Root Knot Nematodes. If your tomato plants are stunted, their roots have knots (galls) and the foliage is pale yellow, they are most likely infested with root knot nematodes. The galls caused by the nematodes keep the roots from sending nutrients up to the foliage, which causes the stunting and yellowing.
The time when fall starts is between summer and winter. As with the other seasons, its commencement differs and is based on the hemisphere you are in. Commencement Dates. In astronomical terms the season begins on September 22 up to November 22 in the Northern Hemisphere.
In North America, summer is often fixed as the period from the summer solstice (June 20 or 21, depending on the year) to the fall equinox (September 22 or 23, again depending on the year). Therefore, Sept. 22 was the last day of summer and the beginning of the 2010 autumnal equinox, which officially began at 11:09 p.m. EST., the full moon having peaked the following morning at 5:17 a.m. EST which marked it as the first day of fall in the Northern Hemisphere.