All out tomatoes dropped below freezing last night in the greenhouse any chance they can be saved
by madisonP112
All out tomatoes dropped below freezing last night in the greenhouse any chance they can be saved
by madisonP112
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Is this photo before or after? If it’s after, then they look fine to me.
Congratulations! Your tomatoes survived the freeze.
calcium and magnesium will immediately save any plant that froze for 1 night
They can suffer freezing or close to freezing air temps for a short time, so long as they themselves dont freeze. If the soil stayed above freezing, and the main stem did not freeze, they should be ok – based on the photo I don’t see obvious freeze damage, just cold stress, and they can bounce back from the latter. Maybe just let them warm up little for a couple days to allow them to recover, chances are they will.
Especially if theyve already become hardened to cooler temps leading up to it, I find that tomatoes are surprisingly resilient. (similar to how you can put stuff into the freezer but it doesnt freeze immediately – if everything touching the plant eg soil, platform its standing on, etc is all warmer than freezing, it can keep enough of the plant warm enough not to freeze. Extremities like leaves esp leaf tips are most likely to freeze first, but they can withstand loss of some leaves if the root structure and main stem are ok).
As long as there is green there is hope.
Every single one of these looks fine to me. You got some hardy toms..not to be confused with Tom Hardy..who is a total wimp in the cold.
Only one way to tell: give it time.
I agree they look fine. They’re packed closely together and likely kept each other warm when the temps dropped (all the soil and moisture is a heat sink).
The real question is, what are you going to do in the future to make sure temps stay above freezing?