2007-08-07 17:44:37 · 6 answers · asked by Anonymous in Home & Garden ➔ Garden & Landscape
It all depends on where you live, but generally, the answer is yes. They cannot take frost, so if you live anywhere that freezes at all in the winter, they will die.
I have heard that in some warmer places, like in tropical areas, that they can live year round, but have not actually been there and seen it, so not sure if it is true.
EDIT ADDITION: To the guy above me -- ummm...hello? Do you actually think that everything that stays outside in the winter dies? There are millions and millions of trees that make it through the winter just fine -- also bushes, perennial flower plants, many herbs -- even certain types of bugs make it through the winter.
I think this question was a perfectly intelligent one and you seem like you are trying to make this person feel stupid for asking! Shame on you!
2007-08-07 17:51:34 · answer #1 · answered by animal lover 4 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Plants That Live Through Winter
2016-12-12 08:20:04 · answer #2 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
They will not survive winters in general. But they can survive in tropical areas and inside green houses for several years. Unlike many annual and perennial plants that die (annual) or decline and rebound after about 6 to 8 months.... tomatoes vines will continue on under the right conditions.
There is a good example of this at Disney's EPCOT center. In the exhibit called "The Land" there is a huge growing tomato vine that has been there for years. I belive it is the largest or second largest one in the world. It's pretty cool.
2007-08-08 05:32:19 · answer #3 · answered by Jason F 3 · 3⤊ 0⤋
The tomato plant is a warm season perennial (grows year round) but because it is a fragile plant it is grown as an annual (only in season) in most places as it will not survive frosts.
When grown indoors or in a greenhouse, and well taken care of, a tomato plant can survive and produce well year round.
So, the answer to your question is "sometimes", it depends upon where it is growing. In the right location (near tropical and warmer) it will grow year-round. In most locations in the US, it dies at the end of the season.
2007-08-07 17:52:35 · answer #4 · answered by CoachT 7 · 2⤊ 1⤋
If you stayed outside in the cold winter all the time would you die? Well tomato plants are weaker than you are arn't they?
That is a big boy of a YES!
2007-08-07 17:49:36 · answer #5 · answered by emison21754 3 · 0⤊ 7⤋
Yes.
2007-08-07 17:46:57 · answer #6 · answered by Mickey Mouse Spears 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