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Hardening off tomato mistake

in Fruit & veg
Have been leaving young tom plants outdoors in a cold frame for a few hours everyday and bringing them in at night for about 8-10 days now.
Last night I was a fool and forgot to bring them indoors, leaving them in the cold frame over night. I believe it dropped to about 4 degrees last night. Plants have all wilted.
Will they bounce back I wonder, or are they doomed?
Last night I was a fool and forgot to bring them indoors, leaving them in the cold frame over night. I believe it dropped to about 4 degrees last night. Plants have all wilted.
Will they bounce back I wonder, or are they doomed?
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I'll leave them in and see whether they recover. And start thinking about a plan B
The courgettes don't appear to have been so shocked incidentally.
But yes, sick of this cold weather now!
I did the same @Maxwellverywell a few weeks ago . I planted some out last week because it was getting crowded in their box (and I was impatient). They haven't died but they haven't moved in fact they have shrunk and the ones left in the box (for replacements) have flourished! They of course are in a warm place at night and outside in the lee of the wind during the day.
This year will probably be a cold summer. I wonder if we get any ripe fruit at all.
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