Help! What is happening? Is it dying?

[Turfarea]

Hey Everyone..

I was away on vacation for a week and today I got home. I checked on my babies and one of the main buds are going brown. It looks like it's dying. The rest of the plant looks fine though.

He's a couple pictures of the "brown bud" and one of the ones right beside it looking fine.

Can someone help me out??

Thanks!!

 

[Lee0606]

Cut that shit off

 

[Turfarea]

Cut that shit off

Where? The whole bud? Or just where it's dark??

 

[Perramas]

It looks like bud rot. Cut about an inch below the brown part to remove the rot.

Edit- Or it could be a corn borer inside the stalk eating the plants circulatory system.

 

[Turfarea]

So I gave it a snip..so sad. Look ok??

 

[Lee0606]

Where? The whole bud? Or just where it's dark??

Yeah just where it is dark

 

[Turfarea]

It looks like bud rot. Cut about an inch below the brown part to remove the rot.

Edit- Or it could be a corn borer inside the stalk eating the plants circulatory system.

Wouldn't it effect other parts of the plant if it was a borer?

 

[Perramas]

Wouldn't it effect other parts of the plant if it was a borer?

It only affects the areas above the eaten part of the stalk. Ive had squash plants get attacked by a type of boring insect. They would bore up into one leaf at a time until it withered and died. Then it would move to the next leaf.

 

[AnimaSola]

Shake excess water off of your outdoor plants after a rain to help prevent bud rot.