Penelope
> >I have a number of cherry tomatoes on my plant, and they are very good
> >sized. They are about 2" in diameter each. However, they aren't even
> >starting to turn red, their still all green. I don't think cherry
> >tomatoes get much bigger than mine, so how big must they get before
> >they will ripen?
> Patience is a virtue, especially for a gardener.
> Penelope
Don't worry, they will turn red when they are ready! :-)
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>> >I have a number of cherry tomatoes on my plant, and they are very good
>> >sized. They are about 2" in diameter each. However, they aren't even
>> >starting to turn red, their still all green. I don't think cherry
>> >tomatoes get much bigger than mine, so how big must they get before
>> >they will ripen?
>> Patience is a virtue, especially for a gardener.
><lol> That's exactly what I was going to say....
Penelope, who has lots of green tomatoes right now, too.
> >> >I have a number of cherry tomatoes on my plant, and they are very good
> >> >sized. They are about 2" in diameter each. However, they aren't even
> >> >starting to turn red, their still all green. I don't think cherry
> >> >tomatoes get much bigger than mine, so how big must they get before
> >> >they will ripen?
> >> Patience is a virtue, especially for a gardener.
> ><lol> That's exactly what I was going to say....
> Well, we probably all could use that reminder sometimes.
> >Don't worry, they will turn red when they are ready! :-)
> My sister, who is new to gardening, was asking my mother and me this
> past weekend what supplement she had to add to get her tomatoes to
> turn. My mother has had one ripe tomato and is about to have another,
> and it's driving my sister crazy. I tried to explain about
> microclimates, and that mother's tomato plants are tucked up next to a
> brick wall where what little warmth we've had this spring was
> reflected back to the plants, but I don't think that was the answer
> she was looking for.
> Penelope, who has lots of green tomatoes right now, too.
Sprout the MungBean to reply
"I don't like to commit myself about heaven and hell--you
see, I have friends in both places." --Mark Twain
>>>I have a number of cherry tomatoes on my plant, and they are very good
>>>sized. They are about 2" in diameter each. However, they aren't even
>>>starting to turn red, their still all green. I don't think cherry
>>>tomatoes get much bigger than mine, so how big must they get before
>>>they will ripen?
>>Patience is a virtue, especially for a gardener.
>>Penelope
> <lol> That's exactly what I was going to say....
> Don't worry, they will turn red when they are ready! :-)
Steve
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