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Tomato plants

Help!
For the past couple of days we have had unseasonably cold and windy
weather, as you might have guessed the tomato and eggplants don't like
this one bit. I don't know which is worse the wind which has the plants
lying almost flat on the dirt or the cold which is making them look
droopy. Last night when I came home from work I was stunned to see how
bad they were looking so I figured that I had better do something fast
or I was going to be losing them. What I came up with was a tunnel made
out of some chicken wire with a clear plastic drop cloth over it and
attached with clothes pins. After I finally got this put together and
into the bed the plants at least were able to stand upright! Now my
question is, today is supposed to be cool and windy but not as bad as it
has been so should I take the plastic completely off or should I just
open the sides so that air can circulate and it can still stay somewhat
warm underneath the plastic. Also I was wondering if the plants that
were affected will bounce back from this abuse, I am growing Brandywine
tomatoes(pink variety) and eggplants( I'm not too terribly worried about
these because we just decided to plant them and picked the plants up in
a local nursery). Any help will be appreciated.
Thanks
Richard(zone6)
Brooklyn, NY

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