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When to Pick Tomatoes: Harvest Date Calculator & Ripeness Signs

Enter when you transplanted and what you are growing, and get your expected first-harvest window plus the four signs that a tomato is truly ready to pick.

When to Pick Tomatoes

Find out when your tomatoes will be ready, and how to tell if the one in your hand is ripe enough to pick right now.

A frost is coming? Pick every full-size tomato, even green ones, and ripen them indoors at room temperature (never the fridge, never a hot sunny sill). A ripe banana or apple nearby speeds it up. Green tomatoes below full size will not ripen well, so use those for fried green tomatoes or pickles.
When to pick tomatoes comes down to counting and checking: count your variety’s days to maturity from transplant day to find the window, then check the fruit itself for full color, slight give, ripe smell, and an easy release from the vine. Once a tomato shows its first blush of color it can finish ripening on your counter with no loss of flavor, which is exactly how you outsmart squirrels and split skins.
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