Green to red

HollerinRat · July 6, 2011

Or whatever color they are going to turn. How long does that take? I'm a first timer and I've had cherry tomatoes for about two weeks and they are all still green. I'm getting a little impatient. lol

cornbreadlouie · July 6, 2011

My sungold & sweet 100 have had tomatoes on them since June 6th and I still don't have any ripe ones.

Looks like mine are going to break color in the next few days (hopefully) but I'd say you still have a little while to go. This is always the hardest part about growing tomatoes for me.... Waiting.....

HollerinRat · July 7, 2011

Yep, mine's a sun sugar and sweet baby girl. I noticed after I posted that the first one is barely turning.

**carolyn137** · July 7, 2011

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Originally Posted by HollerinRat

Or whatever color they are going to turn. How long does that take? I'm a first timer and I've had cherry tomatoes for about two weeks and they are all still green. I'm getting a little impatient. lol

To give you a rough idea of how long from fruit set to ripe fruits the following link shows you a ripening sequence for one variety and while of course different varieties have different ripening times b'c they have different genes, at least it will give you some sense of what's going on:

http://www.tomatosite.com/index.php?...Truss_Timeline

z_willus_d · July 7, 2011

In that example, I counted 34 days between the appearance of the 1st green fruit and first color break on that fruit. If only that formula had worked on my fruits, which on some cherries have been here for nearly over 50-days (mid-May) and still have yet to blush. I'm blaming the heat and perhaps a slight lack of total direct sunlight (which of course helps some with the maximum heat spike).

HollerinRat · July 7, 2011

Thanks! Glad to know that it's normal to take a while.

July 6, 2011	#1
HollerinRat Tomatovillian™ Join Date: Jul 2011 Location: Utah Posts: 12	Green to red Or whatever color they are going to turn. How long does that take? I'm a first timer and I've had cherry tomatoes for about two weeks and they are all still green. I'm getting a little impatient. lol

July 6, 2011	#2
cornbreadlouie Tomatovillian™ Join Date: Jun 2011 Location: SF bay area... north bay Posts: 242	My sungold & sweet 100 have had tomatoes on them since June 6th and I still don't have any ripe ones. Looks like mine are going to break color in the next few days (hopefully) but I'd say you still have a little while to go. This is always the hardest part about growing tomatoes for me.... Waiting.....

July 7, 2011	#3
HollerinRat Tomatovillian™ Join Date: Jul 2011 Location: Utah Posts: 12	Yep, mine's a sun sugar and sweet baby girl. I noticed after I posted that the first one is barely turning.

July 7, 2011	#5
z_willus_d Tomatovillian™ Join Date: Jun 2011 Location: Eastern Suburb of Sacramento, CA Posts: 1,313	In that example, I counted 34 days between the appearance of the 1st green fruit and first color break on that fruit. If only that formula had worked on my fruits, which on some cherries have been here for nearly over 50-days (mid-May) and still have yet to blush. I'm blaming the heat and perhaps a slight lack of total direct sunlight (which of course helps some with the maximum heat spike).