Hot days and cold nights question

happychick · September 9, 2007

My husband is military and we may be transferring to CA next year. The place we're looking at has huge differences between the day and night temperatures and I'm wondering if I can even grow tomatoes somewhere like this. It's not the days I'm worried about - they seem perfect for most of the year - only two hot months and no cold months. The nights are cold all year, though. The average nighttime temperature in March is 37, in May 45 in June and July only in the 50s. Is it possible to grow tomatoes outdoors if the nights are that cold? I don't anticipate DH agreeing to me having a full greenhouse set up any time soon, so I have to grow things outdoors or not at all.

September 9, 2007	#1
happychick Tomatovillian™ Join Date: May 2007 Location: Southeast Texas Posts: 37	Hot days and cold nights question My husband is military and we may be transferring to CA next year. The place we're looking at has huge differences between the day and night temperatures and I'm wondering if I can even grow tomatoes somewhere like this. It's not the days I'm worried about - they seem perfect for most of the year - only two hot months and no cold months. The nights are cold all year, though. The average nighttime temperature in March is 37, in May 45 in June and July only in the 50s. Is it possible to grow tomatoes outdoors if the nights are that cold? I don't anticipate DH agreeing to me having a full greenhouse set up any time soon, so I have to grow things outdoors or not at all.