Hi Megan,

As far as I know tomatoes are annuals. Frost will eventually kill the plant. You will need to replant an entirely new plant next growing season.

I am not familiar with Roma or determinate tomatoes which I believe Roma is. So I can't answer your expectations for more tomatoes question.

I've heard of people growing tomatoes in the house but again, I have no personal experience with doing so.

I hope others can give you more details towards Romas. I am curious myself as to whether you can expect more toms later in the growing season. I am wondering if they produce in flushes or just one large crop.

I cut mine back to about a third last year and it came back and gave me tomatoes again in the fall. I got more in the fall than in the spring. If you have room give it a try.

Biermaster,
You cut them back in the same growing year or you cut them back and they didnt produce until the following next years fall? This would certainly save me some production space on romas if I could cut them back after they finish producing and expect a second crop in fall! That would make them biennials?
Thanks
Kelley

I cut them back the 1st year when the hot weather hit just before the monsoons. I was going to pull them when I read a tomato column by a local "garden Expert" who said that was the thing to do. He suggested cutting them back about a half until the plant started putting out suckers and then trim them back to about 1/3 when the suckers were about 6" tall. Last year was a light monsoon season so I was watering almost every day in the evening and they just kept growing. When it started cooling off in the night in Sept then they started blossoming and set very well. I wrapped a bit of plastic around the plants using t posts and had tomatoes until Christmas. If it was a fluke the it was one that my family and I enjoyed. If you have the room, give it a try, you have little to lose and more to gain.