Why do my tomato plants keep dying?

Question

When we plant tomatoes; they grow big and healthy for a while and get lots of green tomatoes. Then the plant wilts from the top down and dies. This has happened several times. They don't seem to be too dry or too wet.

Answer 1

sounds like leaf wilt. Plant them in a different location as this desease is in the soil and impossible to get rid of

Answer 2

You could try growing determinate varieties (bush type) in pots in sterile potting mix. Otherwise, I have had success by planting the tomatoes, then laying down that black plastic garden mulch (you know the kind that has little perforations all over it) then put an organic mulch over that. But make sure it is fresh mulch from a bag. If you have the organisms that cause wilt in your yard, you wouldnt want to use compost you made yourself. Bagged compost or bagged manure would be good. The trick is to keep the infected soil from splashing up onto the foliage. Some people keep their plants covered with plastic, but you will have to be careful even when you water that you don't splash dirt up onto the leaves. At the end of the growing season, you can also try spraying the garden area with a weak solution of chlorine bleach and water.

Answer 3

You need to take off a few of the green tomatoes. It sounds like it is producing more than it is getting nutrients to support the amount that it has produced. Nip off a few of the blooms so that the nutrients can concentrate on certain areas.
Feed once a week with Miracle Grow made especially for tomato plants. Use a sprinkler to water the tomatoes and leave on for at least two hours, they need slow absorption of water, otherwise the water will just run off. If you are in a dry area, water daily if need be.

Answer 4

sorry to hear about ur tomatoes ... tomatoe plants need plenty of water and also need feeding ... mabe they lacking one or the other ...