Just a guess without seeing at least a picture as it could be anything from root rot caused by too much water to pests (aphids) on those 2 plants, nitrogen burn from over fertilization, to early stages of one of the foliage diseases. Most likely - too much water in that particular place in the bed. Is it low-lying where water might collect or a poorly draining pocket? Next best would be environmental damage if they are where heavy winds could have affected them more than the others. Next best would be aphids. Next best guess would be maybe Early Blight but its symptoms are very classic - see pictures on the web of it. But with just your description of leaves are brown, dry and the plant looks almost dead it is impossible to do anything but guess. Dave PS: when you have pics to post I'd suggest you post over on the Growing Tomatoes forum here rather than this one.

Agree with Shaved. The mix looks bad and wet. Not the best time to repot but in your case, looks like the plant will not make it unless you do something. Maybe increase light. You didn't provide any growing information. What zone are you? Where has this plant been growing? Please give more information on how you are growing this plant. Jane

I'm relatively inexperienced with tomatoes, but this looks somewhat like early blight, could try to compare and use a diagnosis guide. The stem issues on the photos below look somewhat similar, but you'd want to check for similar leaf pattenr to confirm. If you DO have early blight, it's not that hard to control. I'm not confident either way though. http://www.extension.org/pages/29878/early-blight-management-for-organic-tomato-production#.U9PluvldWsg

Hi, got 24-hr turnaround on soil samples from extension office. Row 1 (Speckled Romans): Loamy Sand, Medium High OM, pH 5.7, Very Low N, Medium P and K, Medium Ca, Very High Mg But they're still kind of purple, though starting to blossom. Row 2 (Brandywines): Loamy Sand, Medium High OM, pH 5.6, Very Low N, Medium High P, Medium K and Ca, Very High Mg These don't look too good at all - yellow/brown bottom leaves, not much new growth, no blossoms. Row 3 (Gardener's Delight cherries): Sandy Loam, Medium High OM, pH 5.6, Very Low N, Medium High P, Medium K, Medium High Ca, Very High Mg These are looking pretty good - under same conditions as BWs, and the cherries are blossoming! Row 4 (larger German Johnsons and 4th of July): Sandy Loam, Medium High OM, pH 6.0, Low N, Medium High P, Medium K, Low Ca, Very High Mg Not sure why this row is still Low Ca after liming, esp. since the pH came up from April, but these guys aren't looking great either, not as bad as BWs, getting some blossoms, but some purple blotches and what might be EB, even though I have 1 4th of July and 1 GJ with a couple of fruit. Row 5 (Hybrids - not sure what, maybe some GJ mixed in but smaller plants): Sandy Loam, Medium High OM, pH 5.9, Low N, Medium High P, Low K (?!), High Ca, Very High Mg This row didn't have as many amendments, limed the original soil just the same, mixed in more leaves since I didn't have any UCG left but otherwise the same as other rows. This is the wettest row though, and some very acid (sub)soil piled up next to it washed in so I'm surprised the pH is so high, but since the soil that washed in is Low in K I'm sure what the K reading is all about. These were some leggy plants that I put in horizontally, some soil got washed off some, roots growing on exposed stems, smaller plants to the south end got almost buried by washed-in/down soil so none of these are doing too well, but they were just "throw them in and see what they do" spares. So, extension recommends varying amounts of lime (but I'm not sure when - just in the fall?), and 10-10-10 now (15lb/1000sf) and next spring. With these numbers, and given the current state of the plants, I'm not sure if I should be using 10-10-10 or something different? I did do a light foliar feed with half-strength 18-21-21 yesterday. Recommendations? TIA