Jump the Gun

AlittleSalt · April 13, 2018

A simple definition: to act before the proper time.

I planted out some tomato plants around March 20th. We had a lot of days with high temperatures in the 70s and 80s with lows in the 50s. Saturday, April 7th, a cold front came through. The forecasted low was 42, but it got down to 29F with the daytime high of 37F and strong damaging winds.

Almost a week later, some of the tomato plants look like they will recover. Others have already been replaced and there are a few more that need to be. One variety was Peacevine that had little to no chance of making it. Peacevine is one of my wife's favorites. I showed her the plant, and she said, "Pull it". I replaced it with a similar tomato called, "Sweetie Cherry"...but still.

Then there's a variety hit hard by the bad weather that a friend of ours sent me seeds for. He named the tomato with thoughts of his father. I wanted to proudly show him that it grows well here too. Each day, the plants (2) look worse. I have replacements and can buy more plants cheaply, but it's not the same.

I have known for years before joining Tomatoville what the weather is like here, and still, I jumped the gun. It is easy to be fooled by the weather conditions here in this part of Texas. I will not plant out tomato plants before mid-April anymore.

April 13, 2018	#1
AlittleSalt BANNED FOR LIFE Join Date: May 2014 Posts: 13,333	Jump the Gun A simple definition: to act before the proper time. I planted out some tomato plants around March 20th. We had a lot of days with high temperatures in the 70s and 80s with lows in the 50s. Saturday, April 7th, a cold front came through. The forecasted low was 42, but it got down to 29F with the daytime high of 37F and strong damaging winds. Almost a week later, some of the tomato plants look like they will recover. Others have already been replaced and there are a few more that need to be. One variety was Peacevine that had little to no chance of making it. Peacevine is one of my wife's favorites. I showed her the plant, and she said, "Pull it". I replaced it with a similar tomato called, "Sweetie Cherry"...but still. Then there's a variety hit hard by the bad weather that a friend of ours sent me seeds for. He named the tomato with thoughts of his father. I wanted to proudly show him that it grows well here too. Each day, the plants (2) look worse. I have replacements and can buy more plants cheaply, but it's not the same. I have known for years before joining Tomatoville what the weather is like here, and still, I jumped the gun. It is easy to be fooled by the weather conditions here in this part of Texas. I will not plant out tomato plants before mid-April anymore.