Tomatoes usually ripen from mid -July to September. But if you can no longer wait and want to speed up waiting, do this. See tricks to speed up the ripening of tomatoes.
Tomatoes are one of the most popular crops that are grown in the world. Their growing in the garden will guarantee you the quality that you would not see from the tomatoes from the supermarket. But the tomatoes will not fully ripen around the end of August and September. And it is absolutely understandable that not everyone has such patience. Some people simply want to enjoy the fruits they have taken care of for so long. Take a look at these tricks that make the tomatoes ripen in the garden faster.
Garden expert Jana Bucharová, how to act if yellow leaves appear with tomatoes, you will find in this video:
How to speed up maturation of tomatoes
The first way to speed up the ripening of tomatoes is remove the tip of the main stem above the highest flower. What do you do? The plant will no longer focus on growth in height, and instead devotes more energy to fruits. At the same time It is good to remove any damaged fruits.
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The less fruits, the faster the tomatoes will grow. Of course, it is nonsense to remove the green fruits of tomatoes, which will become fruits for consumption in a few weeks. However, if you see that certain tomatoes are damaged, mold is formed, and so on, simply remove these fruits. This will concentrate the plant on the ripening of healthy fruits that you will then eat.
The second trick to help you have tomatoes faster on the plate is cause stress. It sounds terrible, but when you create stress in the plant, the fruits will ripen faster. The principle is cruel, but very simple.
When the plant feels that it is at stake its survival, it will almost use all the energy to ripen fruits, To subsequently produce the seeds and thus create another generation of plants. How to get a plant into stress? You can slowly reduce the amount of water you water or you can. This interrupts the growth cycle. The plant gets into stress due to survival, and the fruits ripen a little earlier.
Ripening tomatoes at home
Maybe you were not lucky during the harvest and your crop is green and immense. What can you do about such tomatoes at home? Don’t worry, you don’t have to throw them away. Just put them in paper bags together with apples.
The apples delete ethylene, which is a gas that promotes fruits. , which means that if you put apples and immature tomatoes together, the tomatoes will ripen within a few days. Even at home, your crop can be saved, but it really only if you could not prevent immature harvests in the garden. Whatever the reason for the unsuccessful harvest, it is good to know that you do not have to throw the tomatoes.
