Leaves yellowing
My Carolina reaper is slowly turning more and more yellow. I've tried adding more nitrogen fertilizer but to no avail. It's very hot, around 30° so I've been giving water every day or every other. New growth looks more healthy and she has started flowering.
What am I doing wrong? How can I make her healthy? #chilli #peppers #help #capsicum
What am I doing wrong? How can I make her healthy? #chilli #peppers #help #capsicum
6” pot with drainage
Last watered 1 year ago
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Welcome to Greg, Simon! I’m not a veggie gardener (though I wish I could be), so I can’t say with any certainty, but, the yellowing looks as if it might be from overwatering. Our hibiscus (planted outside and watered every morning because it’s hot AF here), look like that when they get a tad too much water. Also, I’d check for pests; it looks as if something has been munching a bit on a couple of those leaves, but I could be wrong. And from what I’ve read and heard about it, flowering can happen under stress, but this is a veggie plant so I would imagine the flower is where your bell pepper will eventually grow from.
Some bites seem to have been taken from it, yes. But its an outdoor plant so it happens, but there are no pests on it or the earth. Most of what looks like bites though is just from what I suspect to be the general state of the plant and degrading of the leaf. the flowers are not a problem, it's the right time for them to start bearing fruits.
I'll try to give less water, eben though it seems scary with the heat and i want to take care of my plants.
I'll try to give less water, eben though it seems scary with the heat and i want to take care of my plants.
@QuietOrangemint Maybe just try keeping the same schedule but not giving QUITE as much each day. And only water the ground, not the leaves and see if that helps at all.