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9:31 am
August 28, 2008
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Heidi533
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I have lots of nice, pretty, GREEN tomatoes. They just aren't turning red. Is there anything I can do to make them ripen? I'm thinking that since our over night temps have really dropped lately, it's slowing them down.
Heidi
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Heidi-
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12:33 pm
August 28, 2008
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hawkswench
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http://www.humeseeds.com/tmtoripn.htm
I am not sure how it is going to work but this weekend I am repotting the tomato plants and bringing them into the house. I have already stripped off the lower leaves so I can repot them deeper.
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12:51 pm
August 28, 2008
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Naomi
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Hi Heidi,
I'm having a similar issue with my tomatoes, and while I've put a few into a brown bag, folded down the top, and am waiting, my sister-in-law gave me a great recipe for green tomatoes.
Take three cups of green tomatoes that have been peeled, and processed in a food processor, add a regular box of raspberry jell-o and two cups of sugar and boil the whole batch. After about 20-30 minutes, it should've thickened up, and you can either jar them with a processing time of about 10 minutes, or freeze it in batches. I've done both, and they work great.
No one will believe it's not raspberry jam if you don't tell them, and is a great use of green tomatoes….besides frying them, but that's the southern chick coming out in me! 
Naomi
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12:51 pm
August 28, 2008
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wkf
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Heidi-
You might try hot housing them, Put clear plastic over them at night. so they'll sweat. But you'll have to take it off when it warms up so they won't bake. Tomatos like warm heads and cool feet.
Hawkswench,
I'd like to know how they do inside.
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1:04 pm
August 28, 2008
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Put them in a paper bag with a banana. Bananas have an enzyme which make other fruits ripen.
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3:38 pm
August 28, 2008
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beeyourself
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Yummy Kelleh! I'm comin' to your house for those crunchy fried green tomatoes! They sound heavenly!
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4:49 pm
August 29, 2008
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Heidi533
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Thanks everyone for the suggestions. I might try the fried green tomatoes with some of the homestead tomatoes. I don't think the cherry tomatoes are big enough for that though.
I'm not giving up on vine ripened cherry tomatoes yet! I'm going to raid my husbands garage and see what I can make a hot house out of for them. If all else fails, I do have a couple large pots I can try transplanting them into.
Thanks again, I'm so glad Suzanne started this forum on her site.
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5:45 pm
August 29, 2008
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Years ago I was faced with a huge box of green tomatoes left on my doorstop by a desperate neighbor I would guess. I treated the green tomatoes like cucumbers and made green tomato pickle relish. Once they are canned, you can't tell the difference. It's sweet, it's green, and goes great on hamburgers next winter.
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3:38 pm
September 4, 2008
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IowaDeb
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WV_Hills said:
Years ago I was faced with a huge box of green tomatoes left on my doorstop by a desperate neighbor I would guess.
If you lived closer I would leave you boxes of ripe tomatoes..lol. It's been cold and rainey here the last couple days and I am done canning tomatoes…I just hate to admit that I might have planted too many plants this year so I'm going to go door to door in the neighbor and beg my neighbors to take them. Sure wish I had a pair of them Mudboots that Suzanne seen in her store…
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4:09 pm
September 4, 2008
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Sure wish I had a pair of them Mudboots that Suzanne seen in her store…
IowaDeb-
They are pricey but worth it!!!
http://www.muckandstuff.com/?gclid=CKnN8Y74wpUCFRZjnAodbyJvQg
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1:07 pm
November 7, 2009
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Last year My vines were still loaded with green tomatoes and our first frost was due. I was very ill at the time but my husband went out and picked them all and brought them inside to a porch that is protected and they ripened slowly. We actually ate tomatoes until February. Now they are not as wonderful as if they had ripened in the Texas sun, but they were still much better than anything bought at the store…..so you might want to save some.
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2:13 pm
November 7, 2009
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Heidi, do you have a basement or a garage? Some folks on Canning2 say that they pull their plants up roots and all and hang upside down indoors and the tomatoes ripen.
Do you can? I just last week made a batch of the Sandwich Spread that I posted in Just Recipes – it made 18 pints. There are several new fans of this (I took some to work and sent some with DS and his fiancee LOL). If anyone is not comfortable canning it WITH the salad dressing or mayo included, you can leave that out and can the 'mustard relish' on it's own. Can add a dab of mayo when eating.
That just occurred to me when I was canning it – will update the recipe.
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3:14 pm
November 7, 2009
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Pete
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In case anyone misses the recipes that WERE here, we found them hiding and moved them over to Just Recipes. They will be added to the index in the next update of the index.
(Who knew that finding some of those recipes that were lurking around the forum from before we had the index would be so exciting!!)
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12:06 pm
November 8, 2009
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I have some chore boots that I paid less than $20 for from Wal-Mart and they are decent enough. I also have some lace up lands end that were more expensive but I hate the lacing and unlacing.
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5:41 pm
November 8, 2009
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Heidi533 said:
I have lots of nice, pretty, GREEN tomatoes. They just aren't turning red. Is there anything I can do to make them ripen? I'm thinking that since our over night temps have really dropped lately, it's slowing them down.
Heidi
I was wondering if you could use them like tomatillos, for green enchilada sauce, or green salsa? Just a thought.
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6:17 pm
November 8, 2009
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How about Fried Green Tomatos???? YUM YUM!!!!!!
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