blue berries - how to tell when they are ripe?

gardeninglee · June 17, 2016

I feel like these blue berries cherry tomatoes have been on the plant forever! I've picked probably a dozen or so sunsugar already. I've picked two of the blue berries thinking they were ripe but they were super bitter and green inside. I'm about ready to pull them out but want to taste one ripe one to be sure it's not worth keeping. How can I tell when they are ripe?

peebee · June 17, 2016

Usually these blue tomatoes are not eaten when blue, they are unripe and you generally have to wait till they sort of turn a bit orange and the blue turns more of a purply color. They kinda look like plums. At least that was how it was for me when I grew 2 varieties of blue tomatoes. Yeah, I can still remember the taste of my first unripe one.

gardeninglee · June 17, 2016

Do you happen to remember what a ripe one tastes like?

Starlight · June 17, 2016

I agree with Peebee. Depending on variety, the different blue ones I have tried have been sweet and juicy if you leave them on long enough to ripen good. I have several ones with blue in them growing now and like you I waiting and waiting and waiting. Been waiting along time and probably still have 3 to 4 weeks before they will be ripe enough to pick and eat.

NarnianGarden · June 17, 2016

It seems 'waiting' is the general term describing tomato growing ..

I have green tomatoes on a couple of plants, and I have been waiting for what seems like an eternity...
So it's not only blue toms - all varieties seem to be plagued with this ..

drew51 · June 17, 2016

Yeah blue tomatoes take a long time. I found these OK, not great. They ripen fairly fast in my experience compared to other blues. Yes they are yellow looking when ripe.

peebee · June 18, 2016

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Originally Posted by gardeninglee

Do you happen to remember what a ripe one tastes like?

Yes...and I am not growing any more blues until someone creates one that is actually tasty. I think that may happen soon, too.

gardeninglee · June 18, 2016

I just couldn't wait any longer. The plant was taken out yesterday and replaced with a sunsugar rooting.

June 17, 2016	#1
gardeninglee Tomatovillian™ Join Date: May 2016 Location: West Los Angeles Posts: 203	blue berries - how to tell when they are ripe? I feel like these blue berries cherry tomatoes have been on the plant forever! I've picked probably a dozen or so sunsugar already. I've picked two of the blue berries thinking they were ripe but they were super bitter and green inside. I'm about ready to pull them out but want to taste one ripe one to be sure it's not worth keeping. How can I tell when they are ripe?

June 17, 2016	#2
peebee Tomatovillian™ Join Date: Aug 2006 Location: Southern CA Posts: 1,714	Usually these blue tomatoes are not eaten when blue, they are unripe and you generally have to wait till they sort of turn a bit orange and the blue turns more of a purply color. They kinda look like plums. At least that was how it was for me when I grew 2 varieties of blue tomatoes. Yeah, I can still remember the taste of my first unripe one.

June 17, 2016	#4
Starlight Tomatovillian™ Join Date: Jan 2015 Location: AL Posts: 1,993	I agree with Peebee. Depending on variety, the different blue ones I have tried have been sweet and juicy if you leave them on long enough to ripen good. I have several ones with blue in them growing now and like you I waiting and waiting and waiting. Been waiting along time and probably still have 3 to 4 weeks before they will be ripe enough to pick and eat.

June 17, 2016	#5
NarnianGarden Tomatovillian™ Join Date: Jun 2013 Location: Finland, EU Posts: 2,550	It seems 'waiting' is the general term describing tomato growing .. I have green tomatoes on a couple of plants, and I have been waiting for what seems like an eternity... So it's not only blue toms - all varieties seem to be plagued with this ..

June 17, 2016	#6
drew51 Tomatovillian™ Join Date: Dec 2013 Location: Sterling Heights, MI Zone 6a/5b Posts: 1,302	Yeah blue tomatoes take a long time. I found these OK, not great. They ripen fairly fast in my experience compared to other blues. Yes they are yellow looking when ripe.

June 18, 2016	#8
gardeninglee Tomatovillian™ Join Date: May 2016 Location: West Los Angeles Posts: 203	I just couldn't wait any longer. The plant was taken out yesterday and replaced with a sunsugar rooting.