Sorry that happened. I know it will be very disappointing for her. If it does die and she finds out could you tell her that you will now have a bunch of seeds from it for next year to grow a lot of them? It may soften the blow?
I am trying to figure out exactly how to get to this point with her and am hoping that she’ll be nonchalant about it, but I fear she will be devastated - she worked hard on this.
Thanks for the thought though - I do appreciate it.