Heat causing tomatoes to stay green?

[Mauldintiger]

Hot as hades here with highs 95* and up, for the last three weeks, also pretty dry. Researched how heat affects tomatoes and found that warm night time temps of 75-80* delays tomato ripening? I pick mine usually when they start showing color, but some of what I read suggested to pick when they were a lighter pale green all over, without the dark green shoulders, so I picked a few this morning to give it a try. I've always picked all the green ones when expecting a frost and they will ripen inside.
Never tried it in the summer.
Might be a good way to get the 20+ lbs. all ripe at the same time that you need for canning.
What do you guys think?

 

[canesisters]

Worth a try.

Nice 'still life' picture! I like it.

 

[baymule]

I am in some bodacious heat myself and my garden is baking like a hot oven. Mine will ripen on the vines, but I pick when they show color, about half ripe. I have problems with rotting from sun scorch, so I pick early.

 

[Mauldintiger]

Thanks Debbie, it might be a good pic if my fat finger wasn't covering the corner, didn't notice until I posted.
Also, avatar pic shows I had waaay more ripe tomatoes last year than when I got back from vacation this year, last summer here was much more temperate.
This pic is from this year, same week as last, much fewer tomatoes and I have about 10 more plants.
Just when you think you have things figured out, Mother Nature starts throwing curve balls!

 

[Mauldintiger]

I use the pics from my iPhone in "notes", as part of my Garden Journal, just figured out I could do that!

 

[so lucky]

@Mauldintiger, it seems gardening has more of a learning curve than ever. What worked great last year, doesn't work this year. The only crop I can consistently grow is weeds.

 

[thistlebloom]

Those darn tomatoes are sure picky! They don't like it too cool, they don't like it too warm....sounds like a Goldilocks story.

I will surely never have to worry about them not ripening because of warm nights. I just wish the days would get up to 80.

 

[majorcatfish]

and they sure dont like way too much water as well.... wish i could live in a Goldilocks zone still looking

 

[seedcorn]

Stay out of NE INdiana. Too many people as is!

 

[thistlebloom]

Same here. Too dang many people moving into our gardening paradise.
Haha.

About the gardening paradise part I mean.