basically you are toast for this season don....

here is what I do, and my plants are over 12 feet


1- dont till - cover your garden each year with leaf mulch to a depth of 6
inches and plant directly into the mulch
2- use wall o waters to get the plants started early - as soon as plants are
available you can start
3 - plant the tomato right up to the first set of leaves, pulling off all
the other leaves or branches
4 - put 5 handfulls of DOLOMITIC limeston(lowes/home depot) into the hole
5 - put 3-4 handfulls of anytype of fertilizer in the hole
6 - cover the lime and fertilizer and plant the plant
7 put a ring around the plant of fertilizer and limestone - 2-3 handfulls

Sit back and enjoy....

This method, especially the wall o waters gets the plants off to an early
start, the leaf mulch keeps all of the diseases below the level of the
plants, and it attracts worms as well.



Tomatolord


"Don S." wrote in message
...
Hi. Can anyone recommend a good source (web site and/or book) for growing
tomatos ? I've got several that started out growing well, but now have
yellow
spots, wilted leaves and/or branches that are turning over. It may be due
to
all of the rain and my clay soil, but I'm guessing some of it is insect
and/or
disease related.

I poked around on the NCSU and County Extension service sites and Google'd
tri.gardens, but didn't see "Tomatos for Dummies" type of info. I'm
interested in something that would let you look up a symtom, and see
possible
causes/treatments.

Thanx....don