Trying hard to get color on my late Tomatoes

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I am on a quest to try and get my Tomande Hybrid #tomatoes to turn red by the end of September. This is where they are at as of today! In these few pictures you can see the leaves turning brown and yellow as usual, so I am doing a third recommended prune and also taking off all the yellow flower and fruit buds. I’m not sure why the leaves keep turning this color but if it’s avoidable next year I’m going to try and make that time investment. Pruning inside the cages is very time consuming in itself! My area is supposed to get rain on Thursday with a high of 88 degrees so I am doing all of this preparation now which also includes putting some 5-5-5 fertilizer down around the roots, tying bottom fruit stems to cage with rope or with plant stem. I really think this is the only option to give them a chance to harvest; and I really hope I can get some to vine ripen just a little and even leave to ripen in my room. I’ve never tried a hybrid tomato, and by the viscosity of these 11 plants and the scents I can tell it’s going to be a vibrant and citrus kind of tomato! Let me know if you have any tomato tips!

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