In a couple hours since I've posted, both of the smaller plants are back to normal. Like nothing happened. %%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%% Very interesting. This outright rules out any root problem. IMO any root problem is no/cannot be reversible. Wilting like what I see in the picture, can be due to TWO things: ___ extreme thirst' ___ extreme heat/sun In both above cases, plant will perk up after watering and after the source of heat/sun has gone. You say you water them every other day. But is it possible that you forgot watering for much longer than that ? OR maybe it is not just enough. It happens to me all the time. Just a week ago some of my tomato seedlings were wilting to the point of dying: THE CAUSE: thirst. After watering, they perked up but the lower leaves did not recover. Sure, soil less medium is better but I have grown all kinds of things in pots filled with garden soil. The problem with compaction and root bounding is that the pot cannot hold enough moisture for a long time (maybe not for one day), in the dog days of summer. Probably you have summer like weather in Florida right now ? THE BOTTOM LINE SOLUTION (imo) re pot them with soil less potting mix into a bigger pot. Hope all this is worth couple of pennies. But I am not asking for anything. hehe

"No Governmental agency is going to suggest nor advocate the use of chemicals to homeowners. You will more often than not receive "organic" solutions from county extension offices. Most of them believe that "grasscycling" or cutting at 4 inches twice a month solves all problems." That's a very broad statement. And I would think just plain wrong from what others have mentioned online. If there's any entity that knows about what fungicides work in a particular area I would think it would be the university researchers at the extension offices that run the field tests that are used in the marketing materials aimed at the pros. So they get to play with them first in a controlled manner rather than just reading the label and seeing what happens. Now, master gardeners are not the same people that run the field tests and do the research. I don't know what it takes to be a master gardener but it seems that like everything else in life, your mileage may vary. I haven't done a survey of extension offices but most things I ran across have indicated that they didn't know much about organic methods. When I mentioned I was applying corn meal and milk for the fungus the reply I received was that those were not EPA registered to treat those diseases.

Mary- Hey, that is fun to hear and what a nice surprise! You're gonna have to dig up & bring that puppy in if you want it to ripen, more than likely. With all my brugs/seedlings that I have in yard, I only got one seedpod that was open-pollinated. What is the size of the pod and what is the shape? Aurea/football-shaped pods ripen pretty quickly, like in 3 months but the long skinny or long fat one take much longer. Shawn, good to hear about your successes. I have one seedling I really like that is just so fertile- I have maybe 10 pods on it. Now, I have to see if it will hold them when I dig it up in a week or two and bring it in.

I recieved an email from her; telling me what happened. I started shaking & crying. I immediately called her to make sure she was ok. We have been close for a few years now, & I am just sooo grateful things turned out the way they did. I was a correctional nurse at a men's maximum security prison for almost 4 years & know there's alot of meaness out there.