It’s supposed to go down to 42 tonight with a SW wind at 1mph but warm up to 74 tomorrow and be sunny. None of the tomatoes are flowering yet, so hopefully any blossom end rot is minimal. They’ve got a good batch of homemade compost this year! I’ll have to go along with the reggae beat and not worry. It’s not a frost or freeze.
They should be fine then, especially if its just one night. I have had 3 nights (not in succession) in the past week that ranged from 46 to 48. It affects then more after flowering or if you have a stretch of several days in a row.
I'm in western Maryland, but our spring has similar. 40's and 50's and rain for the past several days. Our weather is finally supposed to be warming up starting this weekend.
As long as there wasn't a frost possibility, I probably wouldn't cover. It probably wouldn't hurt, but I don't think it would do much to hold additional heat in. Covering is more for frost protection, unless you do something like a hoop bed with plastic that would help hold in heat.
Well, I probably put my tomato plants out too early. Guess I'll do better next time! And now I know what to look for because I'm going to have all these problems.
It will be ok 🙂 It also depends on how long your cold weather lasted. A couple of days followed by warm weather, probably won't do too much, but if you have a week or more, you may see some of these issue pop up. But they will recover as warm weather rolls in, just might take a little longer than times when we have a warm spring.
Im hearing that temp under 50 might efect fruit set , so you might want to pic a type of tomato best suited for the climate , please let me know how you do next time . I have 18 Cherokee purple that I have in the ground in Fl , we just had temps to freezing so I made a tent from a boat cover and bimni top frame . I got about 900 watts of light bulbs to keep them warm and above 50 . they are looking ok ,
I live in Missouri I put my tomato plants in approximately a week ago and we're supposed to have temperature in the forties tonight would be a good suggestion to take some buckets and cover them up
If potential for frost (low 40's high 30's) definitely cover. If higher 40's they should be ok, but it may slow growth or cause BER if its for an extended period. Another option if you can, is to put water in milk jugs out in the sun during the day to warm up. Then in the evening set the warm water jugs next to the plants and cover both with row cover. The jugs will emit heat slowly as the temps cool and help warm the air under the row cover.
That is what I do. I use 5 gallon buckets and to be safe I still put a tarp over all the buckets. I live in Ohio and it is 10 May and there is still going to be a few upper 40s at night. Normally after Mother's Day is good to start a garden in this area
You could, but could still run into some of the issues I mentioned. If you have the room, might be better to keep them inside a little longer until the nights get warmer.
My tomato was so nice and it was shocked with the frost. Now it turned dark and not nice green as before. A bit sad that it is now slower than normal growth rate.
thanks for the advice, weve had a wet cold start to the year here in UK. but on the hebrew calendar we are in a leap year so there is an extra month which makes the year one month late.
What to do if the tomato stem becomes mushy and hollow because of a freeze? Should we prune it off till the part that is intact? The same happened with my bell pepper 😢 Some sources say that it we should leave the dead part as is till spring or new growth shoots. But I am still confused
Tomatoes and Peppers aren't frost tolerant. So If you have a section that has become mushy or hollow because of a freeze, that is due to cell death from the cold temps, and that part most likely will not recover. If you live in an area that frost/freeze is rare, the overall plant may survive, but you can prune off parts that have been damaged. If you lived in a region that gets regular frost/freeze/snow in winter, then your best bet is to either bring plants inside, or just let them die off and start new plants in spring. Tomatoes would do best with starting new plants each season. Peppers, however, can continue to grow and produce, so if you bring them inside over winter, you can continue to have them grow and produce. I've known of some people that have had pepper plants for several years when protected from cold.
I've been looking for this video all day. I'm in Central Florida and it's gonna' be down in the 40's and low 50's at night for the next two weeks. Ugh. I have had to drag all my seedlings back in the house and the first thing that happened is the cat ate the leaves off a cucumber seedlings. Good times, good times.
I had that happen one year. I got a little excited and took my tomatoes out earlier (even though I was still in the potential frost time). Had a cold snap come in, and had to go out and dig all my tomatoes back in and put them in the basement for a week. So I feel your pain! Tomatoes should be fine with moving them twice, cucumbers hate having their roots disturbed though, so that could be a problem. I wish you the best of luck with it!
