Found another ball on the way home. I ducked into a ts I don't often make it to and they had one! I was a good girl too. I grabbed the bowling ball and perused the beautiful but too pricey glassware and left. Gotta get home to feed the little people. Kids expect regular meals. So just need one more ball... Jane I'll post pics as soon as it's complete. Don't give up on me a move a tad bit slower than you do. You were a speed demon on that wonderful castle.

"I have noticed little clumps of webs. Not spun from leaf to leaf but more like set up as little houses on the under sides of the leaves. I have noticed that one of the plants the leaves feel very dry, not dead, just dry, and have yellowish patches on them. Is this spider mites? There are some little holes on the leaves as well." Sounds like classic spider mite sign. If you can see the webbing, you have a large amount of spider mites, and they are moving to the next plant! Take the plant AWAY from any other plant, and treat those plants as if they are infected even if you didn't see any visible sign. This is the organic way- Clip off the branches with the webbing, toss in a sealed bag into your trash. Wash each remaining leaf and stem by hand with a bit of soap and lots of water. I'd pour slightly soapy water into the pot, too, for good measure. Keep quarantined from other plants, and I'd spray leaves with soapy water every other day for a week, then every few days for another week. Or you can use neem oil instead, but it has a rather offensive odor inside. Good luck!

That's a great photo! I agree, it's nice to see the little garden defenders. I posted this pic on a thread a little while back. It's a long-legged fly eating a whitefly, on my eggplant foliage.

Hi Ellen, May I pls suggest this 'stressing' the plant business is overrated? I unpot whenever I need to, especially since it's the most accurate way to diagnose problems up above. These are not delicate plants, they'll be just fine. It's more important for you to figure out what's going on. You'd want to remove any black areas & any mushiness you might find. Then sprinkle w/ ordinary cinnamon & then shake the excess off & repot it. It's a natural antifungal & is used to stave off rot, while allowing the plant to root (or re-root). Then after repotting, just wait a day or 2 before watering, in case there was any injury to the roots. Good luck!