Thats real interesting info- perhaps Carolyn was right after all " when she said -tomatoes are deemed ripe when they show the first touch of red- sometime back this year.
personaly- I have always only saved seed from realy ripe tomatoes left on the vine to mature, but having read all the above info- I might have to change my views on that after all !!!,
So- starting this season, I am going to carry out a bit of a personal experiment with this, and save some seed from about half a dozen of my best tomatoes just at the breaking stage-( just showing the first red colour ) and half a dozen of the same tomatoes left on the vine to become fully ripe, then next spring sow equal amounts of counted out seeds in exactly the same compost and see what happens- if the results are positive in favour of the ( just breaking colour toms) then I am indeed learning a new trick- isnt it amazing how one never stops learning about tomatoes over many-many long years of struggling.
