This has been a persistent problem. I've tried varying the watering amount from doing it once every few days (which in this 90F North Texas heat led to it producing a fruit with severe blossom-end rot), to trying to water it every day after sunset (as I saw suggestions online that plants in grow bags are much less sensitive to overwatering).
The plant doesn't show any other signs of distress like yellowing or tip burn. Its producing flowers, though so far only 1 fruit has been produced, which is the one with the really bad blossom-end rot. The other flowers have just opened up, stayed like that for a few days, and then lost their petals and done nothing.
I have also tried adding fertilizer a couple days ago.
Should these leaves be concerning to me? Is the plant in distress? Is this linked to the low fruit production?
I will note that I planted the seed for this in late June, and it's on a west-facing part of my balcony.
by ScienceMarc
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