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As soon as your last frost date is passed, set out tomato transplants. Or set them out a few weeks early, but be prepared to protect from a late freeze. (In the low desert, March 15 is an average last frost date. Check with your local Cooperative Extension, weather station, or gardening club for your date.) Tomato pollen isn’t viable over 90 degrees Fahrenheit; thus tomato plants in the low desert need a good jumpstart on the season to produce flowers and fruit before summer heat.
Continue Transplanting Tomatoes
As soon as your last frost date is passed, set out tomato transplants. Or set them out a few weeks early, but be prepared to protect from a late freeze. (In the low desert, March 15 is an average last frost date. Check with your local Cooperative Extension, weather station, or gardening club for your date.) Tomato pollen isn’t viable over 90 degrees; thus tomato plants in the low desert need a good jumpstart on the season to produce flowers and fruit before summer heat.
