cool weather question

johno · March 20, 2007

This is the warmest winter in history. My tomato seedlings (in peat-pellets) are at the stage to transplant. My local weather is about ten degrees above average, with low temps currently over 50F.

The question is: would it be a good gamble to plant them now? The predicted last frost for here is April 16th, but I think we just had our last frost (31.8F). Specifically, do nighttime temps in the 50s really do harm to tomatoes? My volunteers have already started springing up and survived a couple of light frosts...

March 20, 2007	#1
johno Tomatovillian™ Join Date: Jan 2007 Location: Arkansas zone 6b Posts: 441	cool weather question This is the warmest winter in history. My tomato seedlings (in peat-pellets) are at the stage to transplant. My local weather is about ten degrees above average, with low temps currently over 50F. The question is: would it be a good gamble to plant them now? The predicted last frost for here is April 16th, but I think we just had our last frost (31.8F). Specifically, do nighttime temps in the 50s really do harm to tomatoes? My volunteers have already started springing up and survived a couple of light frosts...