Comments on: Why is My Tomato Plant Dead?

By: The Lemon Tree That Bears No Lemons (A Video) — Saving Money Plan

The Lemon Tree That Bears No Lemons (A Video) — Saving Money Plan — Sat, 07 Aug 2010 16:11:40 +0000

[...] my sad tomato plant and how it was on death’s [...]

By: Claire

Claire — Fri, 26 Mar 2010 15:57:14 +0000

wait – what do you mean 2/3 of the plant? you put it in that deep? I’m not sure I understand…

By: Claire

Claire — Fri, 26 Mar 2010 15:56:33 +0000

Yeah, I think transferring is definitely the next step to try and save it!

By: The Five Reasons My Grocery Budget Sucks! — Saving Money Plan

The Five Reasons My Grocery Budget Sucks! — Saving Money Plan — Sun, 21 Mar 2010 19:40:56 +0000

[...] My tomato plants are not giving me tomatoes. [Thanks for all your comments on "Why is My Tomato Plant Dead?"] [...]

By: Kay M.

Kay M. — Sun, 21 Mar 2010 18:55:20 +0000

I have never had good luck with tomatoes in a pot, but if I put them in the ground, we have more tomatoes than Iknow what to do with. If you have a place you can put it in the ground, try that. And when you plant it, dig a hole deep enough to plant about 2/3 of that plant. Then let it go. It will grow, and you will have tomatoes. I have six plants right now, (two beefsteak, three cherry, and one grape) and they are growing like weeds.

By: Julia

Julia — Sun, 21 Mar 2010 17:44:05 +0000

If you think the plant will completely die, snip all the stalks and stick them in the dirt. Yes they will keep growing if the stalk is still green and if you still have green leaves on top of the plant.

By: Claire at Saving Money Plan

Claire at Saving Money Plan — Sun, 21 Mar 2010 14:12:40 +0000

Wait – I HAVE topsy turvy! I just don’t know how to use it…so it works for you??!
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By: Elizabeth W

Elizabeth W — Sun, 21 Mar 2010 12:31:43 +0000

I would try to tranfer the plant to a new pot with soil. Also, yes! Just get a Tomato plant already started, in the meantime. That is how we do ours every year. We have so many we give them away!

By: Dar

Dar — Sun, 21 Mar 2010 06:01:18 +0000

What are the leaves doing? From the photo they kinda look like my plants did last summer where the leaves would turn a yellow slightly then suddenly 1-2 days later the leaves were black and falling off. If they are and you touch them and see a ‘dust’ almost. It is some kind of fungus or blight. My tomatoes pulled through it but did not produce nearly as much and many of the tomatoes would fall off before they were ready. If this is the case, you will need to get rid of the plant (painful I know) and the soil and possibly even the pot (at least clean it very well). The blight can remain in the soil and pot and infect every other tomato planted there after. Also, since it does look wet this may really be the case. The blight I had last year was notorious for being vicious when the weather was wetter than normal. Oh yeah, one last thing you may check where you got your seeds. I have heard many diseases can be ‘stored’ in the seeds from plants that had been infected. Sorry this does not sound very happy or positive. It could be something completely different, but without knowing more than the picture that is my guess. Good Luck!!!

By: Lisa J.

Lisa J. — Sun, 21 Mar 2010 04:34:40 +0000

This is why we grow our tomatoes in a Topsy-Turvy — they never get droopy! Ha! But is it really even possible to over-water a tomato plant? I’ve always heard you can’t water them enough, since tomatoes themselves are comprised of over 90 percent water, they need lots of it to grow. We water ours a couple of times a day.