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Do you have curled leaves on your tomatoes. The most common cause is physiological leaf roll. Physiological leaf roll is not a disease, it's a symptom of stress in tomatoes. Many things can cause it. The most common cause is probably too much heat. We were 103 degrees F. (39.44 degrees C.) here on Monday, and bam, just like that, we have some leaf roll on a few plants. It's actually a defense mechanism used by the plants to reduce sun exposure, and water loss. Because it isn't a disease, you don't necessarily need to change or do anything. The curled leaves will not straighten out no matter what you do. Once the cause of the leaf curl changes, such as too much eat changing to cooler weather, the newer growth will look normal again. I try to do everything I can to give the plants what they need to thrive, and if we get a hot spell and I get some leaf curl, I don't worry too much about it. Mother Nature is going to do what she is going to do.
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