@@oneseedoneworldeverything is still in pots they're just seedlings I haven't really planted anything permanently yet. Still a big pain though. And the cat! He's the real danger
@@msjenjenp That is a pain, but better in the pots that you can move instead of digging stuff up. I used to have a cat that ate all my jalapeno seedlings one year. I had to end up wrapping all my indoor mini greenhouses in plastic construction fence to keep him out. So good luck with both the weather and the cat!
If they had a light frost, you may see some blackening on the leaves but the plant could still survive. If it was a heavy freeze, there is a good chance the plant would die off.
re my tomatoes, most of my indeterminates will go in the ground in may. but i like to do an early wave of determinates if the forecast looks good (mid to late April) starting Monday the 8th the extended forecast is daytime highs in mid 50s to low 60s with a few highs in the high 60s, and nighttime lows in mid to low 40s with a few lows in the 50s. It looks like a reasonable risk... but there in one night in the middle of it all with a low of 37 by 6am before it begins rising. so an hour or to at 37 (and i can probably cover. Or wait till the 20th with slightly warmer overall temps and nothing in the 30s. keep in mine those early Ts are getting big, leggy and floppy in the greenhouse. I won't make a call till the 8th and see what the forecast is then - what call would you make?
I would probably wait until the chance of frost is past. You can cover to protect, but those colder temps will slow the growth. My tomatoes usually get leggy too, but you can bury them deep and they'll put off more roots and fill out.
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It’s supposed to go down to 42 tonight with a SW wind at 1mph but warm up to 74 tomorrow and be sunny. None of the tomatoes are flowering yet, so hopefully any blossom end rot is minimal. They’ve got a good batch of homemade compost this year! I’ll have to go along with the reggae beat and not worry. It’s not a frost or freeze.
They should be fine then, especially if its just one night. I have had 3 nights (not in succession) in the past week that ranged from 46 to 48. It affects then more after flowering or if you have a stretch of several days in a row.
Anyone from Chicago here? This start to this spring has been horrible for getting my plants outside
I'm in western Maryland, but our spring has similar. 40's and 50's and rain for the past several days. Our weather is finally supposed to be warming up starting this weekend.
Would you still cover your tomatoes if it was going to below 50 degrees for a couple 2 to 4 hrs at night?
As long as there wasn't a frost possibility, I probably wouldn't cover. It probably wouldn't hurt, but I don't think it would do much to hold additional heat in. Covering is more for frost protection, unless you do something like a hoop bed with plastic that would help hold in heat.
Best tips I've heard on the weather and blossom end rot
Thank you!
Well, I probably put my tomato plants out too early. Guess I'll do better next time! And now I know what to look for because I'm going to have all these problems.
It will be ok 🙂 It also depends on how long your cold weather lasted. A couple of days followed by warm weather, probably won't do too much, but if you have a week or more, you may see some of these issue pop up. But they will recover as warm weather rolls in, just might take a little longer than times when we have a warm spring.
Im hearing that temp under 50 might efect fruit set , so you might want to pic a type of tomato best suited for the climate , please let me know how you do next time . I have 18 Cherokee purple that I have in the ground in Fl , we just had temps to freezing so I made a tent from a boat cover and bimni top frame . I got about 900 watts of light bulbs to keep them warm and above 50 . they are looking ok ,
I live in Missouri I put my tomato plants in approximately a week ago and we're supposed to have temperature in the forties tonight would be a good suggestion to take some buckets and cover them up
If potential for frost (low 40's high 30's) definitely cover. If higher 40's they should be ok, but it may slow growth or cause BER if its for an extended period. Another option if you can, is to put water in milk jugs out in the sun during the day to warm up. Then in the evening set the warm water jugs next to the plants and cover both with row cover. The jugs will emit heat slowly as the temps cool and help warm the air under the row cover.
That is what I do. I use 5 gallon buckets and to be safe I still put a tarp over all the buckets. I live in Ohio and it is 10 May and there is still going to be a few upper 40s at night. Normally after Mother's Day is good to start a garden in this area
In Colorado we have short season so should I plant them out even when the night temperature is in high 40s? Thanks for your great infos.
You could, but could still run into some of the issues I mentioned. If you have the room, might be better to keep them inside a little longer until the nights get warmer.
My tomato was so nice and it was shocked with the frost. Now it turned dark and not nice green as before. A bit sad that it is now slower than normal growth rate.
