tomato plants?

Question

hi peeps i probley sound really stupid but need help.. we have some tomato plants and its the 1st time we have done them they are very big and bushy with tomatos on so r pleased.But was just wondering what u do when the season is over to with cut them down or leave them sorry to sound silly thank u

thank u ....we still got loads of yellow flowers on does that matter..and loads of little tomatos on as u can tell notmuch of a gardener we brought them from asda for the children and was in a little red bucket and never seen so many tomatos plants before we found it quite funny for our 1st time

Answer 1

Pull and discard them when they are no longer producing. Depending on where you live, this could be next month to Nov. I usually get tomatoes until mid to late October.
Good idea mentioned is to pull off all that are starting to turn color, before the 1st frost and let them ripen in the house on a window sill is a good place.
They are easily canned too, if you want tomatoes into the winter months!

Answer 2

Tomato plants won't survive a cold winter. If they are healthy, you can put the dead plants into your compost. I always destroy my plants, since you never know what might have affected them, especially late in the season. Any green tomatoes can go inside on a sunny ledge or into a paper bag with an apple, to help them ripen completely. Check them often though so nothing starts rotting.

Answer 3

u can cut em down or leave em eather way , they wont come back again next year, but sometimes if there are any tomatoes left and fall off the seeds from em mite produce again next year, good luck.

Answer 4

pull them before the frost - pick ALL the tomatoes and let them ripen off the vine

Answer 5

pull them up and toss them. start over again next year.
i'm pulling mine up in about 2 wks.