Stalled green tomatoes: Why won’t they turn red? – Muddy River News

Stalled green tomatoes: Why won’t they turn red? – Muddy River News

MACOMB, Ill. — The summer is nearly over, and I still haven’t picked any of the large tomatoes that I painstakingly started indoors and nurtured in the early spring. Meanwhile, the “wild” cherry tomatoes that reseed themselves every year in my yard seem to be doing great and have garnished many of my dishes in the absence of the larger slicing varieties that I would prefer. Turns out there are many reasons that can delay tomato ripening. Some ar…