is tomato a seasonal or an annual plant?

Answer 1

It's an annual which means it only last one season. A perennial come back every year.

Well, sure enough, CindyB is correct. Main thing I like about Yahoo Answers is learning new things. In all these years I had no idea, I never even questioned it. Tomatoes are perennials in South American climates, but everywhere else they are Annuals.

"The tomato plant is a tender, warm-season perennial that is handled like an annual in summer and fall gardens."

"The indeterminate
cultivars are technically perennial plants because they keep growing until adverse conditions stop their growth."

Here is an article all about it.
http://www.uaex.edu/Other_Areas/publications/pdf/FSA-6017.pdf

Answer 2

In it's native home in Mexico and Central America, tomatoes are perennials. Because of cold weather (nights must be above 50 for flowers to set to fruit and the plant can't take frost or colder), it is treated as an annual in most parts of the United States.

Good Luck!!

Answer 3

That's a nice-sized garden bed. Make sure the soil's at least six inches deep, a foot deep if you are planting root veggies. Plant what you will eat. It makes no sense to plant vegetables that you won't eat just because they grow easily...unless you want to sell the rest or give them away. Tomatoes and peppers go well together.

Answer 4

Tomatoes are annuals. But they reseed like crazy! I usually transplant the little plants that come up into my vegetable garden.
Sometimes, I just leave them alone and have tomato plants in random garden beds :)

Answer 5

Tomatoes are annuals (one growing season only) but there's one catch... they have an amazing ability to reseed! They easily reseed and grow "volunteer" plants year to year. This may make it seem like they are perennial, but they aren't.

Answer 6

Depends on where you live. I live in Phoenix and I have had the same plant for as long as 3 years, I guess it died of old age. My biggest problem was not keeping it alive in the winter, but keeping it from burning up in the summer. It would start to blossom in February and produce until late June. Then it would turn very brown and dry out, about late August it would start new growth from the brown parts, start to blossom and produce until mid October. Then it would start the cycle all over.

Answer 7

Tomatoes are annuals; they must be replanted each spring.

Answer 8

what is up with thumbs down votes on perfectly good answers and experiences. Makes me want to give everyone a thumbs up, dang!

Answer 9

It is an annual, not a perennial.

Answer 10

there are varieties nowadays that you can plant in off-season so i hope that depends on the variety you choose. you can plant it whole year round for the off-season type of seeds.