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mjhoman Hampton, PA Jul 19, 2011

I need help identifying what is going on. This is the first year I have been able to actually start plants indoors, plant them outdoors and they lived. I have one Roma Tomato plant, that from the start shot up like a magic bean stalk... imaginary of course. My two plants were doing well until recently. A few weeks before I noticed clusters of small green tomatoes roughly the size of a kiwi. Last week I noticed some laying on the ground, and that lead me to noticing many of the tomatoes were no longer there. Besides that, leaves near the bottom are somewhat turning yellow, some look as if something has been eating at them. I even noticed tonight one stalk near the top looked like it was cut off by something sharp... don't know if deer would do that? I first thought the bottom leaves were a sign I was not watering them enough. I set out today to water them in early morning and later at night. But after closer inspection, something is going on besides a water issue.

I was watering my two tomato plants and cucumber with roughly 1 gallon of water mixed with some tomato miracle grow. That's it! I hope someone can tell me what might be going on. I was hoping to get some vegetables this year from all my work, but so far it does not look good. Thanks.

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NatureLover1950 Vicksburg, MS(Zone 8a) Jul 20, 2011

The yellowing leaves at the bottom could be a problem with a blight of some sort--can't say for sure without a picture. The clean cut at the top could definitely be deer--they will eat tomato plants if food is scarce. You could try putting some cages around the tomatoes and put plastic bird mesh over it to try to keep them out.

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themoonhowl Prairieville, LA(Zone 9a) Jul 20, 2011

You could also have a tomato horn worm. and tomatoes tend to drop leaves/fruit when temps get too high. Mine stopped producing when the temps hit the 90's.

http://www.vegedge.umn.edu/vegpest/hornworm.htm

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wannadanc Olympia, WA Jul 21, 2011

DEER will DEFINITELY eat tomato plants if they can get them ......... I have even lost tomatoes in hanging pots on my front porch because of the deer with a taste for tomatoes!!!!

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NatureLover1950 Vicksburg, MS(Zone 8a) Jul 21, 2011

A wildlife biologist told us once that it would be easier to tell people what deer WON'T eat than to tell them what they WILL eat! If they are really hungry and food is scarce (like during drought) that list of things they will eat gets a lot longer.

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