Tomatoes are fucking pussies, they can survive cool weather (like 50s and lower) alright, but even remotely cool weather + rain = dead.
Almost every plant I've ever tried transplanting before night time temperatures started to stay at least around 50 (a little lower is somewhat OK) dies horribly, the ones that survive are set back like 2 months of growth. IMO it's better to let it outgrow its starting pot a little bit than it is to put it outside while it's still cool. You add rain to anything below 55 and it's guaranteed dead in my experience.
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[–] Le_Squish 0 points 1 point 1 point (+1|-0) ago (edited ago)
I'm lucky tomatoes grow like weeds in Hawaii.
We purposely leave them in pots so they stay small and manageable.
[–] High8ctane 0 points 1 point 1 point (+1|-0) ago
In the name of tomatoes, thanks for the tip
[–] pretty_innocuous ago
When can herbs go outside?
[–] 12299394? [S] ago
The ones I have outside in a planter just survived winter where it hard froze several times and they look healthy as fuck. I'd say get them going inside until they're healthy and then put them outside as long as it's not going to stay below freezing for more than a night or two in a row.
[–] 12298196? ago
They're also very difficult to transplant, so you can't grow them in pots and move to the garden later without killing half of them.
[–] middle_path ago
I have had luck transplanting right after my last frost, but they took a loooong time to grow from there. I think I'll wait a little longer this year. Thanks for the tip!