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Cold Damage on Tomato Plants. Although you may be excited to plant your garden, sometimes it's best to wait. While cool-weather crops like peas and broccoli tolerate lower temperatures, tomatoes require warm temperatures to develop properly and set fruit. Cooler temperatures can cause irreparable damage to many garden plants, especially tomatoes.
Read MoreCold Weather Effects on Tomato Plants. Eager gardeners often start vegetable gardens as soon as the threat of frost is gone. Planting vegetables, especially tomatoes, in cooler weather doesn't mean that you will be harvesting before your neighbors. Instead, you may be exposing your plants to disease and growth problems that could be minimized by waiting. Daytime temperatures below 70 degrees F or evening temperatures consistently below 50 degrees F can damage or destroy tomato plants.
Read MoreDaffodil Bulb Planting Depth. Daffodils are one of the first flowers to appear in spring. To protect bulbs against cold winter temperatures, they need to be planted deep enough to protect the bulb but not so deep that the bulb has trouble germinating at the right time. Plant daffodil bulbs when the soil temperatures are cool enough that the bulb will not emerge too soon, but warm enough that the bulb can develop a good root system before the ground freezes.
Read MoreHarmful Bugs for Zucchini Plants. Zucchini are susceptible to many garden pests. While some pests are relatively harmless, others are quite destructive. Some of the more common bugs that can harm zucchini plants are squash bugs, vine borers, cut worms, aphids, cucumber beetles, and spider mites. Early detection and treatment of these harmful bugs can help save zucchini plants.
Read MoreExcessive Heat on Tomato Plants. Many gardeners know that cool temperatures can be detrimental to tomato plants. Not many know that excessive heat can damage tomato plants, too. Selecting tomato varieties that are heat-tolerant or finding a way to provide plants some relief can help protect your tomato harvest.
Read MoreGreenhouse Temperature for Tomatoes. Farmers have been growing tomatoes in greenhouses for almost 100 years. According to the National Sustainable Agriculture Information Service (ATTRA), tomatoes are the "leading greenhouse vegetable crop in the United States and Canada." As a result, there are many successful techniques for growing tomatoes in greenhouses. One thing that they all have in common is the optimal temperature for generating a successful tomato harvest.
Read MoreMinimum Sun Requirement for Tomato Plants. Growing healthy tomato plants takes plenty of sunlight. Plants need a minimum of six hours of direct sunlight. The plant converts the sunlight to energy, which it then uses to produce strong plants and abundant fruit. If you don't have an area in your yard that gets this much sunlight each day, there are a few things you can do to enhance the light that is available.
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