Tomato plant almost dried out - summer strikes

In hot climate locations, tomato as a crop is planted in winter and typically fruit starts growing during spring and early summer. As the heat of summer becomes more severe, the leaves start drying up and pretty soon the entire vine starts dying out. From that point onwards, it is a race to ensure that the entire crop of ripe tomatoes is harvested before the plant finally dies out. In the video, one can see that the plant is almost dry, but there are fruits that are ripe and red. They can last for another few days on the plant if they are not picked, else they start getting wrinkled and will soon dry out if not picked. And that would be the end of one season for tomatoes.

Tomatoes getting ripe - while the plant starts to die

The tomato plant, especially in places where summer can be quite harsh, has a quick end. Constant watering can only keep the plant alive for so long. The plant goes through a point where the fruits are starting to turn yellow / red and slowly ripen; while the leaves are starting to dry up. The struggle is that the plant is dying while we are waiting to collect the fruit. Now, if we are doing this professionally, then there is a proper process to collect all the tomatoes as they ripen, maintain them with all the proper process and so on. However, doing this on a terrace garden means that one is a part-time gardener and one can only spend so much time on the plants, so it's good to get such a harvest.