Posting a picture would be a big help. If not possible then you need to provide far more details. Otherwise it is just guess work. leaves curl in slightly at the edges and become a little brittle, Can be excess salt build-up in the soil from over-fertilization. You don't mention what potting mix you are using or what and how often you have fertilized or even if the plant is in the ground or in a container. All important info to have. Whenever a fourth leaf begins sprouting, the lowest/oldest leaf falls off, just like that, so it never gets more than three. Indicates the root development can't support additional top growth. Can be caused by something as simple as over-watering and root rot or by being root bound in the containers, or by over-fertilization, too cool soil or air temps, or several other possibilities. Really need more information to narrow it down. Dave This post was edited by digdirt on Tue, Apr 16, 13 at 19:22

I've also found a second bug that likes my eggplant. It makes bigger holes that the flea beetles but is easily picked off and skwished. I don't know it's name but it is flat against the leaf, maybe 1/8 inch across and sort of squarish, black with some light colored markings. I just took two off my two eggplants and have found them before on my starts. I'll try for a photo. PS. I use rotenone powder on the fleas since I forgot them and didn't cover the plants with remay. I'll cover them now, after the rotenone has done it's job.

No footprints or tracks in the soil around the plants?? Doesn't sound like deer. They'll decimate the plant foliage and sometimes the fruit. Raccoons? You'd see their prints. With their human hand-like front paws they can pick the fruit without disturbing the plant. Squirrels..if it's exceptionally dry,droughty weather they might take a few for the moisture. Such a massive taking requires an animal that can carry what they can't immediately eat. HUMANS Get a game trail camera and set it up to a post. If it disappears, it's a human stealing your tomatoes.

I have spent the entire day doing more research in this forum, helpmefind and concerning what happened to my roses. I definitely do think I damaged more than the DARes - with that extra spray routine I did on Monday with Daconil and Malathion. The reason is that I sprayed a lone climber far away from the rose garden and when I checked it this morning - it had the same burnt at the edge of the leaf look to a couple of it's leaves. It is Climbing Blaze and really only two leaves looked burnt. I have just about decided to no longer even spray for insects and would like to think I could do the same for fungus/black spot. Unfortunately - I had another problem crop up today. I posted pictures in another thread of my round Drift garden (3 years old) and the damaged buds on every bush. This happened literally overnight. I am waiting for opinions from this same forum and hope you all will go take a look. I fear spider mites. I am sure no animal ate the tops of these tiny buds out - a rabbit would have to be pretty crafty and agile to manage getting just the tops and not damaging any branches. I also have read so much about using oils - but not to use them if the temperature gets too hot - well, it was 85 here the last two days. I will NOT be spraying malathion or Daconil anymore - these leaves look so messed up and I only can hope that the bushes will recover. i am still getting yellowing at the bottoms of many of my bushes and pulling off the yellow leaves as they drop or turn completely yellow. I did water with a strong stream every bush this morning - thinking that possibly some of the insecticide/fungicide spray I sprayed on Monday would possibly be removed. Thank you everyone for any advice and attention you have given this issue. I know I am having beginners problems and with my bare root garden - if they can just make it to growing a healthy root system - maybe they will survive all of this. The dirt was prepared very well by my husband - who is a total green thumb and Biologist - but he says roses are over his head!! Thank you! Denise