My babies froze!

comamma · May 30, 2008

The tops of my plants froze last night, can I trim them back? I had a foot tall tree tomato and the bottom leaves are fine but the top is done for. My other tomatoes are all really small and the tops of them froze too. Same with the peppers.

celticman · May 30, 2008

Yes! depending on how bad the froze damage was.
Celtic

Worth1 · May 30, 2008

If you have any of leaves at all left on the tomatoes and peppers they will sprout from the crotch of said leaf.
Just give then time.

You know there ARE laws against leaving your children outside to freeze.

Worth

comamma · May 30, 2008

Thank you Celtic and Worth. Somehow I don't think my human children would be as forgiving

. The sad thing is that they were all in the greenhouse with indivvidual covers on each of them. We are supposed to have a low of 32 tonight so my hubby wants to break out the heater for the one tomato and one pepper that survived. Duh little late for that on the rest of them. Thanks again,

Colorado Mamma aka comamma

elkwc36 · May 30, 2008

Know the feeling but fortunately I survived. This year has been the worst I can remember. I hope they recover and give you some tomatoes. Tomatoes are very forgiving. JD

barkeater · May 30, 2008

Sorry to hear that. I called my sister earlier to see if she got her tomatoes in, who lives in the Adirondacks at 1850 foot elevation. I sent them my best seeds for cold climates, like Bloody Butcher and Moskvich, plus Manitoba, Black Cherry, and a pack of Ramapo seeds and Black Giant.

My BIL answered and said they started TWO HUNDRED + plants and put them ALL in LAST weekend. They had a frost/freeze on Wednesday and LOST EVERYTHING except one Black Giant that was smack-dab in the middle of the devastation. They lost 200 tomato plants. My sister was in NJ at the time, babysitting my mother's stupid cats who was in Florida. She was devastated.

Lilypon · May 31, 2008

We came close to a freeze on May 27th. My plants were in and I sweated bullets (even though I had backups)....I planted my best in hopes that they'd benefit from the early planting. Over the years I've lost many a plant to Jack and I know what a heartbreak it can be. Wishing you and your plants a quick recovery.

feldon30 · May 31, 2008

I realize not everyone has the time to take the extraordinary measures I do to keep my plants alive when there is the threat of a frost, but to quote the movie Galaxy Quest: "Never give up and never surrender!".

May 30, 2008	#1
comamma Tomatovillian™ Join Date: Apr 2008 Location: CO Zone 4 Posts: 14	My babies froze! The tops of my plants froze last night, can I trim them back? I had a foot tall tree tomato and the bottom leaves are fine but the top is done for. My other tomatoes are all really small and the tops of them froze too. Same with the peppers.

May 31, 2008	#7
Lilypon Tomatovillian™ Join Date: Aug 2006 Location: Saskatchewan, Canada Posts: 303	We came close to a freeze on May 27th. My plants were in and I sweated bullets (even though I had backups)....I planted my best in hopes that they'd benefit from the early planting. Over the years I've lost many a plant to Jack and I know what a heartbreak it can be. Wishing you and your plants a quick recovery. __________________ "At the heart of gardening there is a belief in the miraculous" Mirabel Osler

May 31, 2008	#8
feldon30 Tomatovillian™ Join Date: May 2006 Location: Rock Hill, SC Posts: 5,346	I realize not everyone has the time to take the extraordinary measures I do to keep my plants alive when there is the threat of a frost, but to quote the movie Galaxy Quest: "Never give up and never surrender!". __________________ [SIZE="3"]I've relaunched my gardening website -- [B]TheUnconventionalTomato.com[/B][/SIZE] * [I][SIZE="1"]*I'm not allowed to post weblinks so you'll have to copy-paste it manually.[/SIZE][/I]

May 30, 2008	#2
celticman Tomatovillian™ Join Date: Jul 2006 Location: NC Posts: 170	Yes! depending on how bad the froze damage was. Celtic

May 30, 2008	#3
Worth1 Tomatovillian™ Join Date: Feb 2006 Location: Den of Drunken Fools Posts: 38,539	If you have any of leaves at all left on the tomatoes and peppers they will sprout from the crotch of said leaf. Just give then time. You know there ARE laws against leaving your children outside to freeze. Worth

May 30, 2008	#5
elkwc36 Tomatovillian™ Join Date: May 2006 Location: SW Kansas Posts: 339	Know the feeling but fortunately I survived. This year has been the worst I can remember. I hope they recover and give you some tomatoes. Tomatoes are very forgiving. JD

May 30, 2008	#6
barkeater Tomatovillian™ Join Date: Jan 2006 Location: NE Kingdom, VT - Zone 3b Posts: 1,439	Sorry to hear that. I called my sister earlier to see if she got her tomatoes in, who lives in the Adirondacks at 1850 foot elevation. I sent them my best seeds for cold climates, like Bloody Butcher and Moskvich, plus Manitoba, Black Cherry, and a pack of Ramapo seeds and Black Giant. My BIL answered and said they started TWO HUNDRED + plants and put them ALL in LAST weekend. They had a frost/freeze on Wednesday and LOST EVERYTHING except one Black Giant that was smack-dab in the middle of the devastation. They lost 200 tomato plants. My sister was in NJ at the time, babysitting my mother's stupid cats who was in Florida. She was devastated.