Can anyone tell me what is happening to my tomato plants?

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• tui34 Posts: 3,493

  August 2020

  Hello @Beckita4u  Your tomato plants look tired and spent.  It is coming to the end of the summer.  They also look crowded and in need of some air.  You could lop the tops off them and encourage the last crop to form and ripen.

  A good hoeing is worth two waterings.
  
  

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• Fairygirl Posts: 55,117

  August 2020

  I'd agree totally with the others. Too many in there.
  The fruits that are already changing colour will ripen, assuming you're in a warm enough area. 
  As @philippasmith2 says - if you can remove completely any plants that aren't really producing much at all, that will benefit the remainder.  Then remove anything unlikely to finish and ripen, and certainly remove any flowers forming if there are any. You'll still get a crop, even if you have to bring them indoors.

  It's a place where beautiful isn't enough of a word....
  
  
  
  I live in west central Scotland - not where that photo is...

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• parrotfeather* Posts: 188

  August 2020

  I would also take off the yellowing leaves and those at the base to get some air circulation and help the fruits to ripen in the sun, followed by a good water with some comfrey feed or tomato fertiliser.
  

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• Beckita4u Posts: 2

  August 2020

  Thank you for all of your help!  I removed all dead leaves and made room for more air to flow through. I am giving them a good watering right now.

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