So this year I grew some tomatoes for the first time. They were small but tasty.

In November they began to die, so I cut all dry/dead parts and they got better. But they still look very unhealthy.

Do tomatoes survive the winter? Does it make sense to keep watering them? Like once a week, when it doesn’t rain.

Or maybe I should let them die and seed again next spring?

(Ignore the dog. She refuses to let me alone in the balcony lol)

  • @vsis
    OPEnglish
    4•6 months ago

    I don’t expect to get subzero temperatures. But if I do I will get them inside. Hopefully they’ll survive the cats.

    I know the soil won’t be as nutritious as last spring, but didn’t know about special pruning. Now I know what I don’t know, and can search info about it.

    Thank you very much!

    • @batmaniam@lemmy.worldEnglish
      3•6 months ago

      You bet! and yeah, it would just suck to take care of them and have that one night with a hard cold kill them!

      Also: given your climate and the fact you got enough sun to keep tomatoes happy… you may want to try capers! They’re very pretty, very drought tolerant and LOVE the summer heat. One note if you do though: Make sure the soil drains VERY well. They are border-line allergic to water. I’m in the states in NY, and despite not watering a single time over the summer, the rain was to much for them.

      You can either pick the buds to get the usual capers, or let them flower (they make beautiful, semi-fragrant flowers!) and pickle the berries, or a little of both! They just go really well with tomatoes obviously, and despite being a picky plant, in the right conditions (which you have) they’re incredibly resilient.