yellow leaves on bottom of tomatoe plant

by Carole Cave
(Vancouver, WA)

The leaves at the bottom of my tomatoe plants turn yellow. I water every other morning is this too much or not enough?

Support for tomato plants

by Janorama
(Wisconsin)

Last year my tomatoe plants grew 7 feet tall even though I had cages around them. Can tomatoe plants be pruned? Any ideas on supports to keep them vertical?

Leaving only three leaves on tomato plant

by Barry Gray
(Papakowhai)

I have read through the doubletomato.com article attached to your home page. It states that to get better results, tomato plants should be pruned back to only 3 small leaves per plant.
Has anyone tried this? I live in Porirua.
And...
I have seen an ad. from USA on No Dig Garden. It indicates that a tomato plant can be almost completely de-leafed (3 only). This will increases the fruit by 100%. Has anybody tried this?

Megan comments...
I've put up both questions here. The adverts you clicked on were from Google ads displayed on my website, so I don't necessarily endorse them.

In the case of pruning all but 3 leaves from tomato plants, it seems nobody has a clear answer, and I can't find any real examples. Hopefully one of you readers has bought the e-book and experimented with this three leaves on tomatoes idea of growing?

Taking off all the lower leaves before the first branch with fruit on is certainly best, as it stops fungal problems from water splashing up from the soil.

I often take off any really large leaves that overshadow tomatoe trusses too. Some leaves are needed for photosynthesis so the plant can get energy to grow, but I believe the idea is that once the fruit has set, then the leaves are not so needed.

Tomatoes are heavy feeders and thirsty, and that's the most important consideration. The variety grown makes difference in volumne, tastes and length of cropping.

If anyone knows more about this, let's hear it here! In the meantime I'm keen to experiment myself - but it will have to wait until spring here downunder.

tomatoes problem

by jim
(s.c.)

new tomatoes browning on bottom while green, why?

Tomatoes growing near trees

I planted tomato plants near my oak trees and the plants seem to be dead although I have tomatoes growing on them. Should I move them and next year not plant them near the tree?
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yellow tomatoes

by Wanda Salyers
(Xenia, Oh)

I would like to know what to do with my yellow tomatoes. Once they start to turn color the bottoms of them are all black. This has happened to each one so far

Tomato leaf curl -New growth on tomatoes curling up like fists

by Deb
(Pope Valley, CA. USA)

I tried your no dig method this year in a virgin area of my acreage. 100 degree temps are the average here so all the straw, hay, & compost have created an environment where roots stay cool.
All plants are thriving, except the new growth on my tomatoes is curling up like tiny fists - the leaves are not opening up normally.
The plants have plenty of tomatoes on them and all growth up to this point has been vigorous. I have tried watering less, and watering more, pruning off the affected growth, but those don't seem to be the problem. Any ideas?