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Why Do My Tomatoes Look So BAD??

Come this time of the year many gardeners look at their tomatoes and sigh. Even when the fruit looks good, the plants look terrible. Why do they look so bad?

I’ve seen all the bad things that can happen to tomatoes, so I created this quick information sheet explaining five of the most common reasons your tomatoes look bad. (Sadly, there are more than five ways your tomatoes can look bad, but these are the common ones.)

To learn what causes these five problems and what to do about them, enter your email below.

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