen

WE've had no sun in 10 days or more, just rain , rian and more comin all this week

Will they ripen without sun or just rot?

If they aren't goin to ripen I might as well make chow with them

[B_BQ]

Patience BF!
You have a couple of more weeks before you should start worrying about whether your toms are going to ripen! Leave them; let them be. They look really healthy.
Although I've had a few red toms which I've been able to harvest, most are still quite green. I'm just going to continue to nurture them and take a wait-and-see stance.
It's been a horrible wet, cool, gloomy summer, and I am absolutely fed up with the mosquitoes!
~BBQ

[butterfly]

Should I take a few leaves off to let what light we have in??

OK BBQ I will hold the reins, lol,lol

I am so anxious to eat one or 2 or 4 , lol,lol

[patgeorge]

It's a common fallacy that toms need sunlight to ripen. If mine don't ripen before the chill sets in I pick them and put them in the dark in a drawer in my bedroom. A ripe banana goes in with them to provide ethylene. Provided they are mature they ripen very quickly with no problems. Put a bit of foil underneath and check daily just in case there are any diseased ones.

[Lindamct]

Carolyn, what variety do you have? They look awesome! This year I did only Determinant Celebrity.

[butterfly]

I went back to my old favorites, Beef steak

Last year I grew Early girls hoping to eat them much earlier in the season

I also planted some beef Steaks

The early girls disappointed me

Although I had a great crop they ripen only a few days before beef steaks

[butterfly]

I just checked my toms

They are growing biger and biger but not sign of ripening yet

[Lindamct]

Gr8 to hear Carolyn! The last couple of days we have been getting a few hours of sun here and there. Hopefully it's coming your way next!

[butterfly]

lol,lol and laff is all I can do

we had 2-3 hours of sun yesterday but it had better places to go

dark gloomy and raining again today and the forecast was supposed to be sunny and hot for all weekend

ya right!! not here by the looks of it

Day 20 in a row with rain