I'm in south georgia and I put mine out several weeks ago. I kept them in the shade for two days (including over night), then slowly introduced some sun for the rest of the week. We've had a couple cold nights since I first put them out and they did fine.

I'm in the Atlanta metro area so I think our nights are still getting a little colder but not hitting below the mid 50s anymore. If I leave them somewhere covered to avoid any rain they should be ok right?

Hi!

I'm kinda late to this post but wanted to put my 2 cents in anyway.

I'm up in Jefferson and have these results to share. IMO I worried more about soil Temp's and used this UGA site to plan when I thought MY best time to transplant would be. http://weather.uga.edu/index.php?content=DS&site=WATUGA&title=31-Day%20Summary 

What I was more concerned with (after I had hardened my plants off) was soil temp. Tomatoes can go down to mid 30's without TOO many Ill effects as long as your soil temp is viable. Those late frost/Hail episodes we had.... forgot my Tomatoes outside and they took a direct hit, Thought they were goners but they pulled through. That being said I made a mistake but it illustrates the point.

Here's a good site on youtube from a guy in MD that helped with understand this region better and when/what to do up here. I'm a NOLA transplant.... https://www.youtube.com/user/pilarchik

Good Luck!

Those are some of my starts in Feb. 2017

And here are some of them after transplant on April 10 2017

Thanks for sharing, Michael. These are mine right now. I have four cherry tomatoes in 2 gallon grow pots. I put them out the end of March and they have grown a lot. I'm using Mater Magic tomato fertilizer. When a storm comes, I just move them against the side of the house. They're already flowering, so I'm pretty excited. Again, I'm in south GA, so I had a little bit of a head start.

Serafina,

Wow, your Cherry Tomatoes look healthy and strong. Seems like you have found a winning formula for you and your area. Also that Mater magic seems to be good stuff... if it's the stuff I'm thinking of it has an N-P-K of 8-5-5. Which is why they look so green and lush....8% Nitrogen. Don't know how you grow...but I can guarantee you will have some delicious tomatoes soon!

I'm gonna post some more photo's at the end, but like you I put mine out on 3/29. I cut a ft. or so off the bottom leaves and stems to stop soil born pathogens from splashing up is why mine look bare at the bottom. I don't worry about storms, heat etc...They are old enough now to withstand most of that.

But all things said... I've been flowering since about mid April and one of my Juliet's has 3 or so fruits that have been going for awhile now... I use the aspirin method for BER, and epson salt for magnesium, and a general 10-10-10 fertilizer (slow release, and side dressed) with extra added for the gamut of nutrients that tomatoes need....

Good luck and if you ever wanna trade some seeds or plants I'd help with what I can.

All these Photo's are from Today 4/29/2017

Juliet with some Fruits

Michael, that is an amazing set up. I'm renting, but one day in my forever home I'd love to have some beds like that!

I put mine out last weekend and they're doing fine temperature wise but one of them started to yellow. Not sure if it was a lack of water (I didn't water because we had rain for 2 days and I thought I'd drown them) or shock from transplant but I'm hoping a regular water schedule will help them pull through. The 3 others are doing fine though even with this bit of a late start

Serafina.....,

You'd laugh if you'd known. Naw, ..... We are also just RENTING a house Up here in Jefferson, GA. So, I completely understand what you mean... we are lucky that we have a Landlord who is happy to get the Rent check and doesn't care about anything else. My setup is FREE stuff that EX tenet's have left behind. All the wood etc.... so it really is kinda funny...$25 for the raised bed soil is about what it has cost so far...(side road bamboo was free also). So I understand what you mean and just ask your L/L if a small area in the yard is OK to plant in. Some people are nice. Good luck! your stuff is looks awesome and whatever help you need...just ask!

vivisgarden....

IDK your personal setup.....BUT, there are USUALLY 3 reason why you could be seeing yellowing leaves. it's usually 1 or a combination of these 3

1. Water.... too much OR too little

2. Nutrients..... Not enough OR too little

3. Sun......too much OR too little

SO, like I said.... IDK your setup but just google "yellowing tomato leaves" and it will lead you to numerous good sites for info. But, in the end if should boil done to one of those. From personal experience.... I tend to underwater my plants, and when i see those leaves FOR ME ALONE that is my cue to water more. Without photo's it's impossible to help anymore than that with such a broad query....

Gook luck, tomatoes are hearty plants... they will be fine!