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digitS'
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You have 3 that are poor candidates for cold weather but your posted forecast certainly looks good.
That is, for tomatoes. The 2nd week of June is the earliest for low temperatures to average above 50f (10C). I never wait that late for transplanting out the tomatoes and usually have them out in mid to late May. Yes, I know what the advice is from the horticultural community.
Peppers struggle right through the growing season but that probably has mostly to do with the 30f drop in afternoon to morning temperatures. Late, that's likely to be a 30 plus F difference with the longer hours of darkness.
Cucumbers seem to be the most frost-sensitive but frost certainly doesn't look to be a problem.
Steve
SPedigrees
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In Virginia perhaps. In my state, nothing is safe outdoors until June 1st. (Conventional wisdom used to be Memorial Day, but when they changed Memorial Day from May 31st to an earlier date, I changed my planting day to June 1st.) I have sometimes planted things 4 or 5 days earlier than that if the weather forecast calls for night-time temps over 40 F for the week, but no sooner.
