URGENT! HELP! Lower leaves turning yellow and falling off.
My tomato leaves are falling turning yellow and falling off starting from the bottom. I added some low slow release fertilizer and some banana peelings. The plants looks extremely healthy on top but bad on the lower branches. I can send pictures to anyone who would like to see them as it seems I can not post them here. Please send me e-mail addresses to where I can send the pictures, thank you.
- hendi_alex
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My guess is summer blight, though could likely be lots of things. Good luck, my plants usually succumb to summer blight over a period weeks. You may try spraying with a 10% solution of peroxide and/or milk. Some report good results with that. Perhaps side dressing with calcium nitrate may give the plants a boost. I would guess that your temperatures are already getting too high for the plants to thrive as when the upper 80's to mid 90's hit here, my plants struggle. I bet you can have really good tomatoes in the late fall and winter after the temperatures drop back down!
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