How Can You Tell If Green Tomatoes Are Ripe?

By Kira Hamman

This is a bona fide question asked of me by a fellow gardener who is growing Green Zebras for the first time this year.

And it’s understandable; when you grow red tomatoes, you know they’re ripe because, well, they turn red.

Even the pink, orange, and yellow varieties cooperatively change color to let you know it’s harvest time. But what about the ones that stay green?

Luckily, even green tomatoes change color when they’re ripe, going from that familiar unripe-tomato color (which is Read the rest of this entry »