Over Winter Tomato Plants

[gardener]

Hi Gardeners
I Has Anyone Ever Tried To Keep Tom`s Over Winter Only I Have Some Selfseeded Ones Coming Up In One Of My House Plants Seem A Shame To Waste Them But They Are Only About 2 Inches High Can It Be Done Does Anyone Out Ther E Have Any Thoughts Tell Me What You Think
Thanks Gardener

[cherrybee]

No idea but a very warm welcome to WAB

[gardener]

thanks for the welcome cherrybee
still dont know what to do with my baby tom plants though
thank gardener

[Mr Mag00]

only in a heated greenhouse, but dont think they will fruit, or ripen. But you shoule be able to keep the plant happy. cut back on water keep a close eye on them.

[gardener]

hi mr magoo,

thanks for reply I will have to try and keep them warm and see if they survive the winter
thank gardener

[Airehead]

If the seed came from a hybrid I would think they are not worth bothering with. If a non-hybrid then it would be an interesting exercise. I think you will have to make sure the compost is very free-draining and always water them just before they dry out. They are tropical plants and ideally should always be grown at 60F. What their fruiting properties would be if they survived winter I could not guess.

To be honest, it's a lot of trouble for what amounts to the easiest plant that there is to grow from seed in the new season. If you grew this year's crop from seed you already know that, but if you bought plants my advice is forget overwintering and next year in February buy seed and sow from Feb to March.

[Brian T]

Hi,

Put them on the compost heap and start from fresh next year, they will cost you alot of time and effort to get them through the winter and all you will be doing is taking any infection from this year over to next year.

Start afresh next year, if I can grow 50 plans a year then anyone can.

Brian T. www,calibordo.com