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Question by davaeva: My tomato plants have lots of fruit on the vine but have yellow leaves at the base. What causes this?
They are planted in large buckets and get full sun all day. The tomato’s themselves are getting bigger each day and appear to have no pests. I see no signs of fungus or mold. I have removed some of the yellowed leaves but want to know why they are yellowed. It’s hot here now and the plants dry quickly. Am I over watering?
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Answer by kevorkian
I wouldn’t worry about the yellow leaves. It not a disease.I often remove some of the foliage when growing tomatoes so that the nutrients go to the fruit.
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awesome tomato……love it, but glass cutting boards suck!!
uharvest.ca i got mine their..organic seed
Brandywine is an organic non-gmo variety I think
Very nice!
You should not be cutting on that surface ;_;
So big
I saved a coupe brandywine tomato plants from the nursery cause they were rootbound. I transfered them in a bigger pot and they are looking great.. But they are producing tomatoes but on one plant has little tomatoes and they are turning red before they get big.. is that normal? Should I pick them once they are fully red or leave them. Do they ripen before they get a nice beefstake size.. I’m dumb founded.. Help
That is amazing, thanks for sharing
monsanto is bad
Is that an heirloom variety?
Beautiful!
wheres the lettuce and bacon
TOMATO BOMBS!
do you have any leftover seeds? xD
Wow, 2.5lbs is huge.
Those are beautiful. Looks so good you don’t want to eat them. =)
did you not weigh them?
Look, it’s even shaped like a slice of bread, lol.
Those are freaking huge! One slice would more then cover an entire sandwich. Wow!
Oh my gosh! I’m hungry. I want to eat this tomato!!
I agree that looks like a pumpkim.
nice work ….just picked up some large tomato producing plants and seeing what i am in for
hello, HOW??????????????
those are some beautiful Tom wow
That would be an incredible BLT.
You need to get a wooden chopping board ASAP…..Nice tomatoes .Well done amazing. I want to grow some.
Sounds like you’re doing good.
For lack of a better term, I think what you’re seeing is “old age leave syndrome?” (Made that up) But it sounds like you have otherwise healthy plants and those leaves at the bottom are the oldest on the vine, hence they will age, turn yellow and usually just shrivel up and hang there.
Not sure where you are, but it sounds like your plants are doing what they should do. If you’re in a summer hot zone, it’s probably time to move them where there is NO direct sun during the day. Especially the hottest times of the day. Once the plant is established, tomato plants need “heat,” NOT sun. Too much sun, on top of being exposed to hot temps will quickly kill the plant, make it impossible to keep watered, and cause the fruit to bake in the sun. They fruit will literally cook before it has a chance to ripen, usually turning yellowish,then brown/black, and looking sun-burnt.
I think it sounds like the watering issue is proving that, and you better think about moving them to shade. You’ll quickly see, they’ll start pumping out red fruit much quicker then, as they are now using all their energy to keep the plant from drying up.
It will also help if you start picking some of the older bigger fruit and take it inside to ripen. It will do so right on the counter, with no sun.
There’s a lot of “bad advice” out there, even and especially on the plant and seed packages that tell you they need “FULL SUN” and not even mentioning the fact, that below the Missouri River or Interstate Highway 70, tomato plants will FRY and DIE if put in full sun.
Good luck, a few things to remember.
In the heat it’s almost impossible to over water them.
Don’t touch the plants when they are wet, you will cause rust to form, and more diseases will result from that weakened state.
It’s also common for the first fruits of the plant to experience a rotted bottom on them. Totally normal and it will stop after the first few on each plant.
If you can get your hands on some chicken poo or cow poo, water them with a little of that mixed in, especially in potted plants, as the dirt will lose its nutritional values by late summer.
yellow leaves are no problem just pick the off
hope all goes well