I replaced all but one tomato seedling today with backup seedlings that I had kept growing indoors. I now realize I put the tomatoes out too early. Night temps were still dipping into the 40s most nights, and even into the 30s a few nights. I had always thought that “after the last freeze date” was the right time to plant tomatoes, but not so. I think they like lows in the 50s at the coldest, otherwise they don’t do much. Mine looked pitiful–smaller than when I put them out due to loss of some leaves. Leaves had turned purple for the most part.
I left one Black Cherry because I did not have enough backup seedlings. May go buy one more healthy seedling to replace that one if it doesn’t perk up.


