If I save my tomato plants for next season will it still produce tomatoes?

Question

Are theyre any vegtable plants that will produce year after year?

Just want to add. Im in Houston Texas so I dont have to worry much about cold weather. that and I have them all in pots to move them.

Answer 1

You can try collecting the seeds from tomato plants, but don't bother with the spent plants. Personally, I don't like expending time and effort with tomato seeds although I do have a great beefsteak tomato plant this year that I grew from seed and a few "volunteer" tomato plants that must have grown from last year's rotted tomatoes. They're all doing well.

There are a few perennial vegetables (or at least act like perennials). Consider asparagus. Or how about berries.

Depending on your location, broccoli can produce for many months. Last year my green comet broccolis produced from mid-July through the end of February (including through some snowy days) before dying in early March. I am in zone 6.

Answer 2

You are getting a lot of varied answers on this.

I think you have to consider that tomatoes originated in Central America and were not even considered edible...and were actually considered poisonous until this last century!

There are places in Central America where the weather is a balmy 70-80 degrees the year round. There, because they are close to the equator, there receive very nearly the same light all year round. With adequate moisture, I would bet there are tomatoes that are several years old.

I am sure younger plants are probably better at setting blossoms than older plants, though, and the short span between germination and fruit-bearing has made this an annual staple of American gardens.

Your wanting to save particular tomato plants has me wondering whether you may find the qualities of this particular tomato plant particularly enchanting enticing you to wonder it "it" could be saved. Seed from it may not get you the exact same plant, but you might try to take a cutting from a terminal stem and using rooting hormone or sticking it in water to grow roots, plant it in a pot and then taking that plant indoors to use for next season. I suggest this because tomato plants seem to readily want to form roots from stems buried deeper than in the original pots.

Good luck.

Answer 3

Not really. From Wikipedia:

It is a short-lived perennial plant, grown as an annual plant.

But they are tenacious in the soil as seeds, so if any of the tomatoes have dropped and rotted on the ground, you may get self-starting seedlings next year. Many other vegetables are the same way. Good luck!!

Answer 4

Actually, tomatoes are NOT annuals. They are only annuals in cold climates. In their native habitat, they can grow into trees (ever heard of tomatillos?)

The best thing to do would be to take some of the suckers and root them to start new plants. I do this about every two months, all summer long, and I have tomatoes year around.

The problem with the older ones is that the nematode and diseases get them sooner or later, so they'll eventually die. By starting new ones every so often, you can extend the production season.

Answer 5

that's tough to save some seeds for replanting from a tomato, and carrots. Seed catalogs sell the seeds extremely low fee, you order now, plant the seeds now, and have your vegetables devoid of attempting to purchase the plant from a nursery. Tomatoes do arise returned as seedlings in my backyard, and that i've got even had tomatoes on those vines, even with the undeniable fact that, it takes lots longer to fruit. Tomato flora could properly be stored in a greenhouse, yet ultimately they do no longer look to be fruitful sufficient to maintain.

Answer 6

Asparagus is the only vegetable I can think of that will come back. But they take 2 years to produce but worth it. Tomatoes are annuals so you can save the seeds and start indoors in January.

Answer 7

With the proper care, yes you can get tomato plants to produce again next year. Most people find it much easier to just start with new plants next year.

Answer 8

Tomato plants are not perennials, which are plants that bloom each year,,
If you want tomato plants next year, tomato plants will not give you new plants, you must take some tomatoes and save the tomato seeds. plant those in a little dirt and wait for the seeds to sprout..bingo, a little tomato fertilizer and your in business...

Answer 9

No. But you can save the seeds from the fruit on your tomatoes this year and plant them again for next year!

Answer 10

Fruit and nut trees will produce again, of course. As will blackberry and raspberry hedges, with proper care. I've never seen tomato plants survive more than one season though.