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Tomato Help?
I'm growing tomatoes from seed for the first time this year and have several heirloom varieties. They've done very well inside so far and yesterday was the date for our climate for me to move them outside. I put them out in the sun with plenty of water but by midday, they'd shrivelled and turned white and limp 
As of this morning (they are now indoors again as last night was chilly) they have not bounced back. I should probably mention that it was not overly hot. Mid 70's, sunny and dry, not windy.
Did I do something wrong? Are they likely to come back or are they just a loss? I'm so bummed! Started them back in early March.
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Re: Tomato Help?
Have you watered them? If you water them, they should bounce back. I have no idea why they turned white though. If they've been inside all this time, you need to harden them gradually like an hour then the next day add another hour and so on until they're acclimated to being outside.
Good luck!
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Oh...oops! I didn't harden them off, I just stuck them out there for about 5 hours. That probably wasn't the best idea.
Clearly I am a little new at this
They're very tender, which is why they need to be hardened off. One day when I was hardening mine off, it didn't warm up like it was supposed to. I put them outside when it was about 40 and went to class. At lunchtime, I realized it was too cold for them still, but couldn't get home to bring them in and Jeff wasn't able to come home at lunch to bring them in. They were saaaad looking when I finally got home, and took a couple of days to bounce back.
I put mine out for 30 minutes on the first day, 45 the next, an hour, then two, then three, and kept extending by an hour until they were OK for an entire day. Then I planted them, and put walls of water around them to help keep them warm. I started mine too soon and they NEEDED to be outside, and the walls of water have helped them thrive, even though we've had random freak weather where it's been in the 40s.
Be gentle with them. I'd leave them in the house with some grow lights on them, for a few days and give them a good drink.
ours did something very similar but we noticed and were able to bring them in before they were a total loss. Truthfully i think the sun bleached them and dried them out (CO is a similar climate to UT). I think we are going to have to buy starts at this point. I hope you can salvage some.