[shokkyy]

Looking at the forecast for this week, it looks like overnight temps are set to drop off quite sharply, down to about 3 for this area. I was going to leave my tom plants (in pots on a sheltered patio) for a week or two longer, because there's still quite a bit of fruit on there that's been ripening off nicely in the last week or so, but now I'm wondering if that's such a good idea. I could ripen them on a windowsill but I never think they taste so nice when you do that and sometimes they go a bit mummified. I only really have time to do gardening stuff at the weekends, so I can't change my mind during the week.

Anyone else still have tom plants outside, or have you all taken them down? My new polytunnel is now up, so another option would be to pick the plants up and stick them in there.

[mumofstig]

You could put them in the polytunnel, but if it gets really frosty they won't even be safe in there.

Ideally toms like to be kept with a minimum of 10C.

I think I'd pick all the ones that have started to ripen a bit to finish off indoors, as these are the ones most likely to ripen succesfully, and keep fingers crossed for the others in the poly.

[JayG]

Agree with Mum (even if the plants aren't killed outright the fruits are much more likely to split if subjected to wide variations in temperature and/or rainfall.)

[angelavdavis]

I have picked all my green outdoor tomatoes today in the garden.  The ones at the allotment are in a greenhouse

[Salmo]

Tomatoes, french beans, sweet corn all had their leaves frosted over the weekend on our allotment. Ice on windscreen 8 o'clock Saturday morning.

Put them in your polytunnel, or cut the trusses and hang them in there.