How To Protect Your Tomato Plants From Cold Weather (Part One)

Hey Guys,
I hope everyone is doing well,

For this week, we're going to be exploring all about tomatoes. 

When it comes to tomato plants, these varieties are notoriously cold-sensitive, they really do thrive in warmer climates, so it really does help to know what to do when the cold weather moves in as you  may still have unripened or partially ripened tomato plants, if the cold hits, it puts your whole efforts of growing and caring for your tomatoes utterly wasted as they won't grow or germinate if it gets too cold.
Here's some helpful hints:
⦁    Tomato seeds won't germinate when the soil temperature is below 50 degrees Fahrenheit (10'C) .
⦁    Tomato seedlings suffer cold damage in temperatures below 60 degrees Fahrenheit (15'C).

So what exactly can we do to protect our tomato plants from the cold weather?
The first step would be to get the timing right when it comes to planting your tomato seeds. The easiest and most effective way is to start your tomato seeds indoors and the best time to  do this would be six to eight weeks before your area's last projected frost date.
Another helpful hint when it comes to growing tomatoes is not to expose young tomato plants to the cold.
Temperatures below 60'F (15') can subject tomato seedlings to chilling injury. The downside here is that the damage won't be noticeable right away but the plants will experience stunned growth, poor flowering and poor fruit set.
It would be ideal to wait until night time temperatures remain consistently above 60 degrees Fahrenheit (15 degrees Celsius).
Take your time in hardening off the plants before planting them in your garden, or if space is limited, in your container garden.

There will be more posts to follow this one, all about tomatoes.
Thank you for reading, 
Until Next Time,
Kim