Tomatoes froze but are still alive

[Mackay]

Some of my tomato plants got caught in a freee and they looked quite dead until the other day they started putting out green leaf suckers at the joints of the original larger leaves. I pulled most of them and put new plants in but I saved 2 to see what would happen

Do you think there is any hope for them or should I just go ahead and pull them?

 

[momofdrew]

Where are you that you had a freeze this late in the season... I would see how the damaged ones do especially as you have replaced most of them...you may get lucky...

 

[journey11]

Tomatoes are very resilient. Maybe they'll bounce back...

 

[thistlebloom]

I had the same thing happen to my tomatoes last year Mackay. Mine came back and grew tomatoes, but my season wasn't long enough for them to ripen. I say leave them in and give them a chance.

 

[bj taylor]

the book I go by ( ) because I know so little about vegetable gardening, says they will never have the vigor they need once bitten like that. where are you that you got a freeze? hard to imagine. it was a nice cool 90 here today. we've been having a cool front the last few days. it was 68 degrees this morning. it was fabulous

 

[thistlebloom]

the book I go by ( ) because I know so little about vegetable gardening, says they will never have the vigor they need once bitten like that. where are you that you got a freeze? hard to imagine. it was a nice cool 90 here today. we've been having a cool front the last few days. it was 68 degrees this morning. it was fabulous

That's funny BJ, your cool front is our heat wave!

 

[Mackay]

OK, I took advice and left some of them in and they did come back and are now loaded with tomatoes1 I doubt that they will have enough time to ripen on the vine so I'll be picking them green in a week or so.

 

[baymule]

Fried green tomatoes are great!

 

[elaerstelle]

since they begin to put out green leaf suckers, i think they can live well.

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