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Western PA

It was about 92 yesterday with no clouds in the sky, when I got home from work my plants were wilted pretty good. Today I noticed on a couple of the newer leaves the tip area (first couple inches) was black (looked kinda like frost damage).

My question is: Is this black from the severe wilting or could this be something else?

What I did was just rip off the black area and the leaves look happy enough now.

Thanks for the help!

6/26/2009 2:35:55 PM

Pataskala,OH

sunburn

6/26/2009 5:00:41 PM

Buffalo, New York

some of my baby leaves at the ends of the mains got burned a few days ago and turened a blackish color. guess those tender leaves have to be shaded.

i left them on for now....may cut them later in season.
got chair in front of the mains now to help with some shade.....although next week looks like a cool rainy week coming.

6/26/2009 11:45:03 PM

Rhode Island

leaf burn is almost impossible to overcome unless you have only a couple plants in and have the time to shade all the tips.
they burn because there is no root system under the new growth.
misting every 1/2 hr or so will also stop the leaf burn should you have misters set up on a timer.

6/27/2009 7:29:56 AM