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Re: Tomato plants

Leave the cover on. Just provide some opening for ventilation. If the
plants are not frost bitten or the stems broken, they will recover.

oldjohn@juno.com
John Orwick
El Monte, CA

On Thu, 8 May 1997 09:24:00 -0400 "Betz, Richard" <BETZR@BDD.COM> writes:
>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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