Tomatoes aren't very hardy and are very susceptible to frost. Therefore, you should only consider planting tomatoes outdoors after any threat of frost has passed. For instance, if you live in Georgia, common spring planting dates are March 25 - May 1 while common fall planting dates are June 1 - August 10.

Here are some types of tomatoes you should try to grow if you live in the southern United States:

Indeterminate: Monte Carlo, Better Boy
Determinate: Mountain Pride, Celebrity, Big Set
Paste: Roma

As I've discussed here before, tomatoes do not like temperature below 50 degrees F. It's completely possible to grow tomatoes through the winter, especially if you live in the South. Either way, you'll probably need to bring your tomato plants in during cold snaps, but be sure to leave them outside on nice days so they get plenty of sunshine. Good luck!

I have a cherry tomato plant in the garden that is dropping a lot of its flowers and not producing as many tomatoes. After some reading, I see that this could be caused by too much nitrogen in the soil or too many flowers on the tomato plant. I'll need to test the soil to see if it's the nitrogen, but the plant is covered in flowers so I think it may be an abundance of flowers. The tomato plant has produced several nice tomatoes, but it's just difficult to see so many nice looking flowers fall off.

Are flowers dropping off your Topsy Turvy Tomato plants? Typically this is caused by weather conditions. Nighttime temperatures dropping below 50 F or daytime temperatures above 95 F can cause this condition. The solution is to bring your tomatoes indoors during these types of weather conditions.