[rxkeith]

joe,


having grown up in detroit, most years my plants would have been in the ground
by now. up in the keweenaw, we had frost three days last week. may is never a
safe month to plant tomatoes here.


the plants that are totally wilted are probably shot. look for any signs of life in the
growing tips. wait a few days if they are plants you can't replace. the partially wilted
plants will recover. they will be set back a bit, and take awhile to get going again, but
they should be fine. you have a long enough growing season there.
i had plants in the subaru one night a few years ago thinking the car would be enough
protection from a frost warning. turned out to be a bad idea. about eighty percent of
my plants were damaged or dead. many of the damaged ones did recover. some of
the severely damaged, but not dead plants clung to life, but never did come back.


i was mighty tempted by that 70s, and 80s weather we had a couple weeks ago to put a few plants in the ground just to see. its a good thing i didn't.




keith