If they are actually curling (the leaf tip rolls in toward the stem then it can either be exposure to herbicides from drift or contaminated mulch OR a disease. Would have to see a photo of them to know which. However, if the leaves are really rolling rater than curling - the leaf sides cup/roll/fold up so they look like a taco shell - then it is stress. ID and eliminate the stress cause and the plants recover quickly. Tomato leaf roll is common and often discussed here on the Tomato forum (lots of posts if you want to read them). The name of the condition is "Tomato Leaf Roll" and is defined at a physiological response of the plant to one of the stress factors such as excess water/rain, inconsistent soil moisture levels, pests such as aphids, whiteflies or thrips, over-fertilization, over-crowding, high winds, etc. etc. Tomato Leaf Roll does not kill plants. It may reduce production because of the stress but the plants will survive and recover IF you eliminate the problem. So to know which your friend has and how to correct it we'd need much more information about his growing conditions and a picture of the plant. Of you can Google 'tomato leaf roll' for pics to compare it to. Hope this helps. Dave

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It needs more moisture. Camellias like contant moisture, not dry nor wet. Many of the roots are in the top few inches so you want to feel moisture at depth of 4" or so, not at 10". Insert a finger to a depth of 4" and see how it feels. If it feels wet, take no action. If it feels moist, do the same. If it feels dry or almost dry then water. Put about 3-4" of mulch and keep the pot away from windy areas. Test with the finger method daily for about two weeks. Every time that you water, make a note on a wall calendar. After two weeks, observe how often you are watering (every 2/3/4/etc days). Then make a habit to water on that same frequency. If the temps change more than 10 degrees and stay there, use the finger method again. Lack of moisture will cause the plant to drop the flower buds.

So I snipped off all the curled stuff so that I could monitor further damage. I took a look at the undersides of the remaining leaves and almost all had some white stuff on them. I decided to try my macro setting of my camera. This is the normal view of "white gunk": This is a close up macro with cropping. Lo and behold, it does have an aphid-ness to it. are those aphid skins??? that's a new one. No more aphid predators seen. No BT around. I sprayed with Neem Oil insecticidal soap. we'll see. I never would have thought aphids. I've never seen them like that. Always alive and sucking in a much more open way. (like the red ones I just found covering every single stem and many leaves of mature huge triple clumps of heliopsis. I have never seen an infestation that bad. Must be the year of the aphid in my yard!)