I'm up in North Texas and my tomatoes are looking like this. I can't tell if I need to fertilize more or if there's some kind of disease. They look kind of stunted and haven't really put on too many leaves even though it's been like a month (bought from big box store).
by AlReyy
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What’s your soil temp? Tomatoes will be stunted if soil temps drop below 60 degrees.
Are night time temps consistently over 50F?
Looks like a brand new raised be with bagged potting soil. Based on that I’m going with nutrition deficiency.
What fertilizing have you already done?
First impressions are that they were stunted by cold weather/cold soil and/or not hardened off when moving from inside to outside.
Second impressions are soil deficiencies. Have to tested soil for phosphorus, maybe magnesium?
Doesn’t look like fungus infection so they still be able to be saved:)
It looks like a nutrient problem. Did you ammend the soil before you planted and or fertilized recently?
If you did, you could have an issue with nutrient lock out. There can be lots of causes for this, but basically there is an issue with the soil chemistry that is keeping the roots from absorbing nutrients. This can be soil pH, too high or too low, soil salinity, or an excess of certain ions.
It can also be because of poor soil drainage causing soil anoxia and root rot. That is more common in pots than in beds.
good to add a wooden stick to provide support and reduce stress… Made a big difference for mine in similar phase