repentantslide said:If the leaves were flimsy and limp, it was either underwatered or dying of either a viral disease or bacterial disease, if the leaves still had some kind of structure to them that was just physiological leaf roll which is completely harmless to the plants.
If you are replying to my post, here is a shot of a Black Cherry plant just prior to pulling it up. I've seen this before in another OP cherry tomato that I planted...Bumble Bee. You can see some of the varied stages of the disease's progression in this shot. From basically good-looking leaves with "structure", to curled leaves (still with structure), to wilted/flimsy/limp green, to stiff green-drying, and finally to crisp brown/dead. Just my observations. The end result is...dead plant. Structure can be maintained until the end for these diseases, at least in my observation and definition of "structure".
An odd aspect of these plants that there were branches that looked perfectly good, like nothing at all was wrong with them but right beside them were branches that were dead or dying.
Here in our hot and humid climate
we I don't get much harmless leaf roll or wilt. My plants get a minimum of 1" of water per weak via drip or rainwater. We have a heavy disease load down here...not for the faint of heart. It's not a lot of fun, either.
