I grew Lime Green salad tomato this year and totally loved it and will add more for next year. Fabulous flavor, but different from any red tomato I've ever had.

That is my only experience with green varieties, I'm sorry to say.

Can you be more specific. I love acid tomatoes, but don't find any of those. But, I need to try some green ones next year. How could you tell it was ripe?

Thanks for responding Rhizo.

Green Zebra. Not sure it will fool any animals tho. I didn't know it was ripe until it fell on the ground. Very tasty.

How funny. Well, thanks for the feedback. I've been reading up on them. I appreciate your feedback.

Xtal

I'm a green zebra fan too. Nice and zingy.

Lime Green Salad is the actual name of the variety.

I've grown green zebra a few times, I must admit I like the the look of them more than the taste. This year, I grew Green Cherokee and Aunt Ruby's German Green for the first time, and I have to say Green Cherokee is the keeper of the two, very sweet and flavourful.

From my experience, green tomatoes have a bit of a yellow tinge at the bottom when they are ripe, and you can also give them a slight squeeze...they should soften up a little. It's a bit of trial and error at first, if they get too ripe, those green-when-ripe tomatoes can turn to absolute mush.

Do you think the birds might be fooled? They devastated my tomatoes this year. I find the idea of green tomatoes very puzzling/interesting. I'll be taking notes on these. Thanks.

First are you sure it is birds?

Have you tried leaving some water out for which ever thirsty animals are passing thru?

Certainly Green tomatoes are worth a try but I am not sure it will fool any thirsty animal looking for water.

Yes, I watched them. I had 15 tomato plans and those birds were sporadically hitting the tomatoes. There was water. I think the call of the color "red" on plants is too hard for birds to overcome as they know that color as food. But, I do appreciate your concern over God's little creatures, too. I couldn't get too upset, there were enough for them and me, too. I just hated to loose the biggest tomatoes. I just planted 2 for our 2nd tomato season here in Texas. But, left a couple of indetereminates for them. I hope they take that bate. I love my Rutgers tomatoes.

Ok so you have a plan then. Please do let us know if it does turn out to be the color.

btw - I think we are all guilty of blaming the wrong animal (myself included) which makes it so frustrating to get to the root cause of the problem.

Good Luck

These are behind a chain link fence. The birds got the tomatoes. I've watched it time and time again. One day, I'll get some row cover for them. Then, I'll try a green tomato. Next year's Spring crop sounds good. I wonder if I can trade some seeds for any of your green tomato seeds. I always give more than get.

I don't save seeds and haven't grown the zebras in a couple yrs tho I would in a minute. I went thru a period where the deer were eating them green before they even ripened.

Last year was OK but this year mama and her babies are back. The cost to fence in the area was more than I wanted to spend. Not to mention the labor involved as this NE soil has many boulders under it.

So now I have alarms and wildlife game camera to help me know who is where and when.

fwiw I have used Sand Hill Preservation Center

for heirloom seeds. Read the Home Page, I like their honesty too.

Here is a link direct to their "Green" Variety TOMATO - GREEN

For when you are done .. Mungo Jerry - In The Summertime ORIGINAL 1970

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I'll go there. Thanks for the tip. That wildlife camera sounds very interesting.

Good idea. I should have done that sooner. Thx.