Yellow boy tomatoes?

How long does it take for yellow Boy tomatoes to ripen ? Mine seem to have reached their full size but they are still very green. They have been like this for a week . No sign of yellow. They get an average of 10 hours sun a day and the average temp 24 c day 16 c night .Plants seem healthy producing lots of new flowers.

Yellow boy tomatoes?
Yummy Yellers!! Lucky YOU!!



You're doing fine!! Don't fret!! As long as they aren't splotching and developing rot spots they sound perfectly normal.



Science lesson time..... sorry....:

Unfortunately, they do take a bit longer than the red varieties because part of the ripening agent for the fruit itself is the red spectrum rays contained in the sun light. The yellow spectrum in sunlight is weaker and therefore the fruit ripens more slowly as there is less to absorb in the first place. O.K....no more Science lesson.... and don't worry....I'm not going to do the "geographic location differential"; it won't matter...they will still be slower than the red!



My Yellow Boys hung in there about 10 days longer than my red and then they all ripened at once!



The only yellow that I've grown that ripened at the same time as my red has been Lemon Boy. That's because the plant itself has an earlier maturation rate so it produces the blossoms and fruit earlier than even "early" varieties of the reds and pinks. It still takes longer than the red, technically, but since the fruit is set earlier, it gives the impression of maturing at the same pace.



Breath in, breath out, enjoy the reds for now and watch the yellows brighten up your garden as they turn into wonderful little balls of sunshine!!



Good luck and Happy Gardening!!
Reply:I am a seasoned heirloom tomato grower.



Most yellow, heirloom varietals mature between 75 and 80 days. Just try to be patient and wait for your yellow boys to ripen.
Reply:i call them tiger tomatoes, and i eat them on toast ,you should too.
Reply:In my experience, yellows are slow to ripen. Wait, they'll be fine.
Reply:Don't you know that tomatoes only get ripe off the plant!



you should put them in a box somewhere warm!
Reply:You could finnish them off under the grill - if you can't wait.

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