Numpty alert - will a tomatoe plant survive the winter outside?

[AdoraBell]

First time I've tried growing anything and I have no clue if my triffid tomatoes will last over our winter (southern hemisphere)

We get frost over night but not extreme cold.

What do you think?

TIA

They're annuals - never heard of a perennial tomato?

I shouldn't think so, they don't like frost. You usually sow them in spring, harvest late summer, bin.

In their natural habitat, tomatoes are indeed perennials.

Some of us have overwintered toms before indoors, and got crops off them in subsequent years. If you take cuttings, rather than use the whole plant, root them in water, then yes it is perfectly possible to do so with lots of your tomatoes.

Thank you everyone

We're in autumn and the plant still has a lot of toms, I'll sort it out before the frosts start.

Wow, had no idea they were perennials

Thanks for that

Mind I've never seen a tomato growing 'naturally' anywhere