Tom seedlings from late summer are still growing

[Marb67]

Basically I found some small tomato seedlings growing in one of my pots in late summer. I potted them on just out of curiosity and they are growing nicely about 2" with good, strong stems.

Is it worth bringing them indoors and keeping going or too early for using next season ?

Thanks.

[Thelma Sanders]

On a very bright warm windowledge you may even get a few fruit, but if they're a cordon variety you'll not get much light in the room.
Unless they are small tub types, I'd ditch them now.

[Snoop Puss]

Channeling VC here: nothing ventured, nothing gained.

Have you got somewhere bright and warm you can keep them?

[lottie dolly]

you could try 1 plant,it will go leggy this time of year owing to the light,there is a thread on here,was it CV,who tried to keep 1 growing,just from potting on some side shoots,put them in water until you see roots,pot up,and keep repeating till the spring next year,i cannot remember if it was a success or not,maybe a link can be found,good luck.

[Bren In Pots]

Channeling VC here: nothing ventured, nothing gained.

Have you got somewhere bright and warm you can keep them?

Last year I dug one up from my GH border and had a few of toms from it over winter, give it a go if you fail you've only lost time and a bit of compost.

[veggiechicken]

I have a really stocky tom plant, self seeded, in the GH border and lots of babies, including some with just seedling leaves. I'll leave those to fate but I may cosset the stocky one, perhaps pot it up and bring it in for winter. I've done that before and had a few early toms..
As Snoop says, nothing ventured.............
Go for it Marb, you know you want to.

[Small pumpkin]

I'm attempting something similar with a couple of tomato side shoots.
Go on Marb, do it. It's about time you joined the nutters ( obviously not including myself as a nutter )

[Penellype]

I've grown tomatoes over winter on the windowsill, not from seedlings but from sideshoots from the bottom of plants that have been cut down. As long as you expect them to go long and leggy and give them as much light as possible you may get a few small tomatoes - I did. If flowers appear, give them a helping hand by tapping them gently with a finger to pollinate them, otherwise they are likely to die and fall off.

Good luck.