Green Tomatoes

Tomatoes consume large amounts of water, direct sunlight and heat. So the best place to grow tomatoes is against the south facing garage wall. The sun rises in the east and hits the south facing wall from the morning until late afternoon. Training the tomatoe vines by twist tying them to a fence lattice allows you to grow vines that are 8 feet tall. Prune off the third leaf and the result are large tomatoes the size of your fist. By the middle of September before the first frost the tomatoes start to ripen on the vine. I currently have 10 kilograms of green tomatoes that I have picked beacuse the frost came but they are slowly ripening in the basement. To make the tomatoes ripen just place an apple with the tomatoes and the ethylene gas created by the ripening apple will help turn the tomatoes turn red.