Problem with chili Pepper and bell Pepper plants
Chilli Pepper None Given
I have Chili and Bell Peppers among other plants. Two weeks ago I added much needed fertilizers, mostly they are doing good but some wrinkles are there on almost all. Others are either growing too slow or growing too short. I added Cow Manure, Calcium to the soil and calcium to the leaves, Sea Weed to the soil and to the leaves and some Epsom Salt a week after fertilizers. The plant gets good sun all day long, I some times add a shade cloth during from 12:00pm-3:00pm.
Plant 1 doing well, but the leaves are a bit wrinkled.
Plant 4 is like plant 3 exactly.
Plant 7, doing well but the same wrinkle effect.
Plant 2 is in my SFG, and its growing well but very short, kinda growing to the sides more.
Plant 5 doing well, but growing slow.
Plant 3, in my SFG and growing very very slow with some wrinkles again on the top.
Plant 6, doing well but the same wrinkle effect.
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by: Kareem
(2 points)
Posted: April 13, 2017
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Kareem, do you see any kinds of insects on the undersides of your leaves? Like aphids or mites? If not the wrinkling is likely environmental/physiological then
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by: Kelsee Baranowski
(6 points)
Posted: April 14, 2017
Kareem commented,
Hi Kelsee, nope I checked them very carefully and thankfully there are nothing on the leave underside. So what I found online is that it could be calcium deficiency. I got a product to drench and spray the leaves. about 7 years ago.
Hi Kelsee, nope I checked them very carefully and thankfully there are nothing on the leave underside. So what I found online is that it could be calcium deficiency. I got a product to drench and spray the leaves. about 7 years ago.
Kelsee Baranowski commented,
If there are no insects that I would say it is most likely a calcium deficiency, like you found. Please let us know if they calcium spray does not help the plants perk back up. PlantVillage's most viewed questions is about adding calcium and has some other methods of application as well: https://www.plantvillage.org/en/quest... about 7 years ago.
If there are no insects that I would say it is most likely a calcium deficiency, like you found. Please let us know if they calcium spray does not help the plants perk back up. PlantVillage's most viewed questions is about adding calcium and has some other methods of application as well: https://www.plantvillage.org/en/quest... about 7 years ago.
This looks like mites infestation especially the leaves that are curled downwards. Careful observation of the lower part of the leaves is required mites are so tiny
Stunt growth
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by: Olusoji Arowosegbe
(1 point)
Posted: May 24, 2017
kareem, this seems like white fly infestation which is causing leaf curl disease(upward curl) to propogate to all your plants. You need to check underside of your chilli leaves to find the pest. spraying chilli-garlic solution should help control whitefly population.
Conventionally, you must uproot the plant and discard safely. But I have seen recovery in my chilli plants after chilli-garlic or cow urine spray. hope this helps
Conventionally, you must uproot the plant and discard safely. But I have seen recovery in my chilli plants after chilli-garlic or cow urine spray. hope this helps
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by: Madhav
(3 points)
Posted: May 24, 2017
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Kareem, do you see any kinds of insects on the undersides of your leaves? Like aphids or mites? If not the wrinkling is likely environmental/physiological then about 7 years ago.
Hi Kelsee, nope nothing under them. But there are holes in the leaves, so I think there must be something. about 7 years ago.