The Mudcat Café TM
Thread #156283   Message #3684478
Posted By: GUEST,Steve Shaw
10-Dec-14 - 06:46 PM
Thread Name: BS: Non-ripening Cherry Tomatoes...
Subject: RE: BS: Non-ripening Cherry Tomatoes...
A good tip for ripening anything unripe (I even use it to good effect with rock-hard avocados when I'd forgotten to buy them several days before I needed them) is to put it/them in a warm place next to some ripe bananas. Or even in a plastic bag with the bananas, or in a drawer. The bananas give off ethylene gas, which sounds a bit nasty but which is actually a natural plant hormone that accelerates ripening. It works!