It's not so much as cold feet, but the mulch retains moisture for the tomato
plants as well as keeping soil from splashing up on the leaves thus reducing
diseases on the plants. Tomatoes actually do very well in warm soil
conditions. If they are grown in cold soil, they pretty much will just sit
and not grow. Peppers and basil are heat lovers too.

Penny
Zone 7b - North Carolina
"Stephen Boulet" wrote in message
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I've read that adding mulch over plants like clematus is good for them.
It keeps the roots cool.

Do tomato plants benefit from having cold feet too?

-- Stephen