Pepper plant struggling

[Bklynpepper]

Hello!

Hope everyone doing well. I planted a few pepper plants in ground and they seem to be struggling. The leaves are curling up. Any ideas what could be causing this? Maybe too much water or fertilizer? Pictures attached. Thanks.

[sherkyle]

Hey - actually, I think you just have a really hot variety of pepper. Ghost pepper, trinidad scorpion, and carolina reapers all have really curly leaves like that.

I could be wrong, of course.

Also - peppers like full sun and hot weather. You got it?

- sherkyle

[imafan26]

Pepper leaves will pucker if you have aphids, mites, or thrips. Look under the leaves for signs of sucking pests.

[pepperhead212]

Hey - actually, I think you just have a really hot variety of pepper. Ghost pepper, trinidad scorpion, and carolina reapers all have really curly leaves like that.

I could be wrong, of course.

Also - peppers like full sun and hot weather. You got it?

- sherkyle

I was thinking the same thing - chinense peppers have that crinkly type leaves. This is why a pepper I have - a Datil - that was listed as a chinense, doesn't look like one, with perfectly smooth leaves. They look pretty good, otherwise, with no discoloration, or anything like that. They don't look very large, but I don't know when you planted them.

[applestar]

This looks like too much N fertilizer to me…. How are you fertilizing?

(excessive N can invite aphids etc. so likelihood of sucking pest is still true. Are you seeing any ants?