need help with my tomatos

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    pramman New Member

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    plenty of good sized tomatos on six plants but not turning red, any ideas please (its my first time).
     
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    Greenhouse or outside?
     
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    If they are big enough you can take them inside and ripen them in a paper bag on a sunny windowsill. OUrs aren't red yet and they are going a bit mushy inside. Anyone know why things go mushy ?

    Don't normally touch salad but can't grow chocolate biscuits sadly.
     
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    plenty of time yet.</p>

    Have you</p>

    nipped tops out after 5 or 6 trusses?</p>

    started to remove bottom leafs up one leaf a week, or so?</p>

    Ordered sunshine to ripen em?</p>

    just leave them , they will go red, if youwant red ones now takesome off and put em on thi window sill in the sun.. 2 -3 days they will be red.. (Y)</p>
     
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    my outdoor ones use to be mushy.. not enough sun /too much water I think.</p>

    did some in g/house this year and they started getting blight.. managed to salvage most of the crop though... (y)</p>

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    chuck em at Davey ;-) nt
     
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    put bannana skins in top of the pot 2-3 skins per pot the chemicals given off make the tomatoes rippen hope this helps
     
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    in plastic covered greenhouse frame from bmi
     

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