GROWING TOMATOES...YELLOWING OF LOWER LEAVES

 


This information found in a very informative article online seems to somewhat explain why my tomatoes have no leaves, yet seem to make a normal, even heavy, crop of fruit. 

I grow my tomatoes against a panel of garden wire, and tie them to the wire as needed for support. A good part of the plant probably gets no sunlight at all during the day.


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"Indeterminate tomatoes are taller and requires stakes to support them. Their leaves will turn yellow due to age later in the season.

Another thing to keep in mind is the way that tomato plants grow. As a tomato plant ages, it grows taller and gets more leaves at the top.


As the top leaves grow larger and more numerous, they shade the lower leaves from sunlight. As a result, the lower leaves are not able to produce as much energy from photosynthesis.


The plant will then draw mobile nutrients (like nitrogen, phosphorus, and magnesium) out of the bottom leaves and use them for growth of higher leaves (which have access to more sunlight).


The bottom leaves will then turn yellow and eventually fall off.  According to the Mississippi State University, yellow leaves caused by age are totally normal and not a cause for concern."

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