> Reason being is that they are picked when they are green and they "ripen" by the time they get to the store shelf. I think the reason is that those tomatoes

> Reason being is that they are picked when they are green and they "ripen" by the time they get to the store shelf. I think the reason is that those tomatoes never saw anything resembling soil or sunlight; they are grown in some fertilized solution inside a greenhouse and propelled to a rapid growth.