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Old November 29, 2012   #18
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Originally Posted by Fred Hempel View Post
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It is possible that the tomatoes themselves are also more resistant to cold temps. After all, all flower and fruit parts are simply modified shoots and leaves.
Very true Fred, but the tomato fruit is thin skinned and watery which is not the ideal design for surviving a hard freeze. I will accept that the fruits of such a plant may be slightly more cold tolerant than regular tomatoes, but I think it is unrealistic to extrapolate the 22F from the young plants in the spring and to assume the fruits could endure similar temps.

What other types of fruit can survive the freeze/thaw cycle and carry on growing? I don't know of any soft fruit that can tolerate frost. My experience of fruits that can survive frost is that they are leathery, dry, tough, small berries, mostly not regarded as a food source by humans.
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