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I have had great luck wtih my cherry tomato plant, until last week. The weather has been hot (80's), the plant is in almost full sun all day, and I have been watering dilegently until I was out of town for a couple of days. Watered when I got home (it had rained, so not too dry) and then again the next morning and evening. There was some standing water on top of the soil, which I dumped out (pot doesn't drain). A couple of days later the leaves all started to die. A friend said to pinch off the dried leaves to allow the nutrients to get to the tomatos. The tomatos are fine, but I cannot get the leaves to come back.

Suggestions?

I'll defer to the tomato experts here, but my guess is that your tomato is seriously water logged. I would let it dry out and I bet new foliage develops. Pinching back a couple of the stems may encourage new growth, too.

There are tomato experts here???



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