What should I do with my tomato plant as the weather gets colder?

I've been growing Black Krim tomatoes in an upside-down hanging basket, and am not sure what to do with it this fall. Should I bring it into the garage or cover it somehow? Will the plant come back next summer?

What should I do with my tomato plant as the weather gets colder?
Too late for covering. It is the end of the season. Pick the tomatoes and put them in a closed paper bag until they get red. Their own chemicals will ripen them.





No the plant will not come back next summer. Buy new ones, but in the spring so that you will have plenty of time to grow tomatoes.
Reply:Hello------I am a Certified Master Gardener.





Tomatoes are grown and do best in summer heat.





Your plants will decline as weather becomes cold.





Start planning what kind of tomatoes you'd like to plant next year. Nichols Garden Nursery (online) has an excellent line of all kinds of seeds. I've done business with NGN for 15 years and they are excellent.





I sincerely hope this helps.





PAMELA J.
Reply:Tomatoes are annuals, and so will not come back next year. I always just leave them out until they stop getting tomatoes or get frozen and die. You may want to put it in the garage at night if it is supposed to get cold. That may preserve for a little while longer.
Reply:Erin


If it's still producing, you can cover it with plastic to insulate it from frost at night. However, it's nearing the end of its life cycle. If it has stopped producing tomatoes (or is dying back) into the compost it goes; tomatoes are annuals and will not come back at all the following season.
Reply:I would bring the tomatoes inside in front or near a window since it is in a pot.yes the tomatoes will grow back as longe as you keeep the dirt watered and fertalized the tomatoes will grow back from the roots,If by some chance they do not grow back buy new ones and plant them in the ground,