Pruning perennial tomato plants

In coastal San Diego with minimum winter temperatures in the mid 40’s F this year, I left some grafted tomato plants over-winter. They are now very leggy but are still setting flowers. Should I prune them back now cutting off the new growth at the end of the long, bare stalks? If so, will the old stalks re-sprout or will new stalks grow?

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#1 Comment By Downtoearthdigs On 03/26/2018 @ 7:27 am

Much of your tomato plant stems are quite woody, and pruning into the woody areas will not result in any new stem growth.
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