I have a jungle, now I need something to get ripe

This year has been one of trials and more trials. Both with my garden and with the loss of many loved ones. I have a green thumb but I hope that sooner or later it will turn red. I went from nothing to a jungle of tomatoes and peppers. Have well over 100 tomatoes and close to 100 peppers but nothing is getting ripe yet. I am still holding out hope that something will get ripe enough to eat. I do have my first tomato starting to turn color so there is hope. I have huge flexum hybrid peppers that haven't even started to turn orange or even yellow yet. Some of the peppers were forming long before my first tomato was more than a flower.

Hopefully through all the diasters of early season and the massive amounts of greenery I will get something to eat for all my efforts. This seasons hopefully bountiful crop is dedicated to my grandmother and grandfather. May the wonderfully nurtured loved plants I got from my grandmother forever grow as strong and powerful as my grandfather.

 

Good luck with those, f4a. I hope that there will be time there in Washington for them to ripen...otherwise, you will need to take measures, if you can.

 

Congrats on your garden. One good thing about tomatoes and peppers, Peppers can be eaten at most any stage of ripening, and tomatoes will ripen on a sunny window sill if the weather doesn`t allow them to stay on the vine.

 

What kind of steps sjoerd? I do have my green house but sunny days are fleeting here.

I can try putting them inside, have to find the room for them if I do.

As for the peppers, can they still be eaten even if they haven't even turned green yet from that creamy white/yellow color?

 

Sure, they can be eaten regardless of the color. Many of my peppers are canned as baby peppers. In spring, there are usually way too many peppers on my plants when they start out. I pick a few off and either use them in cooking or stuff them. You might fing the taste a little less sweet and a bit more distinct than the mature ones. I would taste one raw and see how the flavor is. I would imagine they taste a bit like bell peppers.