On Fri, 5 Aug 2011 13:23:46 -0700 (PDT), WesD
wrote:


I don't know much of anything about pests and pestilences. The first
year I did a container garden (2008) I learned more than I ever wanted
to know about cabbage worms and thereafter simply removed their
favorite foods from the buffet. Other than that, I haven't had any
problems.

But this has been a really bad year with heat and drought. If
drainage is not a problem, then disease is most likely the culprit.
One day they are fine and the next day wilted and dead within a week.
This is the reason I always plant more than I need because I usually
lose 20%. One plant will die and the other on each side only 6 feet
away will be fine.

Makes sense. I tossed another two plants today. One tomato that was
mostly brown, and a pepper that had good foliage but had yet to yield
a pepper.