Mad Cook
Master Chef
What we usually do to ripen tomatoes at the end of the season is to put them in a brown paper bag in the kitchen drawer and they will ripen. Don't forget them or you could end up with a squishy mess in the drawer by Christmas!Tomatoes like space and will produce more per plant when they have enough room. Also as far as frost goes, when it gets to the point that it is chilly at night use your shovel to cut the root system but leave plant standing, the tomatoes on the vine will get red.