Tomato life

[odica1213]

Hello all just wanted to know how long a tomato plant will stay alive for if kept in the right conditions. And if I wanted to keep it for a long time would it be best to stop it from growing tomatoes? If so what is the best way to stop the growth of the tomatoes?

Here is a picture. Of the plant nowuploadfromtaptalk1339043262481.jpg its in a home made hydro system its a top drip system

[Mojave]

A tomatoless tomato?? Huh?

I really don't know if a tomato can be overwintered, or how long they live. Peppers can live several years if the conditions are right, tomatoes and peppers originated in the same part of the world (South America), hmmm, maybe.

I'm sure someone here will know. Welcome to Tomatoville Odica.

[saltmarsh]

Hi Odica, I planted Peron Sprayless on July 1st of 2011 and transplanted them to the garden the last week of August in 2011. I over wintered them in the garden in a makeshift hot house and they are still producing tomatoes now. There's no need to stop them from producing tomatoes, just let them go and enjoy the fruit.

I'll let you know if and when mine quit. Claud

[odica1213]

Very helpful. Thank you so much

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[Growyourowngrub]

Unfortunately it's not possible here in the uk, I've not found a method of keeping them alive. But I'll keep trying



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[peppero]

i have 2 plants in 3 gallon containers carried over from last year. one looks bad but it has produced the first tomatoes. the other one looks the best and has tomatoes on it. yes, they can be carried over. jon

[odica1213]

Thanks a lot for all the information.
I think ill let it grow tomatoes in the summer and stop it from growing them in the winter. I know in the winter my visaing trees get rest and recover from the growing season I think if I treat the tomato plant the same it would be best for it.

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[kurt]

Epcot had a tomato tree(do search for threads here)that lived and died by disease that reportedly gave fruit for 16 some months.there is a tomato tree(not really tomato but can grow to twenty some feet and lives for years)that has a hard tree like bark and branches, down south in Carribean and South America.I have heard that in the greenhouses in Europe they do a "trench"planting of indeterminates(which basically means keeps on growing)in thier commercial operations where they lay the plant down and each of the leaders basically form into a new plant and keep producing as long as water and nutrients are applied.When you google the question it says up tp 12-13 months.I myself by mistake chopped down some cherrys in a container with a stump showing put it out for disposal and the plant started again and did get a second set of fruit out of it then our hot summer came and I kinda let it die out due to neglect on my part.That plant timed out at 8 months.The determinates I know will die out max 6-7months.So in a green house whats not to say with the right temps you could trench plant a indeterminate for a long time.

[livinonfaith]

I don't know why you would have to let it rest. My pepper plants kept putting out peppers, on and off, through the Winter.

They slowed down a lot during the coldest and darkest part, but since they were in the greenhouse, they would still throw one of two out here and there.

I figure if a plant needs rest it will stop on it's own.

[odica1213]

Originally Posted by livinonfaith

I don't know why you would have to let it rest. My pepper plants kept putting out peppers, on and off, through the Winter.

They slowed down a lot during the coldest and darkest part, but since they were in the greenhouse, they would still throw one of two out here and there.

I figure if a plant needs rest it will stop on it's own.

Rest from flowering or growing in bonsai is great for the plant because it goes into a dormant state and then in the spring will often do much better. Also think of it like this if you work and work but never sleep or rest how long would you last? Resting the plant through the wing will give it some needed recovery time.


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[odica1213]

Originally Posted by livinonfaith

I don't know why you would have to let it rest. My pepper plants kept putting out peppers, on and off, through the Winter.

They slowed down a lot during the coldest and darkest part, but since they were in the greenhouse, they would still throw one of two out here and there.

I figure if a plant needs rest it will stop on it's own.

Rest from flowering or growing in bonsai is great for the plant because it goes into a dormant state and then in the spring will often do much better. Also think of it like this if you work and work but never sleep or rest how long would you last? Resting the plant through the winter will give it some needed recovery time.


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[Crandrew]

Originally Posted by livinonfaith

I don't know why you would have to let it rest. My pepper plants kept putting out peppers, on and off, through the Winter.

They slowed down a lot during the coldest and darkest part, but since they were in the greenhouse, they would still throw one of two out here and there.

I figure if a plant needs rest it will stop on it's own.

This happens for me as well. Last year my jalapeño kept producing. I'm going o try it this year with my jalapeños, Thai's, Jimmy's, aji crystals, and a few hybrids.

[dice]

A respected grower in New Zealand reported keeping
a Russian Red plant alive and growing in his greenhouse
for 3 years. (It demonstrated that Russian Red really was
indeterminate, even though it is a tree-type dwarf that
rarely gets above 3 feet tall over a summer; an
"indeterminate short internode" type of cultivar). He said it
"took over the greenhouse".

[odica1213]

I have had a tomato plant last over one year but when I put it back out side in the summer it was hit by a weed whacker I just gave up on it at that point. Now I grow indoors so this won't happen the plant never grew tomatoes that second summer though

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