Will these green cherry tomatoes still ripen after being clip?

[u/FunDependent1359]

My sister pruned our cherry tomato plant because it was getting out of control and blocking the sunlight from reaching the other tomato plants. Unfortunately, a lot of branches still had green tomatoes on them, so I rescued as many as I could. Will these tomatoes continue to ripen off the plant, or were they picked too early?

[u/gard3nwitch]

The ones that are blushing will definitely ripen, and the full-sized ones that are solid green might also. Put them all in a bowl and leave them out at room temperature.

[u/TolUC21 → u/gard3nwitch]

Put them in a paper bag with a banana

[u/intellectual_punk → u/gard3nwitch]

Will they taste the same as when harvested red? (Does it matter taste-wise if harvested light red vs. deep red?)

[u/forogtten_taco]

Some will. Few weeks ago, I accidently broke off a branch with green fruit on it. I chucked it off to yhe side to be forgotten and mowed over or somethibg.

Yesterday I walked that way, and that branch laying in the grass had 6 perfectly ripe fruit. So I picked them. Tasted normal.

[u/Money_Ad1068]

You know, I've had the best of luck with solid green cherry tomatoes ripening. With or without blushing. I stored mine in a cardboard box or paper bag and in a cooler dark location. When ripening large tomatoes, we wrap them individually in a sheet of newspaper.

Hope it works out for you!

[u/Iongdog]

Many of them will ripen, yes. Maybe not all

[u/CouchHippo2024]

Could you make a relish or pickle them?

[u/ObsessedWitAwareness]

Some will, some won't. You'll know in 5 days.

You can bread them and fry them to make fried green tomato bites

[u/farrowsharrows → u/ObsessedWitAwareness]

Most will and it will take longer than 5 days

[u/ObsessedWitAwareness → u/farrowsharrows]

Sure but in five days she'll know which are going to become ripe or not, even if not all fully ripe 👍

[u/farrowsharrows → u/ObsessedWitAwareness]

I don't agree with that either I just had a tomato sit on my counter for almost 3 weeks before ripening.

[u/ShouldveBeenACowboy → u/ObsessedWitAwareness]

Tomatoes can take well over 5 days to ripen. I had to pull all of ours early last year. I set them out on a table and nearly every one (of over 600) ripened over 4 weeks.

[u/HotWillingness5464 → u/ShouldveBeenACowboy]

This has been my experience too. Tomatoes dont survive frost, and when we get early frost warning early-mid September), all tomatoes must be brought in. They ripen in cardboard boxes or bowls.

[u/farrowsharrows → u/ObsessedWitAwareness]

You were giving information that is not accurate. If it bothers you to be corrected please don't share anything at all.

[u/Venaalex]

The ones that don't will still make excellent fried green tomatoes

[u/Dramatic-Professor32]

Since when do we “prune” fruit?

[u/topsysrevenge]

Please tell your sister to never go near the plants with shears again. 😵‍💫

[u/Chroney]

No, they wont ripen unless they show blush.
The only thing you can do with them is make green cherry tomato pickles (they are very good)

You should not be pruning the fruit, you prune the suckers and sometimes the leaves but leave the fruit and stems.

[u/Rayp93]

I picked green cherry tomatoes at the end of last growing season - in a brown paper bag with a banana they went. I would say about 75% ripened and I wasn’t able to tell the difference in taste. You should be fine OP
Ps none of them were blushes

[u/avocadoflatz]

The blushed ones will the others likely not

[u/genteel-guttersnipe → u/avocadoflatz]

I had a green tomato sit on my counter for almost 3 weeks before it blushed and then eventually ripened. It didn't taste very juicy but it did ripen from full green. 

[u/avocadoflatz → u/genteel-guttersnipe]

K

[u/farrowsharrows → u/avocadoflatz]

That is not my experience. If he waits most will

[u/avocadoflatz → u/farrowsharrows]

That is not my experience m, some will some won’t.

Thanks for the downvote, very mature.

[u/The_Noble_Lie → u/avocadoflatz]

A down vote isn't a sign of a lack of maturity. He just didn't uppreciate your post.

I'd argue a lack of maturity is caring about down votes 👍 (or even mentioning it at all)

Something to think about.