A healthy tomato plant has bright green leaves.   Every once in a while, though, a tomato plant’s leaves will change colors.   Yellow tomato plant leaves can be caused by a number of things.  Tomato plant leaves can go yellow for a number of reasons, ranging from easily-fixed benign problems to problems that will require treatment.
Yellow Tomato Plant Leaves Caused by Normal Growth
Sometimes the leaves at the bottom of a tomato plant will turn yellow and become wilted.  This is perfectly normal, and you shouldn’t worry about it at all.   If …

Juliet tomatoes are considered grape tomatoes. They are smallish (sort of like cherry tomatoes), but are more oblong in shape. They look like someone used a shrink ray on a Roma tomato.
Juliet tomatoes are known to be prolific growers and fruit bearers, so I used the biggest container I could find. I am using a large 30 gallon plastic tote, to give her all the room she needs for roots. I put several 6′ stakes around the seedling, and wrapped twine around them. (Why didn’t I go with …

Aaah, when I lived in the city, I longed for a garden of my own. I had a tiny little deck that overlooked a manmade pond. What I didn’t know then was that I had all I needed to grow a garden right there outside my sliding glass door.
If you live in an apartment, you can grow a vegetable garden the very same way I grow MY vegetable garden. I might have a big yard, but the way I plant and grow my veggies is the same way you can …

When Topsy Turvy started airing their commercials nation-wide, people went bonkers for the product.  It’s basically a fabric bag with a coiled wire support, in which gardeners are supposedly growing massive, delicious tomatoes.   If you’d like to grow tomatoes upside, down, though, I suggest you make your own upside down container instead of investing in a Topsy Turvy bag system.  (Don’t get me wrong, I’m sure the TT works wonderfully, I just prefer to do things with minimal expense. )
What You’ll Need to Grow a Tomato Plant Upside …

In South Texas, we’re lucky enough to have two growing seasons.  This summer, though, the weather has been particularly brutal.  I lost most of my seeds and seedlings to three days of torrential (but much-needed) rains in late May.   The few plants that did survive have been struggling to stay alive.  I am outside watering them four or five times a day, and they still seem to be wilting from the extreme heat.  I’ve tried moving them shady areas (under large mesquite trees, and in the covered patio).   There’s really …