Red alert blow for slow-grow tomato

How can I make my tomatoes ripen quicker? – Derek Bailey, Bristol DAVID: If you are at the end of the season and you still have unripe tomatoes, strip most of the foliage from the plant, exposing the fruit to more sunlight. Or cut the whole truss off and pop it in your fruit bowl. The ethylene gas released from other riper fruits should help to move them along.