I have never liked tomatoes. But I always found it interesting how you can take the left over green ones off the vines at the end of the season before the first frost, wrap them in newspaper, stick them in a dark room, and they ripen beautifully. Never figured out how they do that.
All vegetation gives off gas, think its methane, once picked. It's the natural decomposition process. If up wrap it up, you trap the gas and it causes it to ripen faster.
That kinda makes sense. GAM says my gas is ripe and smells like decomposition so I understand their dilemma.

