u/celiacfragen

One branch of my thai chili pepper plant became wilted almost overnight, and upon closer inspection, the stem of that section turned brown, which I'm guessing means fungal wilt. But how did a container plant get fungal wilt? It's part of my balcony garden, which is a few stories above ground level, so it wouldn't have come in contact with any other soil. I transplanted the pepper back in May using store bought soil, and haven't introduced any new soil since then. If the fungus originated from the bagged soil, why did the plant only get sick now? I'm fairly new to gardening, and I have a few other chili pepper plants in other containers that I don't want to lose!

One branch of my thai chili pepper plant became wilted almost overnight, and upon closer inspection, the stem of that section turned brown, which I'm guessing means fungal wilt. But how did a container plant get fungal wilt? It's part of my balcony garden, which is a few stories above ground level, so it wouldn't have come in contact with any other soil. I transplanted the pepper back in May using store bought soil, and haven't introduced any new soil since then. If the fungus originated from the bagged soil, why did the plant only get sick now? I'm fairly new to gardening, and I have a few other chili pepper plants in other containers that I don't want to lose! The plant got about 9 hours of partial sun, I watered about a cup every few days (whenever the soil started to dry) plus occasional rain.