if you planted it less than a month ago.. then its transplant shock... water properly for the rest for the year ... IMHO.. disease simple does not happen that fast.. and we have to presume.. that it came.. disease free from a seller ... as a newb.. let me suggest.. you have had more problems.. and more treatments.. than i have on my 5 acres in 10 years ... as i dont treat anything.. ever .... try to become a little less of a worrier.. and understand.. that a garden is not a disney movie ... you dont have to react to.. and treat every little thing.. and not everything will be picture perfect ... search for knowledge ... but dont react.. unless the plant is threatened .. and thats my wisdom for the day .. good luck ken ps: i would bet.. that transplant shock is increased due to all the brick work.. which retains heat long into the night.. which is usually a cooler recovery time... nothing to do about that.. but water properly ... your plant is hardening off.. to its new location .... pps: its stressed.. not hungry.. feeding it will not help ...

Hi Krolik, How's your plant doing? Here are a couple of thoughts. 1, Travel can be stressful for plants, they can pick up exposure to who knows what. 2, Bathroom humidity, It may not dry out enough, in there, to kill unwanted organisms, or let the plant cells move water. Consider moving the plant out of there for a few days, or a couple of weeks. Just give it a light morning spritz in it's new home. A flor. plant light -10$ and timer -8$ if the light needs adjusting+ a little, somewhere else. 3, Light anti-fungals/microbials, Neem oil from Logee's, that stuff is good! Meanwhile, have you tried watering with a little green tea, or black tea or coffee that's been thinned, or a spray of water and white vinegar, say from 1/10th to 1/3rd vinegar? And there's lysol spray, or other similar cheap substitute [saw that in gardenweb, just don't remember if it was on begonias]. My begonias perk up with the vinegar spray. One liked half cup of old coffee in its quart+ watering pot too. 4, Soil changes/repot.I had an ailing Sophie Cecile, one I had growing on from cuttings. I took a chance with it, because I didn't want to throw it out. I repotted it, down a little, because of fewer roots, with a little good soil from the yard. The soil had a little clay, a tiny bit of wood ash, some peaty compost, and maybe a little dog residue. They are supposed to like a little clay, and potash is good for fighting ills, and the texture was open from the plant material. It turns out that there's something in dung preferably cow, that helps fight off some virus or fungus or other. It was happy at the end of the summer,when it came out from under a shrub. I'm hoping that you can hold out till spring when you can set it in a protected spot.

From the research I've just been doing on my early blight, which is what I see on yours (not the dreaded late blight), you need to get ALL of the affected leaves off there, because the spores are easily transferred from leaf to leaf, and yes, continue spraying. Serenade is an organic spray that's often recommended, and Daconil is also very popular (I don't know if it's organic though). And when you pluck off all those leaves (very carefully, so as not to spread the spores even more), you should bag them up very carefully and tightly, or burn them. Don't compost them, because you'll just be incubating the spores into your compost, which will cause further trouble. Good luck! We're in NJ and were nailed by the same rainy weather you probably had, so it's been quite the uphill battle for us too.

Hi! Thanks so much. Southern California lol so must be the overhead watering. Thanks I'll look into that now.