I somehow found this site back in 2011 when I first started getting the fever of garden. I put in a cute little garden and a few friends from work gave me a few things here and there to start things off. Well this year I am blessed to share some of what they gave me. But I have to say thank you to the few people I just started working with on here, how nice they are here. I am glad I came back to read on this site more. Who ever came up with this site I want to say thank you for it and may you be blessed each and every day of your life. To people that I have not had the pleasure of meeting yet, know this I may be new to trading, but in no time I will be working it like you all. So on that note thank you very much. Yours truly, David

That's looking a lot like downy mildew. Look under leaves for signs of black/white moldy looking spots that may be present on some of the leaves. Avoid overhead/spray irrigation in the future if you're doing that currently. It's one of those things that you can't take care of easily once it's shown up...you have to be preventative and lower risk before it shows up.

So I shouldn't prune or trim it for now? Just get it in new soil? worry about triming it in Spring? Maybe? Just making sure I understand. If you have the time tools and material available to re pot in a new soil why wait ? The old soil isn't doing your plant any favors it's probably getting more hydrophobic and compacting both would allow watering a harder task to handle when your plant is in an ideal growing and in need of watering. Some of us will re-pot plants in off times and in less than ideal growing conditions as an act of reassurance for our plants to have over all better growing health. I cant see the roots but if they where looking good in size and health chances are greater that I would split it up into two or three sized pots. Splitting up a plant while re-potting and pruning are different it's not my intentions to confuse you or other readers. If me I wouldn't prune right now Spring pruning is possible but for you to decide when spring gets here. You could prune it if you felt it needed pruning but chances are you might not have to prune it. Consider if you do prune in spring which is or isn't to soon wouldn't cause any major harm.

THANK YOU for all your nice comments on my photos. We had another unseasonably warm day today after the rain of yesterday and the plants are loving it and are being tricked into thinking this can go on forever. They are in for a shock when it starts acting like New England weather in October. As am I! I never have gotten used to the cold even though I have lived here all my adult life...(I was born in south Georgia and lived there as a child). Cindy, no Zeus doesn't mind the leash although he isn't used to being outside so everything spooks him....the falling autumn leaves or a car going down the road will send him into a panic. I am glad that the outside scares him, though. I have lost too many cats to the coyotes and fisher cats in the woods that surround my yard. Lily & Nemo are too old to change their ways, having been outside cats all their lives and everyday I worry they won't make it home after their excursions in the woods. Celeste