I had just brought all my plants in for the winter and everything looked great. After 2 days in the house, I noticed my Jatropha berlandieri had lost it's vine. No biggy I thought. 2 days later I noticed odd raised patches on the caudex. Uh-oh, that didn't look good. And it was soft.
The first thing I noticed after removing the plant from the pot was the lack of healthy roots.
I placed pot and plant on the back porch, I new it was a goner.
2 more days brings us to today. I decided to halve it and see what was happening.
Then I quartered it to inspect it further and found some different damage.
Only the area closest to the roots had any firmness to it.
Is this bacteria or fungus or both?
I figure this damage had to have started before I ever brought it into the house. Can a firm body plant go soft so quick?
I had the plant for over 10 years and the only thing different about this past growing season was that I had it in a shadier spot than I normally placed it.
Any ideas of what happened here?
