Hi all, I put together a modest garden on my city roofdeck. We have almost no shade, so it's full of cacti, succulents and most importantly.... tomato and pepper plants which (I thought) could handle the full sun. These were all bought potted from Home Depot and I put them straight on the roof. I've used Miracle Grow twice, about 2 weeks apart.

Everything was doing well until I recently was away overnight during a hot stretch. I gave the plants a good soaking in the morning and left for about 36 hours during which they missed the next morning's normal watering. When I returned, the tomato and pepper plants were SCORCHED - on the tomatoes the leaves were mostly brown and crispy at the tips all over the entire plant; on the pepper the leaves developed yellow and brown spots. Of course none of the existing flowers bore fruit. I was devastated but decided to wait it out to see if they would bounce back and a week later am pleased to see that all the new growth is healthy looking and green, and the next round of flowers seems to be bearing fruit - I can see many green tomatoes on the cherry plant and the pepper looks promising as well.

My question is - should I leave the damaged leaves and stalks on the plant, or would it be better to prune them off and leave only the healthy portions? I don't want to stress the plants out too much but don't know which option is better.

Any advice would be so much appreciated! [Pics below]

Rooftop veggie garden setup:

Yellow pepper plant from above - new leaves and flowers sprouting amidst damaged older leaves:

Tomato plant from above - new growth on top with damaged leaves on the lower portions (this plant still has no fruit):

New fruit appearing on cherry tomato plant with closeup of damaged leaves:

Small jalapeno plant from above (no fruit or flowers here):