Lowest night temperature for outdoor tomatoes ?

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I still have loads of green and half ripe tomatoes on my outdoor plants and whilst the days are currently sunny I obviously want to make the most of the sunshine.
But can anybody tell me the lowest night time temperature I should risk before picking the remaining crops and ripening them indoors. i have this debate with myself every year and never seem to get a definitive answer . I seem to have a far bigger crop this year because of the hot summer and just wonder where I'm to store them all as I don t have a greenhouse.

Would covering them over with a net curtain or some fleece delay the potential picking date?
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They say around 15 degrees inside a greenhouse, but I have had 2 nights at 5 degrees and my tommies are still alright and still flowering.
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Mine are still slowly ripening...don't know what the recent night time temperatures have been - except to say that I've had to switch the electric blanket on and wear an extra layer come sundown.
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You could put some fleece over the plants at night
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Tiger. I,m fleecing over my outdoor peppers in pots now at nighttime and think I'll do the same to my best tomatoes. It may just give them a little extra protection. I noticed today, even now at 3 pm, there's a definite nip In the air despite the sunshine.
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