newly planted tomatoes and temps...

[desertlady]

Here we go again our Arizona weather suppose to get cooler next week. My tomato plants are about 3 inches tall. I am worried about how cold it will be at night, I am guessing it will be in the 40's next week... Will they be ok ?

 

[digitS']

Not hardened off . . . but, under plastic . . . 37F .

. . (moved them from heated greenhouse to unheated tunnel) .

. . some of my tomato plants came thru fine, some wilted and lost a few leaves, and some died :/.

You must have them outdoors, DesertLady. If you are talking about high 40's, I wouldn't be concerned. Take a look at the wind forecast and covering them at 3" might not be difficult with a can or bucket or, 1 stake, couple sheets of newspaper wrapped around stake & plant, couple rocks to hold the paper down, voil.

Steve

 

[catjac1975]

Here we go again our Arizona weather suppose to get cooler next week. My tomato plants are about 3 inches tall. I am worried about how cold it will be at night, I am guessing it will be in the 40's next week... Will they be ok ?

40s will be fine. But did you rush your season? You get no benefit from early planting if the soil hasn't warmed up.

 

[desertlady]

No I didnt plant them in a hurry!. I still got about 10 tomato plants inside my house. I planted three outside because its been really warm all week 90s. I am going to cover them up just in case. I hope the will survive!

 

[desertlady]

so today the temps hit 95 degrees and think it kill one of my tomato plant ! I was sure i water it good, but dont know if its the heat or water in another part of the garden ( same size tomato) , but in different kind of dirt is doing ok... I am guessing dirt vs mulch ??

 

[digitS']

Wonderful state, Arizona .

There was frost in Flagstaff this morning and high temperatures in the 70's.

Think about some shading, DesertLady! It may be able to double as frost protection next week.

Steve

 

[desertlady]

I think that tomato plant that died, I may have forgotten to harden them off !! I put my others out and hopefully will do better !!!! We just had a nasty dust storm last night, suppose to rain the next few days.... then will try to plant again !!