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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[–] 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.