White tomatoes

[hilary]

I was wondering if anyone else can explain why the outdoor green tomatoes I brought into the green house to ripen off have turned whiteish in colour, variety Moneymaker. They feel soft and thin skinned as if ripe but the colour is unappetising. I am wondering if it is to do with the weather fluctuations this year or if this is a particular condition I can guard against in the future. Other outdoor vines are fine if slow to turn red so I am using them up in chutney and stir fries.
Has anyone else had this problem.

Look forward to hearing an explanation.
Hilary

[Primrose]

Sorry Hilary, have been bringing green tomatoes.indoors to ripen for more years than I care to remember and have never come across this condition before. If your other varieties are Ok I wonder if it could possibly be due to old seed but old tomato seeds regularly still produce reliable plants but am at a loss here. Has the flavour gone at all peculiar? A rotten tomato has a particularly vile taste which is a definite signal not to eat it.

[hilary]

To be honest not really appealing enough to eat. Other plants from same seed OK. So I am wondering if this plant was in a draught or maybe I just treated it differently?
H

[oldherbaceous]

Dear Hilary, the only time i have known tomatoes to go white is, when they have been frosted......but this can't be the answer for you.

A mystery.