One of my Trombetta plants isn’t looking so great - quite a few leaves (more towards the bottom) going yellow & it ‘wilts’ in the heat, perks back up when the temps are cooler. The other one is still nice and green & the cucuzza plant is doing great - lots of flowers now (almost all male). We’re supposed to be near 100 the next two or three days so I’m sure that will be very hard on all the plants.
No more fence clearing until it cools down .... have a few sections to go to be totally finished with that project. I’ll definitely be staying in - good time to work on some recipes. That cucuzza cream pie has caught my eye ....... :-)
Well, you better post a pic if you make that one.
On the yellow leaves..no aphids, or fungus? over watering. I always think fertilizer will cure yellow leaves, but I think some leaves just get old and tired, but I would sure be down there on my hands and knees looking for tiny brown SVB eggs, or stinkbugs with their disease carrying sucky mouth parts..
My newest trombetta I planted is about eight inches high. I have it under one of those little "food tent" net things from the dollar store..Keeps bugs off of it, but pretty soon the plant is going to be too tall to be under there.