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  • Answered by
    Nikki on
    May 25, 2011
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    You have some type of slime mold forming on your soil. While this will not affect plant growth, other than shading out light, you may want to consider repotting with fresh soil. Here is more information: http://msucares.com/pubs/infosheets/is1684.pdf

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    Heather on
    June 1, 2011
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    It may be chlorosis. This article may help:
    https://www.gardeningknowhow.com/plant-problems/environmental/leaf-chlorosis-and-iron.htm

    This article may also help you:
    https://www.gardeningknowhow.com/edible/vegetables/tomato/yellow-tomato-leaves.htm

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    bclaudio3 on
    June 2, 2011
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    Two weeks later and tomato plants are robust! I did nothing but wait and it surely paid off.

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    Nikki on
    May 31, 2011
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    I would not prune the suckers out this year. Removing the suckers encourages the plant to grow up instead of out.

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    Heather on
    June 4, 2011
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    Is it recently planted? It sounds like it may have sunscald, which happens when plants are not properly acclimated. If this is the case, the plant will recover. The burned leaves will die while new ones will grow. It will just take a little time. This article will help with acclimating in the future:
    https://www.gardeningknowhow.com/garden-how-to/seeds/how-to-harden-off-your-seedlings.htm

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    Heather on
    June 8, 2011
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    It sounds like they may have a blight. These articles will explain more:
    https://www.gardeningknowhow.com/edible/vegetables/tomato/early-blight-alternaria-tomato-leaf-spots-yellow-leaves.htm
    https://www.gardeningknowhow.com/edible/vegetables/tomato/tomato-blight.htm
    https://www.gardeningknowhow.com/edible/vegetables/tomato/yellow-tomato-leaves.htm

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    Nikki on
    June 7, 2011
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    For container tomatoes, I would use a slow release fertilizer. Since they can't spread their roots out and continuous watering washes out fertilizer much faster, a slow release fertilizer makes sure they get ongoing nutrients. Slow release fertilizer is also good to keep the roots from burning from the fertilizer in the container.

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