Here's a closer picture of some of the leaves

You should be able to email these pics to your Excension Agent, and he/she can email them to the diagnostic clinic at TAMU. It usually doesn't take long to get an answer.

I would call them in the morning.

Janie

I would say from all the wet weather we have been having.

I'm having trouble too and I posted on the tomato forum and was told I (or, rather, my tomatoes) had blossom end rot. It described mine perfectly--something concerning too much rain and not enough calcium in the soil. I'm very disappointed, b/c they weren't very encouraging about saving the plants I have. I'm in Tyler, so I'm close to you in Gladewater.

I don't agree that you have BER. BER is on the BOTTOM of tomatoes. Not up the side like that. The top one loks like scald.I just gave all mine a haircut yesterday. Pulled off gobs of yellowed/dried up leaves. But this happens every year when it gets really hot. But the hair cut is usually on bottom of plant. I am not much into treating plants with stuff. If they die, they die.They are covered in tomatoes, so I am not too worried about some bottom leaves.
Post your question on the tomato board if it is worrying you. Some of the experts can be intimidating in their answers, so try and overlook that!

it looks to me as if you have two problems one to mutch water or not enough this will make the leaves go yellow and will afect the fruit as well the toms them selfs are beening eaten by a caterpiler which comes out at night and eats your toms we have the same problem here in the uk mind you every bug is bigger in texas

Thanks for the suggestions, guys. I've emailed the extension office and I hope to hear from them soon. We've pulled off lots of leaves and there are plenty of tomatoes still on the plants but the plants don't look like they'll live long enough for the fruit to ripen. :(

We have had lots of rain too, and my tomatoes are pleasing me very much. The plants look healthy, and I am harvesting a ton of beautiful ripe tomatoes.

This is the first year in about 5 years that we have had a good tomato crop. I am thrilled.

I do hope you will let us know what TAMU says, so we can tuck that info away until we need it.

Janie

If it were me, I'd go ahead and pull any fruit that's blushing. Some people swear vine ripened is better but we haven't been able to tell a difference.

That is a good idea.

Tomatoes ripen from the inside out. If you see them blush, they are ripe on the inside. The flavor will not be affected by pulling them at this stage, as long as you allow them to finish turning before you eat them.

Janie