As mentioned above "black spot" isn't a disease associated with tomatoes. There are several common tomato diseases and they have different treatments depending on whether they are fungal or bacterial. So before we can advise on a treatment route we need to first discover what disease your plant actually has if any. Missingtheobvious gave you the 2 best links for tomato disease identification and if you can post pics it would really help too. Meanwhile you can read about the common tomato diseases and the recommended treatments if you wish over on the Growing Tomatoes forum here (linked on this forum's front page). They will want to know your gardening zone and location as specific diseases are associated with various regions so that will help narrow it down. Dave

Just wanted to update: I sprayed with soap. And i really coated top and bottom of every leaf, lying down under my tomatoes to get the undersides of leaves. And it worked! I came back from my parents house for a week and every tomato that was alive when I left is thriving now. The soap worked. I was lucky that the temp dropped and it rained. And my house sitter watered the tomatoes once during the week. So if they were weak from the stress of aphids, they weren't stressed by heat or lack of water while I as gone. Let's hear it for soap! And thanks for the id and advice!

Nasty bugs. I have them in my GH. They have survived Neem oil/Safer Soap and the garden hose. The plants are close to the end of their life and once I harvest every tom I can, I will close up the GH and see if they can survive 150+ degrees heat! I hope they die a slow, very painful and long death! Mike

Heck, if you're getting tomatoes out of that pot on your first try, you're doing fine. As you read other posts here or in the FAQ page you'll quickly get ideas about how to do better next time. Keep in mind that you can still start another Early Girl from the nursery. We've got plenty of summer and fall left. Leaf curl can be caused by uneven watering but is a physiological reaction, and thus could be caused by other factors too. Cold nights (below 50) for example. While leaf roll isn't something you want to see, it isn't the end of the world. By way of example, I pulled a 1 lb 3 oz Brad's Black Heart of a heavily leaf curled plant last week. Yum it was tasty. Not bad for June! So obviously, leaf roll wasn't too big a deal. Be sure to take a look at the container forum for ideas about how to grow tomatoes successfully in containers. Most of mine are in ground, but I do have 11 plants growing in containers and they're doing fairly well. It just takes time to get figured out.