Growr, I'm pulling mine up. They aren't doing anything in this heat. Hubby has been after me to put new ones in for the fall garden, but I can't find any at the nurseries I've been to. The few I saw at Lowes recently looked awful !

Good luck !

patty

Tomatoes in Texas in August are non-producers! The heat prevents them from setting fruit. If your plants look that bad, I'd suggest starting over, especially since they are only 18" tall. If they haven't grown by now, it is unlikely that they will. If you can get tomato plants at a nursery or a big box store, get the best looking ones you can, put them in bigger containers (1 qt. if you have) and start them on a very light fertilization (I use manure tea). When you set them out in Sept. they ought to be able to take off and give you a crop of tomatoes.

I have 5 tomato plants that are atleast 4 feet tall and 1 that is about 1 foot tall. The small one is making tomatoes that are the size of roma tomatoes. I don't know what kind any of the tomatoes are, I got them from a friend. Some of mine are looking really crispy at the bottom too. I've been watering everyday by hose and once a week by drip hose. (I have other plants i'm babying along too.) Anyways the roma looking one is making tomatoes but that is the only one. I guess my question is will they start producing again come September or are they just done? Also how does leafy lettuce do down here in Austin?

Thanks! Good luck with your tomatoes. There is a nursery in Leander that sells some I think. I know they sell lots of veggie plants. Its called Farmer's Nursery.

I would take some cuttings from them and allow them to root in the shade. Leave the original plant alive. They may produce again. The only ones here that do well all year are the cherry tomatoes.

Yours sound like they're not in the best of shape. Last year my tomato plants didn't produce much until after August when the heat let up. Then I got oodles of Romas out of them. So, I think I'd do what jeep461 suggested if I were you.

Jim pulled the last of ours up this weekend. They were mostly dead. None at the nurseries here, even Walmart (who seems to have them year round) doesn't have any.
Tally HO!