Anyone have any idea on what is causing these symptoms in 1 of my Boston pickling cure plants?
Symptom droopy sad looking/limp leaves, not turning yellow, plant is still.lobingnand producing flowers....far ends of new growth look great and are not droopy/limp.
Planting bed is a 14ftx4 foot North to South long ways positioned. All pickling cake plants are doing great except for 2 slow flowers facing west, and the extreme southern most plant which is the droopy/limp culprit.
The problematic plant get more sun but not a ton more sun.
I tried watering it 50%less than the others....both less often and less water per watering.
No change.
I put up a shade cloth facing South to keep the first few hrs of sun from bearing down on the plant...nada.
All other conditiions/feeding/fertilizing are the same.
Kinda out of ideas here.
Check to see if you have Bacterial Wilt in that plant.
Bacterial Wilt
When your plant appears wilting all the time, it can be a symptom of bacterial wilt. To test if your plant has bacterial wilt, cut a drooping vine close to the crown. Now squeeze both edges of the vine together for a while and then gently pull the stems apart. If a sticky filament of ooze comes out, it means you plant has bacterial wilt. This is an incurable condition, and you must immediately remove and bury the infected plants to prevent the disease from spreading to other plants.
And if you DO have Bacterial Wilt, nuke it from space, just to be sure! ;)