Hmm - could be stress brought on by hard soil? Read up on watering practices - generally you want to put down 1" of water per week if there is no rain. Ideally at one 'watering'...if you have hard soil where runoff and puddling is common... then you might need to put down .5"...do the rest of the zones... and then put down another .5" on all of the zones to allow time for soaking in. Your weather in NC has been mild thus far... June/July will surely bring worse i would think?! Training now(and always) for deep rooting is key to get it ready... Using soil conditioners, natural fertilizer sources (milo/grains/etc), and shampoo(1-3oz/1000ft) can help slowly with soil hardness and water/root penetration. Like houseplants.... give them a good soaking, and then once fairly dry, give another good soaking. Sometimes there will be troublespots that will dry out first - spot watering might be needed. Sprinkling peat moss in these areas has also shown to help some for moisture retention/OM

I was thinking the same thing. None of the other trees around it are affected, though, and I don't spray anything on my property. This picture is a week or so old. The top is starting to look pretty bad, too. I will see if I can get another picture.

I had this same problem awhile back, which many fellow members chimed in on. Although we didn't really find a solution or the cause, for that matter, there were a lot of good ideas. For what it's worth, if I recall correctly, I always have at least one or a few pepper plants (of any variety, no consistency in variety) that does this every year for reasons I've never been able to pin down. While I do tend to experiment with this or that, all of the plants use the same soil each year and many times, the exact same style/size of pot and/or ground, too. [Wrinkled Leaves Thread[(https://www.houzz.com/discussions/yearly-issue-with-only-a-couple-of-my-peppers-dsvw-vd~3279243)

Hi folks, we had our stains refinished by a guy who seemingly specializes in just this type of work. He used minwax Kona. What is disappointing is that the entire stain looks like a dark brown paint. We understand that Kona is dark but still expected to see wood grain and some oak character come through. I watched him sand off the top layer of old poly, but I wonder if this wasn’t done properly (or just wanted sanded down enough). I will post pictures shortly but again, just looks like a dark brown paint. Contractor is swearing up and down that he sanded and broke the poly and that this is the way that Kona looks.