Oh lordy - another tomato query

I've got 'Tumbling Tom' tomato plants outdoors from which I'm picking regularly. In the greenhouse I've got Alicante and Gardener's Delight, all of which are laden with fruit but which, although they continue to increase in size, remain steadfastly green - there's absolutely no sign of them even beginning to ripen.

Weather conditions? Too hot? Me? Something else?

 

Do banana skins work? I've got worries about mine as I don't want to lose them to blight (which I'm half expecting) and I've got stacks of green tom chutney left from the year before last.

 

My Gardener's Delight are inside next to a very large window. One or two trusses ripened but the rest are green. I found they were green for ages and I was wondering if they needed more sun, then suddenly they went orange, ripening to red My first tomatoes from plants I grew myself from seed!

 

Not me then. Well that's something. What I really need is a garden centre that, along with plants, compost, etc., sells patience - preferably in very large bags!

 

I'm growing 'Gardener's Delight' outdoors, along with a couple of other varieties, and the fruit remains stubbornly green despite the plants being in the sunniest bit of the garden. I don't get it, JWK - why should the hottest, sunniest summer for ages slow down the ripening process?

 

I have all those varieties you are growing Fidgetsmum :wink: plus Sweet Million and Tigerella. The ones which ripened first were also the Tumbling Tom outdoors ! Been eating those for 2 weeks now. All the rest are in the greenhouse. The temperature in there is whatever it is with the door open all day and ajar overnight if its still warm. I have had to shade one side a bit with newspaper though. See below for those

Gardeners delight - had first ripe ones 2 days ago
Sweet million - 3-4 days ago
Alicante - just turning now
Tigerella - 1 ripe one a few days ago, few more turning now

Just remembered I also have an Alicante outdoors with huge fruit on but still green


Diana