Frost can do a number on tomatoes. I'm sorry yours got hit. Hopefully they pull through ok and still produce a lot of tomatoes for you this year!
thanks for the advice, weve had a wet cold start to the year here in UK. but on the hebrew calendar we are in a leap year so there is an extra month which makes the year one month late.
Hopefully it will get a little warmer and drier for you as the season progresses. I wish you success with your garden this year!
@@oneseedoneworld thank you bro. If not massive success then a big learning year for timings.
i also put down woodchip on the gardens.
What to do if the tomato stem becomes mushy and hollow because of a freeze? Should we prune it off till the part that is intact?
The same happened with my bell pepper 😢
Some sources say that it we should leave the dead part as is till spring or new growth shoots. But I am still confused
Tomatoes and Peppers aren't frost tolerant. So If you have a section that has become mushy or hollow because of a freeze, that is due to cell death from the cold temps, and that part most likely will not recover. If you live in an area that frost/freeze is rare, the overall plant may survive, but you can prune off parts that have been damaged. If you lived in a region that gets regular frost/freeze/snow in winter, then your best bet is to either bring plants inside, or just let them die off and start new plants in spring. Tomatoes would do best with starting new plants each season. Peppers, however, can continue to grow and produce, so if you bring them inside over winter, you can continue to have them grow and produce. I've known of some people that have had pepper plants for several years when protected from cold.
@@oneseedoneworld thank you so much for the response!! This helps 🙂
Great info, thanks !
I've been looking for this video all day. I'm in Central Florida and it's gonna' be down in the 40's and low 50's at night for the next two weeks. Ugh. I have had to drag all my seedlings back in the house and the first thing that happened is the cat ate the leaves off a cucumber seedlings. Good times, good times.
I had that happen one year. I got a little excited and took my tomatoes out earlier (even though I was still in the potential frost time). Had a cold snap come in, and had to go out and dig all my tomatoes back in and put them in the basement for a week. So I feel your pain! Tomatoes should be fine with moving them twice, cucumbers hate having their roots disturbed though, so that could be a problem. I wish you the best of luck with it!
@@oneseedoneworldeverything is still in pots they're just seedlings I haven't really planted anything permanently yet. Still a big pain though. And the cat! He's the real danger
@@msjenjenp That is a pain, but better in the pots that you can move instead of digging stuff up. I used to have a cat that ate all my jalapeno seedlings one year. I had to end up wrapping all my indoor mini greenhouses in plastic construction fence to keep him out. So good luck with both the weather and the cat!
How do you knowyour tomatoe plant got freezr burn
If they had a light frost, you may see some blackening on the leaves but the plant could still survive. If it was a heavy freeze, there is a good chance the plant would die off.
To avoid the cold I’m waiting until next week to move them outside. Plastic is always ready, just in case!
Keeping the plastic nearby is a good call. I had to use mine for my lettuce several times in April.
@@oneseedoneworld cold front hit today i dug them up lol brought them inside
re my tomatoes, most of my indeterminates will go in the ground in may. but i like to do an early wave of determinates if the forecast looks good (mid to late April)
starting Monday the 8th the extended forecast is daytime highs in mid 50s to low 60s with a few highs in the high 60s, and nighttime lows in mid to low 40s with a few lows in the 50s. It looks like a reasonable risk... but there in one night in the middle of it all with a low of 37 by 6am before it begins rising. so an hour or to at 37 (and i can probably cover. Or wait till the 20th with slightly warmer overall temps and nothing in the 30s. keep in mine those early Ts are getting big, leggy and floppy in the greenhouse. I won't make a call till the 8th and see what the forecast is then - what call would you make?
I would probably wait until the chance of frost is past. You can cover to protect, but those colder temps will slow the growth. My tomatoes usually get leggy too, but you can bury them deep and they'll put off more roots and fill out.
Playing some raggae music helps tomatoes fungal diseases
I wonder if it would also help athlete's foot? :D
Running from the cops is a fools move. They have the resources to stop you. And they will whether it takes 10 cop cars or 20.
If by some miracle you might slip away :
1-they know what your car looks like
2-they have your plate#
3-they will put out an all points bulletin to ALL the cops to be on the lookout for you
4-from that day forward, you will need to be looking over your shoulder. Every minute you are on the road. Thats a lousey way to have to live.
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