"David or Eunice Boucher" wrote in message hlink.net...
I've planted tomatoes in two different locations this year, and each seems
to have its own set of problems.

1. I planted some close to my house. They have grown well and have
developed some fruit, but some of the newer leaves have developed brown
spots. On some branches the brown spots have spread and caused all of the
leaves on that branch to shrivel and dry up. I tried spraying with a
fungicide/insect spray, but it didn't seem to help.

2. I planted some in a sunny part of the yard, but after a promising start
the l;eaves began to turn yellow and the growth of the plants was stunted.
Several years earlier I had planted cucumbers in the same spot, and while
they did well the first year, the second year they started out ok but then
all the leaves turned yellow and they died.

Can anyone give a hint as to what might be causing these problems, and what
I can do about it?

I'm no tomato expert, but you might find it helpful to do some
research in the library or on the internet (ie google.) For example,
in another recent topic in rec.gardens:

Kay Lancaster wrote in message ...
On 1 Jun 2004 10:57:47 -0700, Fleemo wrote:
My tomato plants had just started to flower, (Sungold and Early Girl)
and then BOOM! Now they've wilted with a strange twisted shape. (See
photos at http://www.inhouzemusic.com/z) I suspect some kind of
bacterial wilt.

Offhand, looks more like a virus or herbicide drift. Take a look he
http://home.earthlink.net/~shelly.johnson/tomato.html

And toss down some mulch... things tend to be happier when mulched.

The second link is a tomato FAQ, but I still think you might have a
better chance of identifying what's going on with a book of quality
color photos of common problems. (Especially since you haven't link
any pictures of your plants.)