Tomatoes

You spelled tomatoes right! I actually don't know much about tomatoes. Hopefully you didn't plant them too late. I guess you can just watch and see and hope all goes well!

If you have tomatoes on the plant now, it will take between 30 and 60 days for them to mature. If the weather gets cold but not freezing, they'll be okay but it will take them a lot longer to mature. Are they regular tomatoes or are they cherry tomatoes? If they're regular size, you can wait until you get a freeze warning, then pick them and bring them inside. Store them in a box lined with newspaper and if they're mature enough, they will ripen slowly. You'll have to check through them every few days to sort out the ripe from the green ones.

I believe tomatoes need about 6 hours of sun a day.. I planted some cherry tomatoes a few weeks ago and they have little tiny green fruit on it, I have them in a big pot sitting on a table to get the best amount of sun plus I have the put sitting in a saucer always filled with water to stop the snails from getting to my plant.

It depends on the species of Tomato. Some take less time to mature than others. Typically for me in USDA zone 5 we plant in the beginning of June and get tomatoes as early as late july, but the majority ripen mid to late August. I would look to see if there is any information on how to grow them in your USDA zone. If they get to a point where you know they are the size they are supposed to be but green you can ripen them in a paper bag. However, if they are very immature fruits it could take weeks or they may not change color at all.

The tomatoes could have been planted too late. In my country we plant the seeds in containers in Winter (inside) and place the seedlings in the soill when danger of frost is past. That way we have our first tomatoes in the beginning of Summer (or in the last month of Spring). Anyway, you can use green tomatoes for many things so don´t take out the plant. If the weather is too cold, protect them with a plastic cover.

We don't have winter in our country since I am from a tropical country, we only have 2 season here. I am replying based on experience here. When my mother cooks and uses tomatoes she will normally just use the flesh and throw the seeds. They would normally just grow and bear fruits and as far as I could remember, it wont take long for them to bear fruits. Probabaly 2-3 Months and it has several green fruits which we then picked to ripen. In your case though since you have winter there, Im just not sure but I think it safe to assume that It should not have much difference with the tomatoes we have here.