Cherry Tomato

[vette-kid]

How long does it typically take for cherry tomatoes to ripen? Ive got a plant that seems good and healthy and has 8-12 tomatoes on it, a few of which have been there at close to 4 weeks or so and are still nice and green. I would have thought they would start to turn by now, my regular tomatoes seem to go much faster (although I have yet to be able to harvest one of those, either blossom end rot or stink bugs seem to get all of them before they are ripe enough!). The cherry tomoatoes do not show any signs of rot or stink bug attacks. nice smooth, round, green tomatoes.

 

[vette-kid]

I should clarify, that's nearly a month at what appears to be full size...ish. Not a month from tiny little green bud.

 

[Plantdoctor]

How long is a piece of string?

They take as long to ripen as it takes, but they will,then they will all ripen at once.

Gardening is sometimes just a waiting game.

 

[headfullofbees]

Heat ripens tomatoes.

 

[vette-kid]

Heat ripens tomatoes.

We get plenty of that. We go into steam rooms to cool of and dry out here.

In an odd coincidence of timing, one started turning today.

 

[Palladini]

Side dress these with some sheep Manure, dig trench beside the plant a few inches deep the put some Manure in it then cover with dirt. You plant will more than love it.

 

[Tjohn]

Last year mine hung on during the hottest part of summer, then ripened over night when the weather broke.

 

[Palladini]

Also, all Tomato Plants love it if you go and get a dollar store sprayer, fill just about to the top, then use a small funnel to 3 heaping TBSP of Epsom Salts into the Sprayer with the water, put the top on, shake it well, then spray the Tomato plants leaves, every two week. This action prevent bottom rot and make the plants very happy