Tomatillo is testing me! Curling up leaves, darkening in ...
I am at my wits end with my tomatillo plant because I don’t know what’s going on. This particular tomatillo plant was the better than the other tomatillo I had started from seed. This tomatillo was purchased from a local nursery. About 2 weeks ago the leaves began to become darker green, curling up and sagging. Pest was a concern but quickly managed with neam oil sprayed nightly. Fox farm organic liquid plant food is given twice a week and with the recent hot/humid temperatures I have been watering the entire garden daily. No watering is done during and after heavy rain fall. It gets sunlight from about 8 AM - 10 AM with some shade after until about 11:30 AM and stays in direct sunlight until about 8 PM. The other tomatillo I grew from seed is thriving and bursting at the seems with fruit. I don’t know what else to do. Please help! The first 2 photos are of the problem child with the 3rd picture showing a side by side comparison of my 2 tomatillo plants. The final picture is of the brand of tomatillo purchased from the nursery.
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@Trying I had a moisture reader that gave me faulty results, I will hold off on watering for a bit and see if things start to look better. I also have place a sail shade over top to help with some of the direct sunlight during mid day. I totally did hdd peanut shells to the soil this year…. I heard it was a good compost material. I purchased one of the fake owls to help deter the squirrels. Thank@you so much for your suggestions. Still super novice, trying to learn more each year.
@Newgreenthumb you’re doing great! Happy growing 😄