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Tomato problem ID - probably frost

Djole
11 years ago

I had some really bad luck with weather this year. I planted my tomato seeds at the end of February. Projected 6-8 weeks until transplantation fitted well in schedule with the last frost date being usually early to mid April. However, we had an extremely warm and sunny March (up to 77 f / 25 c). With my seedlings on windowsill, I couldn't control their growth spot on, and they overgrew their peat pots in just 4 weeks (note I had many different varieties including Sungold, Suncherry Premium, Costoluto Genovese, Black Russian, Super Marmande, Tigerella etc.)! Having nowhere to transplant them other then outside i rushed the whole process and prayed for good weather to go on. As it turned out, the weather went for a lot worse with lots of clouds, rain and even frost (they were exposed to around 30 f / -1 c for a brief period one night). I wasn't able to provide any protection at the time except for some mulching.

Out of 70 plants total, 16 were completely frozen and dead. As for the rest of them, some damage can be seen on leaves, but to be honest I'm unsure whether its the frost, rain and cold weather or something else, and that's where I need some help and advice in terms of ID and "what-to-do-now" since the forecast is quite bad for the upcoming days (43 f night / 54 f day).

Thanks a lot,

Joe

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