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nickjnr Pearsall, TX Sep 20, 2010

i live about 50 miles south of san antonio and i was wondering if sept 1 was to late to put my transplants outside. Ive read some articles that say it is and others that say its not. Anyway thats when i put mine out. my transplants where about 8 to 10 inch high when i put them out.

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1lisac Liberty Hill, TX(Zone 8a) Sep 21, 2010

It is probably too late but only you really know your weather. Every USAD zone and every Region in TX has many microclimates so its hard to generalize. Here is a good website to check out. What USDA zone are you in?
aggie-horticulture.tamu.edu/archives/parsons/fallgarden/zones
You already have them planted so consider it an experiment. It depends on how low your temps get and if you can cover the plants if a frost is predicted. Please, keep us posted on how it goes.
Lisa

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KathyWid Clover, SC Sep 21, 2010

Great point from Lisa -- take good notes this year to use for next year when planting fall tomatoes.

Part of your success also depends upon the days to maturity for a particular variety. As you may know, this can vary greatly from 50-90 days.

As a rule of thumb, you can plant fall tomatoes 60-85 days before your first projected frost date to allow time to fruit to mature.

Here's a link that can help: http://www.tomatodirt.com/fall-tomatoes.html

Good luck!
Kathy

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nickjnr Pearsall, TX Sep 21, 2010

thank you for yalls input, I will keep yall posted on how my tomatoes are doing. By the way my zone in some maps are zone 8 and others its zone b. The types of tomatoes are bonnie tomatoes and they mature in about 70-75 days. My estimated frost date is around nov 15 with that being about 10 to 20 percent it will freeze.

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