
hey BC'! ...oh yeah, my bad, i forgot to get back to you at your thread,.. too busy eye-humping that MoB! :drool:

.... for sure it's fasciation happening, and something else linked to it with that funky spotting going on,... it looks almost like a Ca issue, huh,... is it just the top where the fasciation is, or below that as well? The crinkled leaves are a familiar co-symptoms too.. are they brittle as well?
nothing to do luv, no corrections possible, and so far as I know, not something you did either! I snagged a wiki blip for you on causes,...
>>>> Fasciation can be caused by hormonal imbalances in the
meristematic cells of plants, which are cells where growth can occur.
[4][5] Fasciation can also be caused by random
genetic mutation.
[6] Bacterial and viral infections can also cause fasciation.
[4] The bacterial
phytopathogen Rhodococcus fascians has been demonstrated as one cause of fasciation, such as in sweet pea (
Lathyrus odoratus) plants,
[7] but many fasciated plants have tested negative for the bacteria in studies,
[8] hence bacterial infection is not an exclusive causation.
Additional environmental factors that can cause fasciation include fungi,
mite or
insect attack and exposure to chemicals.
[8] General damage to a plant's growing tip
[8] and exposure to cold and frost can also cause fasciation.
[4][6] Some plants, such as peas and cockscomb
Celosia, may inherit the trait.
[8]
Fasciation is not contagious,
[4] but bacteria that cause fasciation can be spread from infected plants to others from contact with wounds on infected plants and from water that carries the bacteria to other plants.
[9] >>>>