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There's been a fair amount of talk about not putting out toms until the weather is much warmer but it seems they can tolerate quite low temps. I have 6 very healthy plants in the unheated greenhouse which were gradually acclimatized and have been there nearly two weeks now. On top of that, I was inspecting the plot this morning and found half a dozen tomato seedlings which had germinated at outside soil temps. and survived last week's frosts. I'm sure they prefer warmth but I sense they are stronger than we give them credit for.
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They are - but it depends on how they have been grown.
Growing in a heated prop will produce much softer toms than those that germinate in unheated conditions.
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I agree. You need to treat them mean to get good, robust plants. Too many are mollycoddled. I get them out of the propagator as soon as they're germinated and out into cooler conditions. I almost think that light is more important than lots of heat.Comment
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I tend to take my stuff out of any prop (heated or not) as soon as I see the "u bend" as I like to call it. Haven't had any issues with this - not sure if its the correct thing to do, but it's worked for me so far! (Much to my mrs' delight, as the whole breakfast bar is covered in tomato plants
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Have a look at my blog, I'm interested in the actual temps that tomatoes can survive down to and with what protection.
Please add to it if you have any useful information."Orinoco was a fat lazy Womble"
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Mine have been in the unheated greenhouse (with a breeze blowing through it...) for about a month now. No casualties but I don't think they've put on much growthComment
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Tomato seed is very resilient of composting...often end up with volunteers everywhere...bit of a pain really.
Cold may not kill them outright but it really knocks them back. They just slow down to nothing...while I am a fan of the 'grow em hard' theory with many things it simply isn't true of tomatoes and aubergines.
I have often found that those planted later can overtake early ones that have been too cold.
Unheated greenhouse fine as long as temperature does not fall below 7°c.Comment
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I have been putting mine outside during the day and bringing them in at night onto the kitchen window ledge (unheated) but they are getting a bit too big now to have indoors so I am going to take the plunge one day this week and put them out on the lottie.
I will be keeping a watch on the weather forecast and pick a good day and then hope for the best that we don't get a late frost. Hopefully, if we do get a surprise frost it will be well after they are in the ground and they will be strong enough to resist it. They will have shelter from a wall though, which should help a bit.
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Just how tender are tomatoes?
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