![]() ![]() Removal of too many leaves for whatever reason can be a cause.Compacted or overly wet soil can prevent nutrient uptake and lead to unequal maturation.There could be a mineral deficiency (a lack of potassium, for example), so it may be wise to fertilize with a complete fertilizer-in other words, one that contains the whole range of major and minor minerals, like hydrolyzed fish or seaweed fertilizer-, just to be sure.Cool nights (temperatures below 55?F/13?C) can also lead to unequal maturation in some varieties.Excessively hot weather, especially temperatures over 90?F (32?C), can have all sorts of effects on tomato fruits, including unequal maturation.A long period of drought, especially when followed by a heavy rain, can lead to fruits that don’t turn fully green.A few days more “on the vine” might allow them to redden up inside. Immature fruit: yours might not have been quite as ripe as you thought.Stresses of various sorts can cause the fruit to mature unequally. However, maturation doesn’t always go smoothly. Tomatoes usually mature from the inside out, so are usually quite red inside even before the outside has taken on its final coloration. In other cases, though, green flesh inside the fruit indicates a problem. Green inside or not, such tomatoes will be perfectly edible and delicious. In fact, there are tomatoes that are green through and through even at full maturity, such as ‘Aunt Gertie’s German Green’ and ‘Green Zebra’. This especially true of heritage tomatoes, some of which, like ‘Everett’s Rusty Oxheart’ and ‘Thorburn’s Terra Cotta’, tend to have quite a bit of green inside, even when grown under perfect conditions. To start with, this is quite normal for certain tomato varieties. Is this normal? Are they still edible? This is my first time growing tomatoes and, in fact, growing vegetables of any kind!Īnswer: There are many possible reasons as to why certain tomatoes retain a bit of green tissue inside their fruit. ![]() What’s your favorite tomato that you’re growing this year? Post your comments here.Question: I just harvested my first tomatoes and discovered the inside was still greenish. Hey Gardenerds, so these are our favorites. We did get a few tasty tomatoes from it, but this is the second year it hasn’t done well in our coastal climate, so it’s being taken off the favorites list. We also had an Isis Candy, but it lead the way with blight infestation, so we lost it early. Others that are still green: Berkeley Tie-Dye, Henderson’s Pink Ponderosa, Ispolen, Great White and Marvel Stripe It completely died, but before it did, it gave us plenty of cherry tomatoes to make it seem worth it. Gold Nugget is a new one for the Gardenerd Test Garden this year. This Kellogg’s Breakfast is on its way to ripening (looks kind of like a ripe Azoychka right now) but it will be big and colorful – the kind of tomato you think of when you hear “heirloom.” Gold Nugget cherry tomato (top yellow) Last year it died before ever setting fruit, but this year we’re in business! Kelloggs Breakfast Missouri PinkĪlmost there, this Missouri Pink beefsteak is one I’ve looked forward to for a couple years. It’s a beautiful, big beefsteak tomato that’s great on sandwiches. Some of the tomatoes are still ripening, but here’s a preview: AzoychkaĪzoychka is a coastal tomato that turns bright yellow with green shoulders. The Striped Roman is a new tomato for me this year and is hands-down the most beautiful tomato I’ve seen in years. This year they came out a little pleated and flat, rather than the usual round salad-sized globes I usually get. Stupice (pronounced Stu-peech-ka) is one of my favorites I’ve grown since the beginning. This is grown from seed we saved last year from a volunteer. I picked them early, I guess, but they taste ripe. There will always be room in my garden for Green stripy tomatoes. They may look funny, but they taste great. These sweet orange salad-sized tomatoes are the best! Black Cherry Our first time growing these successfully. Here’s a little tomato parade for 2014: San Marzano paste tomato We grew 18 different varieties this year, all heirlooms, all gorgeous. We planted early this year (quite possibly a mistake since we now have blight…but then again, we get blight every year, so I give up). These orbs of delight are the quintessential summer fruit and we’re picking them daily. It’s harvest time for tomatoes, whether they be determinate or indeterminate. ![]()
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