Why do tomatoes turn red as they become ripe? Is it ok to pick green tomatoes?
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Tomatoes are green when they are unripe because of chlorophyll pigment. When they start ripening, lycopene gains dominance over chlorophyll and turns them red; to put it simply the reddish-orange pigment takes over green the pigment.
You can pick them when they are green and leave them to ripen, but they may taste worse.
You can pick them when they are green and leave them to ripen, but they may taste worse.
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